The statue of Queen Victoria in Victoria Square with the Victoria Apartments in the background.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Victoria Square".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Queen Victoria statue gazing at a digger on Colombo Street from her pedestal in Victoria Square".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Victoria Square".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Victoria Square".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Victoria Square".
A snapshot from GPS Boomerang's SmartBird flight over the Christchurch red zone on 5 June 2012, looking over Victoria Square with the Forsyth Barr Building, the Victoria Apartments and the PriceWaterHouseCoopers Building visible.
A snapshot from GPS Boomerang's SmartBird flight over the Christchurch red zone on 23 December 2012, looking over Victoria Square with the Forsyth Barr Building and the Victoria Apartments visible. The PriceWaterHouseCoopers Building has been demolished.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A Chinese lantern in Victoria Square".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Forsyth Barr building viewed from Victoria Square with the Queen Victoria statue obscuring the doorway".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The partially demolished Hotel Crowne Plaza viewed from Victoria Square".
An aerial photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Victoria Square".
A sign in Victoria Park reading, "Forsyth Barr Tower, Victoria Park assembly point".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Victoria Street Apartments".
Cordon fences on the bridge in Victoria Square.
A weather-damaged Chinese lantern fallen to the ground in Victoria Square. The Chinese New Year Lantern Festival was to be held on Saturday 26 February and Sunday 27 February 2011 but was cancelled due to the earthquake. The lanterns hung in Victoria Square until they fell.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Farmers building on Armagh Street, viewed from Victoria Square".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The statue of Captain James Cook in Victoria Square".
The Town Hall viewed from Victoria Square. The Ferrier Fountain is no longer running and weeds have grown in its bed.
The Hamish Hay Bridge in Victoria Square with the Crowne Plaza Hotel in the background. The bottom of the hotel has been stripped out and prepared for demolition.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Now that the grass has been mown in Victoria Square, this view is almost the way we remember it".
Dead potplants abandoned on the balconies of a building in Victoria Square.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Looking across Victoria Square in the early evening to the snow covered heap of rubble that is the remnants of the Crowne Plaza".
The Edmonds Band Rotunda on Cambridge Terrace, with wire fencing around the building. Weeds have grown in the garden and along the balustrade.
Bird droppings on the windows of the Town Hall, and weeds growing in the fountain bed below.
Colombo Street looking south from Kilmore Street. Concrete and wire fencing have been placed over the street as a cordon. In the distance, the bracing in front of the Cathedral can be seen.
The gutted and partially demolished Crowne Plaza Hotel viewed from Victoria Park.
The gutted and partially demolished Crowne Plaza Hotel viewed from Victoria Street.
The gutted and partially demolished Crowne Plaza Hotel viewed from Victoria Park.
Liquefaction silt and broken paving in front of the floral clock in Victoria Square, seen through cordon fencing.