A damaged chimney on the roof of a house in Kaiapoi. The bricks have crumbled onto the roof where they lie precariously. These will have to be removed and the rest of the chimney deconstructed by hand.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Kaiapoi".
A photograph looking across a cleared building site in Cathedral Square towards the old Post Office building.
File reference: CCL-2012-02-19-IMG_0262
From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The old Post Office in Cathedral Square".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Grant Thornton building in Cathedral Square. The owners and insurers are still trying to decide what is happening to it".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Old Post Office, Norwich Quay".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Old Post Office, Cathedral Square".
A photograph of a cleared site between St Asaph Street and Tuam Street. The old Post Office building can be seen in the distance to the left and on the right are badly-damaged High Street buildings.
A photograph of a cleared site between St Asaph Street and Tuam Street. The old Post Office building can be seen in the distance to the left and on the right are badly-damaged High Street buildings.
Revisiting some of my images coming up to our one year anniversary of the 22 February 2011 Christchurch 6.3 earthquake.
Blue Jean Cuisine (Old Sydenham Post Office) built in 1911 was badly damaged in the 2011 earthquakes was demolished 2012.
A photograph looking across a cleared building site in Cathedral Square towards the old Post Office building. A crane can be seen on the right.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Historic Post Office in Cathedral Square from the site of the Regent Theatre (telephoto lens used)".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The demolition site of the former Sydenham Post Office".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The demolition site of the former Sydenham Post Office".
A photograph of an empty site on the corner of Tuam Street and Madras Street. In the distance is the old Post Office building.
A photograph of building rubble on a demolition site between St Asaph Street and Tuam Street. The old Post Office building can be seen in the distance to the left and on the right are badly-damaged High Street buildings.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The old Sydenham post office corner Colombo and Brougham Streets".
A photograph of an empty site and badly-damaged buildings, taken from behind a fence on Madras Street. In the distance is the old Post Office building.
A photograph of an empty site and badly-damaged buildings taken from behind a fence on Madras Street. In the distance is the old Post Office building.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Historic Post Office in Cathedral Square from the site of the Regent Theatre with the new Telecom building to the right".
The old post office building in Kaiapoi.
The Old Lyttelton Post Office, opened in 1874, showing damage after a series of earthquakes hit Christchurch and Lyttelton over the last 9 months.
In the shadow of a broken house,
Down a deserted street,
Propt walls, cold hearths, and phantom stairs,
And the silence of dead feet —
Locked wildly in one another's arms
I saw two lovers meet.
...
A close-up photograph of a wire fence on Madras Street. In the distance is the old Post Office building.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Telecom building, the Old Exchange Building and the Old Post Office are all in this photo as well as the Millennium Hotel and a few cranes".
A photograph looking east down Tuam Street. The old Post Office building (now C1 Espresso) can be seen in the distance.
A photograph looking east down Tuam Street. The old Post Office building (now C1 Espresso) can be seen in the distance.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Old Post Office in Cathedral Square with the Telecom exchange building behind, and Clarendon Tower under demolition".
A photograph of an empty site and badly-damaged buildings taken from behind a fence on Madras Street. In the distance is the old Post Office building.
A photograph of an empty site and badly-damaged buildings taken from behind a fence on Madras Street. In the distance is the old Post Office building.
