A partly constructed tilt slab building on the demolition site of 338 Montreal Street. In the background, a severely damaged B&B can be seen.
Damage to the Croydon House B&B Hotel.
Damage to the Croydon House B&B Hotel.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to Charlie B's Backpackers on Madras Street. The front of the building has collapsed, the bricks and other rubble spilling onto the road and footpath in front. Many of the walls inside the top storey of the building are now hanging loose from the ceiling.
A facsimile of an architectural drawing of St. Elmo's Courts. Architect: B. J. Ager
A partly constructed tilt slab building on the demolition site of 338 Montreal Street. In the background, a severely damaged B&B can be seen.
A section of the brick wall on the Croydon House B&B Hotel has crumbled, exposing an interior room. Spray paint markings left by USAR can be seen on the house and fencing.
A section of the brick wall on the Croydon House B&B Hotel has crumbled, exposing an interior room. Spray paint markings left by USAR can be seen on the house and fencing.
Detail of the front entrance to the Croydon House B&B Hotel. The front door has been removed and left in front. On the door are spray paint markings left by USAR after the building was checked. Cordon tape restricting access to the buildings can be seen.
A view through cordon fencing towards the front entrance to the Croydon House B&B Hotel, the side wall of which crumbled. The front door has been removed and left in front. On the are spray paint markings left by USAR after the building was checked. Cordon tape restricting access to the buildings can be seen.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "24B Waygreen Avenue".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "167 (remaining) and 167B (demolished) Victoria Street".
A photograph of an overgrown residential property at 93B Courtenay Drive in Kaiapoi.
Colour photograph of front door to the Occidental Hotel, which after the September quake had suffered vandalism. The name "B. Perry" was still above the door.
Empty sections where houses once stood at 24B Waygreen Avenue in New Brighton. The sections are muddy and overgrown with weeds.
Empty sections where houses once stood at 24A and 24B Waygreen Avenue in New Brighton. The sections are overgrown with weeds.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Story on closed backpackers (earthquake damaged) Charlie B's backpackers on Madras Street".
A photograph of an overgrown property. The photograph is captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "24B Waygreen Avenue".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The driveway of 112B and 112C Bexley Road in New Brighton".
A photograph of a driveway in New Brighton, captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "112A, 112B, 112C Bexley Road".
A photograph of street art on the old railway goods B Shed near the Colombo Street overbridge.The photographer attributes the work to Fat.
A photograph of Sarah from St Albans taking part in #FiveYearsOn. Sarah holds a sign which reads, "Five years on, I feel... Happy// Sarah B, St. albans".
A photograph of street art on the old railway goods B Shed near the Colombo Street overbridge.The photographer attributes the work to Fat and Draped Up.
A scanned copy of a black and white photograph of the He-Ne Continuous Gas Laser used in David Lockwood's MSc research at the University of Canterbury. David says, "The experiments in the Thesis were aimed at examining the effects of sound waves on colloids, which are very small particles that are found in clays for example (for more details see page 181 of http://www.cap.ca/PiC-PaC/static/downloads/1efdc1f3784b85c1a1b33e396b91ee8aef2072c5.pdf ). In fact, I was looking at nanoparticles of matter, which preceded the emergence of nanotechnology as a field of research by more than two decades. I needed a suitable light source to probe the alignment of the nanoparticles in the ultrasonic sound field. At that time the laser had just been invented and I realized that this was the ideal light source for my experiment. I then proceeded to construct the first home-built laser in New Zealand. This laser - a He-Ne continuous-wave gas laser - operated at 632.8 nm (in the red). This laser, over a metre long, is shown in the black-and-white photo. There were lot of problems to be overcome, but eventually, with invaluable help from Dr. Tom Seed (my MSc supervisor) and Dr. Rod Syme, I had it working".
