Crunch time for central city blueprint  Last updated 12:59
17/11/2012 One Cashel Square  PROPOSED DESIGN: Ocean Partners
and Apollo Projects have proposed a design called One Cashel
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Christchurch's central city was dying. It's now got the chance
for a rebirth and decisions vital to that are about to be made.
It won't be just any old playground.  "We want it to be the best
in the South Island, hopefully the best in the whole of New
Zealand," says Christchurch Central Development Unit (CCDU)
director Warwick Isaacs.  It is details like this that remind
you of the grand ambition of the Government's blueprint for the
rebuild of central Christchurch.  In any other year, a plan to
create a giant urban playground in the heart of the city would
dominate the headlines for months. This year it is a barely
noticed item on the agenda. Yet think of the impact it will
have. And how soon it may arrive.  Isaacs says the tenders have
already gone out for the design