Re START through time

Christchurch 2011–2019 5 photos of this spot

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The Re:START container mall in central Christchurch, New Zealand, photographed in 2011. Built from repurposed shipping containers, it gave retailers a temporary home after the earthquake-damaged central business district was closed.

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Shipping container mall, Christchurch, 2011

Shipping container mall 2011 The Re:START container mall in central Christchurch, New Zealand, photographed in 2011. Built from repurposed shipping containers, it gave retailers a temporary home after the earthquake-damaged central business district was closed.

ReSTART Great Place to Relax, Christchurch, 2013

ReSTART Great Place to Relax 2013 Shipping-container shops of the Re:START mall on Cashel Street in Christchurch, part of the city's improvised retail precinct built after the 2011 Canterbury earthquake damaged the central business district. Photographed in November 2013.

Re-START 001 2013 The Re:START container mall in central Christchurch, New Zealand, an interim shopping precinct assembled from repurposed shipping containers after the 2011 earthquake. Taken in 2013.

Re-START 003 2013 Another view of the Re:START container mall in Christchurch, photographed in 2013 as the city centre continued rebuilding after the 2011 earthquake.

Re START 2019 Re:START was a retail precinct built from stacked shipping containers on Cashel Street in central Christchurch, opened in 2011 as a temporary solution after the earthquake destroyed much of the city's commercial core. It is pictured here in 2019, shortly before the area's more permanent rebuild took shape.