The bird has Flown from Her Cage

Today I didn't have as many mishaps as yesterday but to could have been better.. at least the sun was shining. My car started find this morning and I took it into the grange for them to have a look at it. It is booked in for Tuesday but if they can look at it sooner they well.

On my walk home I took a short walk though the city. This shot is of the new placement for the Re: start Mail. Here is a shot of them setting everything up. It was looking very bright and cheerful.

Thank you all for helping me hit the spotlight, the first time this year!

Some history on Cashel Street Mall which is now called the Re:start Mall scene the first earthquake.

The central city was closed for a week after the 7.1 magnitude earthquake on 4 September 2010; some buildings were damaged, including parapets collapsing. The central city experienced peak ground acceleration (i.e. earthquake intensity) of between 15% and 20% of gravity. Ongoing aftershocks and cracked building façades dented confidence in the central city. Retailers in the City Mall retailers had put an effort into strongly promoting the traditional Boxing Day sales in 2010, and there was "brisk trade" until an aftershock at 10.30 am. Although only a 4.9 magnitude earthquake, its epicentre was directly beneath the central city and the resulting peak ground acceleration ranged from 22% of gravity at ChristChurch Cathedral and 48% at Christchurch Botanic Gardens. The Last Train to India restaurant at 94 Cashel Street was a graphic example of the damage caused. The wall of the adjacent former Zetland Hotel collapsed and crashed through the roof; anybody standing in the restaurant's bar area would likely have been killed, but it was still closed that morning.

Damage caused by the 22 February 2011 Christchurch earthquake was much more severe. Although its 6.3 magnitude was lower than the September 2010 event, it was much closer to the central city and caused the loss of many buildings. The peak ground acceleration reached 180% of gravity in the city. Four people died in Cashel Street in the section between Oxford Terrace and Colombo Street, and one person died in the High Street part of City Mall, all of them killed by falling masonry. The central city was cordoned off on 22 February while demolitions were underway.

In April 2011, it was announced that part of Cashel Street was to reopen on 29 October 2011. Temporary shops made from shipping containers were fitted out as retail premises, accommodating 27 shops known as 'Re:START'. Ballantynes, Christchurch's remaining department store, also reopened and is the retail anchor. Prime Minister John Key officiated at the opening ceremony.

Organisers initially claimed that it was the world first pop-up mall, but there were already container malls in other places, for example Cholula (Mexico) and Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan). Organisers of the Christchurch mall project were threatened with legal action by organisers of a similar project in London (Boxpark) that is yet to open.

The Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority completed the removal of the Red Zone cordon, including removing the remaining cordon around City Mall, in June 2013.
For more information on the Mall.