Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Another modern Christchurch building due to fall - Hotel Grand Chancellor

This earthquake in Christchurch is bad news - the cities' skyline will have changed for good, erm, bad.

The news tonight is that the Hotel Grand Chancellor is listing, and could fall any minute. I'm not so sure it will, but it would be a lot easier than demolishing it in a piecemeal manner. The following is a stock photo from last year.

Hotel Grand Chancellor Christchurch - 2010

The hotel, completed in 1986, has 26 levels, and is one of the tallest buildings in the city. Needless to say, it'll be the largest building to come down in New Zealand when it either falls, or is torn down.

The following photo shows the way the building has buckled. It's a lost cause... I just hope it doesn't take too much out with it.

Hotel Grand Chancellor Christchurch - 23 Feb 2011

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