Victoria Apartments demolition is under way on a walk around the city to find out what is happening in the city. Feb 17, 2014 Christchurch New Zealand.
"soft-stripped", which means that any remaining belongings will be removed, as well as furnishings and internal walls.
An aerial photograph of Victoria Square and the Crowne Plaza Hotel.
A drilling rig on the south side of the Colombo Street Bridge. In the distance, the Victoria Apartments and Craigs building can be seen.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Deconstruction of Establishment apartment building on the corner of Victoria and Peterborough Streets".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Deconstruction of Establishment apartment building on the corner of Victoria and Peterborough Streets".
An aerial photograph of Victoria Street with the Christchurch Casino in the bottom right of the photograph.
An aerial photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Central city blocks bounded by Colombo Street, Hereford Street, Cashel Street, and High Street".
The demolition of an apartment building on Peterborough Street. A long-reach excavator is being used to tear the building down.
Awaiting the demolition ball! See the hole punched in by the neighbouring building (now demolished) during the February 22 2011 earthquake. This building is leaning to the north (left) while it's now demolished neighbour was leaning to the south (right).
All because the crap land gave way underneath!
I am going away for a short time for a holiday and well get back to you all when I get home.
Demotion of the Victoria Sq apartments on a walk around the city Feb 26, 2014 Christchurch New Zealand.
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A large crane in front of the Forsyth Barr Building on Armagh Street. In the background, the Victoria Apartments can be seen, with a noticeable lean.
On a walk around the city to find out of the Demolition work on the Victoria Sq Apartments. Taking up a digger it took some times to manmover it up there! Feb 17, 2014 Christchurch New Zealand.
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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Establishment apartment building on the corner of Peterborough Street and Victoria Street being demolished".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "CBD with PricewaterhouseCoopers building in the foreground".
An aerial photograph of the Forsyth Bar building near Victoria Square. The photograph is captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Forsyth Barr building at 764 Colombo Street, with Victoria Square behind. This building is staying".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Peterborough Street with the Establishment Apartment building being demolished".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "90 Armagh Street - this building and the Victoria Square Apartments next door (on the left) are leaning in opposite directions because of liquefaction".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Deconstruction of Establishment Apartment building".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Deconstruction of Establishment Apartment building".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Deconstruction of Establishment Apartment building".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The corner of Victoria Street and Kilmore Streets, overlooking the demolition site of the Copthorne Hotel on Durham Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "View of the Centre of the City from Victoria Square to the cathedral".
Three excavators sit on top of the demolition rubble where the Crowne Plaza Hotel once stood. In the background are the Forsyth Barr building (left), the Victoria Apartments (centre), and the Environment Court building (right).
A photograph of the badly-damaged Canterbury Provincial Council buildings, taken from Durham Street.
An aerial photograph of the Farmers car park on Gloucester Street with Victoria Park to the north and the Canterbury Provincial Council Chambers to the west.
An aerial photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Central city blocks bounded by Colombo Street, Hereford Street, Cashel Street, and High Street".
An aerial photograph of the Christchurch Art Gallery, Christchurch City Council Civic Offices and surrounding buildings.
Working at getting things out of the Victoria Square before it is demolished.
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What I found on my walk around the city January 15, 2014 Ch...
An aerial photograph of the central city blocks bounded by Colombo Street, Hereford Street, Cashel Street, and High Street.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "214 Oxford Terrace. This building was integral with the one on the north-east corner of Colombo and Armagh Streets".
