Rubble on the road beside the old Magistrates Court bulding on Armagh Street.
Members of the USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) hoisted on the platform of a crane, next to the Forsyth Barr Building on the corner of Armagh and Colombo Streets. Some of the windows below have been broken open by Urban Search and Rescue workers looking for trapped people.
A photograph of earthquake damage to the Cranmer Centre on the corner of Armagh and Montreal Streets. Large sections of the wall have collapsed, the bricks spilling onto the footpath below. Wire fencing has been placed around the building as a cordon. Scaffolding has been erected up the side of the building to the left.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Victoria Square".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The PricewaterhouseCoopers building on Armagh Street under demolition. The Isaac Theatre Royal is in the foreground (being restored)".
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.
A sign outside the Croydon House Bed and Breakfast Hotel on Armagh Street reading, "Don't touch this lady without owner's permission". The east side of the building has collapsed, the bricks falling into the neighbouring property. Tape reading, "Restricted area, please keep out" has been placed around the property.
A photograph of Munns the Man's Shop on Armagh Street. The windows have shattered and the glass has fallen onto the footpath. The stock and posters for an "end of lease" sale can still be seen inside the store.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to a building on Armagh Street. The walls of the building have crumbled and the bricks have spilt onto the footpath, exposing the wooden structure beneath. Police tape and road cones have been placed around the building as a cordon.
A photograph of members of the Wellington Emergency Management Office Emergency Response Team inside the Craigs Investment Partners House on Armagh Street. A red sticker on the door indicates that the building is unsafe to enter.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Craig's Investment Partners House looking very dirty after forteen months without the glass being cleaned as well as demolitions happening around it".
Where once were buildings! From the corner of Armagh Street and Oxford Terrace.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Forsyth Barr building at 764 Colombo Street (left) and 779 Colombo Street (right)".
An aerial photograph looking south west over the Christchurch CBD, the cathedral just visible in the centre left.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Lifting a section of roof off the PWC building (left) at sunset, viewed from Worcester Street".
The Edmonds Band Rotunda on Cambridge Terrace, with wire fencing around the building. Weeds have grown in the garden and along the balustrade.
A sign in Victoria Park reading, "Forsyth Barr Tower, Victoria Park assembly point".
Bird droppings on the windows of the Town Hall, and weeds growing in the fountain bed below.
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.
A photograph looking south down Manchester Street from the intersection with Armagh Street. Badly-damaged buildings can be seen along the street, as well as the Hotel Grand Chancellor in the distance.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Victoria Street Apartments".
A partially constructed tilt slab building on a site in the Christchurch central city.
Building behind the cordon fence on the corner of Stanmore Road and Armagh Street.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Badly damaged buildings viewed from yard behind 746 - 750 Colombo Street".
A photograph of the Fitzgerald Avenue Community Garden.
A photograph of the Fitzgerald Avenue Community Garden.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Badly damaged buildings viewed from yard behind 746 - 750 Colombo Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Looking south along Colombo Street towards the CBD".
A photograph of an artwork on a wall of a building on Armagh Street.
Army personnel at the cordon checkpoint on Armagh street beside the Canterbury Provincial Chambers.
