Dave Schumaker » architecture http://daveschumaker.net life, technology, outdoors, photography Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:53:25 +0000 en hourly 1 Christchurch – Then and Now http://daveschumaker.net/christchurch-then-and-now/ http://daveschumaker.net/christchurch-then-and-now/#comments Tue, 22 Feb 2011 04:22:01 +0000 Dave http://daveschumaker.net/?p=18807 EDIT: The Big Picture is featuring powerful and scary photos of the damage.

We’re just starting to find out how bad today’s M6.3 earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand was.

A former professor of ours when we were in New Zealand in 2006 dropped us an email this evening and let us know that it was going to be bad. He also informed us that the iconic Christchurch Cathedral in the center of the city was destroyed.

It was an absolutely beautiful building – originally built in mid-1800′s and completed in 1904.

As we saw it in 2006:

Christchurch Cathedral - 2006

Christchurch Cathedral - 2006

Christchurch

And as it lays today:

Chch Cathedral 2011 Quake

[via TwitPic]

My heart goes out to everyone in Christchurch. This is going to be fairly bad.

]]> http://daveschumaker.net/christchurch-then-and-now/feed/ 1 San Francisco’s Transamerica Pyramid http://daveschumaker.net/san-franciscos-transamerica-pyramid/ http://daveschumaker.net/san-franciscos-transamerica-pyramid/#comments Mon, 07 Dec 2009 17:06:00 +0000 Dave http://daveschumaker.net/?p=1137 A few weeks ago, I went walking through San Francisco and took my trust Canon S90 along with me. I shot a few photos of the Transamerica Pyramid, one of the more distinctive high rises in San Francisco.

Transamerica Building
Transamerica Building
Transamerica Building
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