Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Looking from 223 Tuam Street across three blocks of clear land (Tuam-Ash-Lichfield-Bedford Row) to the IRD building on Cashel Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Looking from Lichfield Street across cleared land to the Twisted Hop. The statue of the banana palm can be seen".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "These homeowners from Cass Street in Kaiapoi have created a sign to make their views about the red zone clear".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Looking from 223 Tuam Street across 3 blocks of clear land (Tuam-Ash-Lichfield-Bedford Row) to the IRD building on Cashel Street".
A digger being used to clear the rubble from the Convention Centre on Peterborough Street. In the background, the Town Hall can be seen, as well as the Forsyth Barr building.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Christ's College, Rolleston Avenue. Portacoms and bike stands installed after the earthquakes of 2011 on cleared sections in Gloucester Street near the college".
A photograph of a partially-cleared building site and badly-damaged buildings between St Asaph Street and High Street, taken from St Asaph Street. The old post office building can be seen in the distance.
A photograph of the site of the Crowne Plaza Hotel on the corner of Kilmore and Durham Streets. The hotel has been demolished, leaving large piles of rubble which two excavators are working to clear.
A photograph of the site of the Crowne Plaza Hotel taken from Radio New Zealand House on Durham Street. The hotel has been demolished, leaving large piles of rubble which an excavator is working to clear.
Reconstruction work on Terrace on the Park Apartments. Two of the building required urgent demolition, while the others in the complex are being cleared out for demolition. Some furniture from the apartments can been seen on the balcony, whereas in other apartments, deconstructed furnishings can be seen.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The view from the top of Alice in Videoland".
A photograph taken from the top of the BNZ building. The photograph is captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Finally, the mess outside Coffee Culture on High Street has been cleared and demolition work will complete what the earthquake began. The red containers in the background are Fletchers containers, servicing the Hotel Grand Chancellor deconstruction".
The feet of a fallen mannequin rest against a shop window. The photographer comments, "It is enough to make your toes curl. This is a mannequin that has been on its back since this clothing store was cleared out after the Christchurch earthquake. The store, which is in the earthquake red zone, has been off limits and untouched in the for two years".
A digitally manipulated image of an excavator. The photographer comments, "This is a huge excavator in the Christchurch CBD. It is being used to clear away the enormous amount of rubble from the buildings being demolished. It seems that nearly all the big machinery from all other the world has been needed in the clean up of the earthquake damaged buildings and utilities".
A photograph of the site of the Crowne Plaza Hotel on the corner of Kilmore and Durham Streets. The hotel has been demolished into large piles of rubble which two excavators are working to clear. A sign on the cordon fence indicates that the demolition is being carried out by Grant Mackay Demolition Co. and Leigh Construction.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The view from the top of Alice in Videoland towards Poplar Lane, showing how little is left there. Twisted Hop had a 'make safe' status at the time of this picture, now changed to demolish".
Photographs of central Christchurch after the 2010-2012 earthquakes taken 25 February 2012 by Sean McMahon. Locations are chiefly Manchester, Saint Asaph, Cashel, Columbo and Lichfield Streets, and the Bridge of Remembrance.
Images show fencing around areas closed to the public, damaged and collapsed commercial buildings, cleared sites, re-opened Cashel Street area with shops and a cafe.
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Quantity: 34 digital photograph(s).