Template:Did you know nominations/Church of St Michael and All Angels, Christchurch

Church of St Michael and All Angels, Christchurch

 * ... that following an 1869 earthquake, it was decided to build St Michael's Church in timber, leaving it the only Christchurch Central City church in use after the 2011 earthquake?
 * Reviewed: Oil futures drunk-trading incident
 * Comment: For a change, here's a Category I heritage building that's still standing after the 2011 Christchurch earthquake. And if it's not obvious to reviewers, the reason that it is still standing is that it was built from timber, which is more flexible and often fares better in earthquakes than stone or unreinforced masonry.

Created/expanded by Nedrutland (talk), Schwede66 (talk). Nominated by Schwede66 (talk) at 19:58, 6 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Comment: Unfortunately sources only support "only Anglican." Also, this mighty be catchier:
 * ALT 1: ... that an 1869 decision to use earthquake-resistant timber construction led to St Michael's Church (pictured) being the only Christchurch Central City Anglican church in use after the 2011 earthquake?
 * --202.124.73.243 (talk) 09:45, 9 September 2011 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the review. ALT1 is nice and catchy. The 'only Anglican' bit is fine.  Schwede 66  18:46, 9 September 2011 (UTC)


 * Symbol confirmed.svg ALT 1 is good to go. -- 202.124.73.227 (talk) 05:42, 10 September 2011 (UTC)