A photograph of the corner of High Street and Manchester Street. Shipping containers have been stacked in front of the remaining facade of the Excelsior Hotel building.
A view down Manchester Street of damaged buildings and vacant lots. The facade of the Excelsior Sports Bar building is supported by a stack of shipping containers.
A photograph of the corner of High Street and Manchester Street. Shipping containers have been stacked in front of the remaining facade of the Excelsior Hotel building.
A photograph of the corner of High Street and Manchester Street. Shipping containers have been stacked in front of the remaining facade of the Excelsior Hotel building.
A photograph looking north down Manchester Street. Coloured shipping containers have been stacked in front of the remaining facade of the Excelsior Hotel building on the right.
A photograph looking north down Manchester Street. Coloured shipping containers have been stacked in front of the remaining facade of the Excelsior Hotel building on the right.
Damage to the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament. Looking through the fence on to the side and front where shipping containers are being used to support the walls.
Damage to the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament. Looking through the fence on to the side and front where shipping containers are being used to support the walls.
A digital copy of a painting by Julia Holden. The painting is of Manchester Street. Shipping containers have been stacked against the Excelsior Hotel on the right, and the kinetic sculpture, 'Nucleus', is depicted on the left.
A digital copy of a painting by Julia Holden. The painting is of Manchester Street. Shipping containers have been stacked against the Excelsior Hotel on the right, and the kinetic sculpture, 'Nucleus', is depicted on the left.
A photograph of the intersection of Manchester and Tuam Street, taken next to the partially-demolished Odeon Theatre on Tuam Street. A stack of shipping containers can be seen in the distance, against the remaining facade of the Excelsior Hotel building.
A photograph of the partially-demolished Hagley Hostel on Riccarton Avenue. A crane and an excavator are parked in front of the building. Wire fences and shipping containers have been placed around the outside as a cordon.
A photograph of an excavator clearing rubble on Madras Street near the intersection of Tuam Street. To the left is the earthquake damaged Edward Gibbon's building. To the right, shipping containers have been stacked on the road.
Houses teetering on the edge of the cliff above Sumner, which collapsed, taking one house with it. Below, a line of shipping containers protect the road from falling rocks.
Damage to the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament. Close up of shipping containers supporting the exterior wall, and in front is a pile of building rubble and a digger.
Damage to the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament. Close up of shipping containers supporting the exterior wall, and in front is a pile of building rubble and a digger.
Cracks in the front of a building on Madras Street. In the foreground is a shipping container placed to protect the street in the event of the building's collapse.
The road sign for Silt Lane in Southshore, with a pied stilt (poaka) painted on a handmade sign.
A woman walking her dog along Sumner Beach.
Easter artwork on top of a road cone on Main Road in Clifton. A bunny has been cut out of a milk bottle and painted.
Easter artwork on top of a road cone on Main Road in Clifton. A bunny has been cut out of a milk bottle, painted and placed on top of a road cone.
A photograph of an excavator clearing rubble on Madras Street near the intersection of Tuam Street. To the left is the earthquake damaged Edward Gibbon's building. To the right, shipping containers have been stacked on the road.
A line of shipping containers along the base of the cliffs in Sumner protects the road from rockfalls. In the foreground on the right is what remains of Shag Rock.
A photograph of the McKenzie & Willis Building on the corner of High and Tuam Streets. The right side of the building has collapsed and steel bracing is being used to hold up the rest. Large piles of rubble and shipping containers can be seen in front.
A photograph of the damaged Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament. The tower on the south-west corner of the building has collapsed. Shipping containers support the far wall of the building.
The east side of the Odeon Theatre, showing the severe damage at the back of the theatre. Shipping containers in front of the building protect Tuam Street in case it falls.
An old advertising sign for Polson's decorators and signwriters exposed on the side of a building on Manchester Street. Behind is the facade of the Excelsior Hotel, protected by shipping containers.
Shipping containers support the facade of the Excelsior Hotel, the only part of the hotel still standing. The Two Fat Indians restaurant next door has also closed due to earthquake damage.
Shipping containers against the cliff on the road to Sumner, Christchurch.
File reference: CCL-2012-05-12-Around-Sumner-May-2012 DSC_011.JPG
From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
A photograph looking west down Armagh Street towards the Forsyth Barr and PricewaterhouseCoopers buildings. A shipping container is situated on the left side of the road and two people in high-visibility vests and hard hats can be seen crossing the road.