Rustic Art (Canterbury) Traditional Geocache
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This cache is located in a recently developed reserve which forms
part of the Council’s Urban Renewal Policy. It is within walking
distance from other similar reserves
The vision behind the Council’s Urban Renewal Policy is:
“To gradually renew the older residential areas of the city to standards appropriate in today’s environment.”
Council schemes encompass traffic calming, street tree planting, creation of small parks, buffer/screening areas and open space, opening up and enhancing waterways, landscaping, providing seats and more artworks etc. The aim is to upgrade the older parts of the city and, in doing so, helping to promote community pride in the neighbourhoods.
This newly developed reserve is well worth a visit to view the sculptures and the landscaping. The Council have been doing a grand job around here.
Very close to Lady Audreys Secret and a cemetery with some notable people buried in it.
We would like to link these reserves somehow as you can quite easily walk from one to the other and view some interesting artworks.
Artworks in Public Places - The scope of public art in Christchurch is broadening. Council policies now allow for small-scale, integrated art works to be added to bigger capital projects, like a kerb and channel renewal scheme. Creative furniture and features are appearing around Christchurch, including seating, carved bollards, artistic railings, crests and mosaics. These are known as ‘integrated artworks’ as opposed to stand-alone artworks, like sculptures.
Such artworks:
- Improve the appearance of an area,
- Provide interesting features and locations for recreation and leisure;
- Add to local cultural heritage
- Increase people’s understanding and enjoyment of their environment, and
- Strengthen the identity of individual streets/open spaces and communities
Disraeli Street is a “literary street”, named after Benjamin Disraeli (1804 - 1881), a British Prime Minister and novelist who is well-known for securing the vote for the working class and for his trade union legislation.
One Disraeli quote in particular seemed apt for the Reserve site with its proximity to Addington Cemetery and the cemetery’s angels:
“Is man an ape or an angel? I am on the side of the angels.”
The artist Ian Lamont was commissioned to develop the concept of an angel sculpture as part of a balustrade. ‘She’ was to be designed to fit in with the ‘cabbage trees’ also designed for the site, in keeping with the location between industrial and residential areas.
The cache is a 200ml camo covered sistema container with room for a few swaps and TB’s and coins together with a notebook, pencil and sharpener plus geocaching message. May be a little visible. Please recover.
Watch out for muggles coming and going from the nearby cafe
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