A photograph of the Cranmer Courts on the corner of Kilmore and Montreal Streets. One of the gables has crumbled. Ties have been placed around the rest of the gables to limit further damage from aftershocks.
A collapsed gable at Cranmer Court.
Canterbury Earthquake 04/09/10
Christchurch
New Zealand
A photograph of a earthquake-damaged building on Moorhouse Avenue. The front gable of the building has crumbled, exposing the inside.
Reinforcing the apex of the clocktower gable.
A photograph of a gable of the Arts Centre which has been reinforced with wooden bracing.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the Cranmer Courts on the corner of Montreal and Kilmore Streets. One of the gables of the section of the building on the corner has crumbled. Ties have been placed around all of the gables as bracing.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the Cranmer Courts on the corner of Montreal and Kilmore Streets. The tops of the gables of the section of the building on the corner have crumbled. Ties have been placed around all of the gables as bracing.
A photograph of the Cranmer Courts on the corner of Kilmore and Montreal Streets. The gable to the left has crumbled, and there is damage to the tip of the gable in the foreground. Wooden bracing has been placed on both walls to limit further damage from aftershocks.
A photograph of a damaged brick building on St Asaph Street. The bricks wall of the gable has collapsed, and the bricks have fallen onto the pavement below.
A photograph of an earthquake-damaged building on St Asaph Street. The brick wall of the gable has collapsed, and the bricks have fallen onto the pavement below. There is also damage to the wall on the left.
Damage to a building on Durham Street. Wire fencing has been placed around the building as a cordon.
A view looking north-east down Moorhouse Avenue with Scott's Motors on the left. The brick gable ends of the building have collapsed.
St Luke's church on the corner of Manchester and Kilmore Streets. Tape and fencing have been placed around the building to keep people away. There is damage to the top of the gable, and tarpaulins covering the hole to prevent weather damage to the inside of the building.
A photograph of the Cranmer Centre on Armagh Street. Bricks have fallen off one of the gables onto the concrete below. The remaining gables have been braced with wood to limit further damage. A cherry picker can be seen below, and there is fencing around the building.
This shop lost its gable during the magnitude 7.1 earthquake that struck Christchurch on 4 September 2010.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the a gable of the Cranmer Courts on the corner of Kilmore and Montreal Street. Wooden bracing has been used to hold the rest of the stones together, and neon tape has been wrapped around the other gables to help keep them secure during aftershocks.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the a gable of the Cranmer Courts on the corner of Kilmore and Montreal Street. Wooden bracing has been used to hold the rest of the stones together, and neon tape has been wrapped around the other gables to help keep them secure during aftershocks.
A photograph of a earthquake damaged gable of the Cranmer Centre.
A photograph of a gable of Ironside House on Montreal Street.
Temporary repairs to the damaged gable ends of a brick building.
A close up view of a damaged gable at Cranmer Court.
The Cranmer Centre on Armagh Street with scaffolding up the side. Large sections of masonry from the building's gables have collapsed onto the lawn in front.
A photograph of Kims Restaurant on Colombo Street with a damaged gable. The bricks have broken from the wall and fallen inside the building.
The former Canterbury Horse Bazaar building on Lichfield Street. One brick gable has collapsed, and there is cracking through the brickwork. A spray-painted warning on the wall below the remaining gable reads, "Danger, look up".
Reinforcements and protective cladding on a gable of the Cranmer Courts building.
St Joseph's Church on Winchester Street with a broken gable and tower.
A photograph of the badly-damaged Octagon Live Restaurant on the corner of Worcester and Manchester Streets. The masonry around the gable has crumbled, falling onto the footpath in front.
A photograph of the Cranmer Centre on Armagh Street. The stone tips of two gables have been removed from the building and placed together on the lawn.
A photograph of the Cranmer Centre on Armagh Street. The stone tips of two gables have been removed from the building and placed together on the lawn.
