‘chrysalis’
A plaque at Parklands Library Queenspark, standing in Parklands. The words below are the register’s own transcription, the casing, the spelling, the typos.
‘CHRYSALIS’ / THIS SCULPTURE SYMBOLISES MOTHER EARTH EMERGING FROM A FLOWER BUD. ALTHOUGH SHE IS SOFT AND NEEDS SOME PROTECTION FROM THE COCOON, SHE IS BECOMING STRONG ENOUGH TO BE WITHOUT IT. PEACEFUL AND POWERFUL, HER OTHER SIDE IS FIREY WHEN NOT RESPECTED. / OAMARY STONE BY EVA BUSCH. MARCH 1996
The register’s own frame
The council’s image, opened at its own host, the frame is the record’s, the reading is yours.
Where it stands
The record’s own pin; the strong outline is the suburb around it, the rest are its neighbours.
In the archive
A name read off an inscription is a lead, not a verified identity, the search is where verification starts.
The ground under it
The plans and surveys kept here, asked once of the pin. The whole stack answers live: what stood on this ground →
Around it
The reports nearby
550 council reports pinned within 250 m of the point, most often Graffiti & vandalism and Trees & parks, 483 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.
General Request
Damaged Street Sign
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure
Poles and Signage - General
Facility - General Request
Litter
Litter
Pest / Vermin
Park - General Request
Water Leak
Rubbish and Bins - General
Street Gutters / Storm WaterQuestions, answered briefly
A plaque of Christchurch, standing at Parklands Library Queenspark in Parklands, one record on the council’s plaque register for the public estate.
The words above, verbatim, the surveyor’s transcription, casing, spelling and typos as they were read off the other. The register does not say who the name belonged to; the dedication is the whole of the record.
The register marks it in service, commissioned 1899. The books' word, though, a plaque may have weathered since the survey, and the pin is the record’s position.
The record behind this
Christchurch City Council’s open data, the Furniture service’s Plaque layer. The inscription is the surveyor’s transcription; "In Service" is the books, not a promise the plaque still reads clean today. The pin is the record’s position on the layer.
This page as markdown: /plaque/310940-parklands-library-queenspark.md · the roll: /plaques · the record as data: /plaques.json · on the big map: /map?layer=plaques · the monuments the crowd mapped: /memorial · what stood on this ground before: /before.