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Scoop Images: Christchurch's Chalice Of Renewal

Monday, 28 February 2000, 4:14 pm
Article: Alastair Thompson

Christchurch City Council is proposing to erect a sculpture of a giant chalice in the Cathedral Square this year as part of the celebrations for the new millennium.

The artwork - like so many public art works - is loved by many and hated by others with one prominent architect recently suggesting that it reminds him of the giant carrot in Ohakune.

The following pictures are computer drawn images of what the chalice will look like once erected. You be the judge.

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The chalice as seen from ground level with the Christchurch Central Post Office in the background.

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The chalice as it will be seen by god.

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Alastair Thompson

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Alastair Thompson is the co-founder of Scoop. He is of Scottish and Irish extraction and from Wellington, New Zealand. Alastair has 24 years experience in the media, at the Dominion, National Business Review, North & South magazine, Straight Furrow newspaper and online since 1997. He is the winner of several journalism awards for business and investigative work.

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