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| Plywood siding hints at the lines this building once had. |
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| Others are being propped by a lattice of steel buttresses. |
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| The downtown core sits empty on a Saturday afternoon. |
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| This tower - erected in 1897 - was shook so violently it bent the decorative lightning rod on the peak. |
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| Every building is tagged with an Urban SAR team. NZTF was one of five that I noted. |
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| The quintessential kiwi - burlap sack to hold your stuff, sturdy leather shoes, cord trousers, common sense button down shirt, and a shearling hat to keep off the cold. |
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| A Chinese restaurant kitchen at work. |
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| A fantastic beer label. |
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| Is this how you feel when you get stabbed in your palm, or when you can shoot lightning from your hand like spiderman shoots webs? |
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| The best notice: "Management insist on a high standard of dress". |
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| A paint spill becomes art. |
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| This says it all to me - Christchurch will be back! |
