185 Empty White Chairs - Earthquake Memorial
185 Empty White Chairs - Earthquake Memorial, Christchurch
185 Empty White Chairs - Earthquake Memorial
185 Empty White Chairs - Earthquake Memorial
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20 contributions
Memories
Jul 2020
Good place to visit. That is the place for reminding people die from the earthquake. Very sad but do worth to visit.
Written 24 July 2020
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klew97
San Rafael, CA89 contributions
A creative and effective memorial
Aug 2019
This eye-catching public memorial invites you to stop and take a moment, and have a seat, if you like. I didn't know what it was when I first saw it from afar, but it made me want to come closer, and then it made sense when I read the description.
Written 11 July 2020
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Fivestar247
Auckland Central, New Zealand338 contributions
Worth paying respects to the artistic creation and to remember the deceased
Jul 2020
Quite a somber experience.
Good to visit and remember. It brings home the devastation and allows one to remember the people who lost their lives on a normal day In Christchurch.
Clever and fitting artistic tribute.
Good to visit and remember. It brings home the devastation and allows one to remember the people who lost their lives on a normal day In Christchurch.
Clever and fitting artistic tribute.
Written 10 July 2020
This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC.
Guitarman4
Essex, UK189 contributions
Remembering the lost
Oct 2019 • Couples
The empty white chairs is an area full of empty white chairs representing all those who died in the recent earthquakes. Very somber if to be there in such a beautiful city and to think of the destruction that nature cane bring to the area.
Simple earthquake memorial but full of meaning.
Simple earthquake memorial but full of meaning.
Written 30 June 2020
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khbees
Christchurch, New Zealand26 contributions
Very special place
May 2020 • Family
A place to pause for a while and look around at all the different chairs each chosen to represent a life lost. The high chairs and baby seat are the saddest.
Written 30 May 2020
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Maria L
California183 contributions
Sad yet beautiful Memorial
Mar 2020
185 Empty Chairs is a temporary Memorial to all people who died during an earthquake in 2010/11. Sad remembrance place.
Written 23 May 2020
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AmandaH4789
29 contributions
Poignant reminder
Mar 2020 • Couples
This was a very poignant reminder of the earthquake tragedy and we were amazed that it is safe from vandalism for people to see the stark white chairs as a memorial
Written 30 April 2020
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KarenM1_10
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan715 contributions
Memorial
Feb 2020
The empty chairs represent those that perished during the earthquake. It is a very sad and somber area, especially when you see the chairs that belonged to infants.
Written 20 April 2020
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annedunne24
Dublin, Ireland22 contributions
Simple, Poignant and sad
Mar 2020
185 white chairs to symbolise the 185 people who died including a baby bouncer. It is literally at the side of the road, but very poignant and simply done.
Written 30 March 2020
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GHerbert1960
Bateau Bay, Australia33 contributions
Very emotional
Mar 2020
Just seeing all the chairs is a reminder of how many people lost their lives in the 2011 earthquake. Very emotion I though.
Written 30 March 2020
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