The Garden City, Christchurch, New Zealand, seems to gain global headlines through tragedy. An earthquake on February 22nd, 2011 killed 185 people and destroyed vast swaths of the city. Further tragedy occurred 8 years later with a terrorist attack on two mosques killing 51. Yet, Christchurch is not filled with “dark days.” Bound by the ocean to the east, rivers to the north and west and mountains to the south, the city is surrounded by natural rugged beauty and interspersed with a bounty of agricultural landscape. This city of 400,000 is resilient and full of faith in the future. The 2011 earthquake devasted the stone cathedral completed in 1904, the focal point of the city grid. Yet, a few blocks away rose a glorious temporary cathedral 30 months later designed by Shigeru Ban with his signature cardboard tube structure; and subsequently reinforced as it became permanent. A similar manhole cover to this one sits in front of that building with a pragmatic layout of concentric rings. You can find this cover in the RedZone, a now barren suburban area. The center of these covers varies as they are produced by many foundries, with this one having an emblem of its recent geologic history.