The world wanted to see the creative revival that briefly made Christchurch vital, and when the Blueprint slowly squeezed the life out of that, there wasn’t much else to draw the world’s attention. Christchurch had the chance to rebuild from the ground up as the first 21st century city. Instead, it often looks like the last city of the 20th century.
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