A photograph looking north down Gayhurst Road, taken from the side of the bridge over the Avon River. Residential properties used to line the left-hand side of the road, and St Paul's church once stood on the corner. This was before the land was red-zoned as a result of the 2010 and 2011 Canterbury earthquakes. Separated cycle ways have recently been installed on both sides of the road. The photograph was modelled off an image taken by Mark Lincoln in September 2010.
A laminated sign for the 2011 Festival of Flowers attached to a wooden planter. The plants in the planter are dry and dead. The photographer comments, "The theme for the 2011 Festival of Flowers was 'burst! of water'. The Christchurch February earthquake came and water and sand called liquefaction burst out of the ground all around the area. Ironically the plants for the festival were left unattended in the cordoned off red zone and they would have loved a little burst of water".
A digitally manipulated image of two chairs sitting among rubble. The photographer comments, "There is a strip of land that has been declared as the red zone. This means that the houses facing towards the tidal estuary must be abandoned as they are on land that has been declared uneconomic to repair after the Christchurch earthquakes. These chairs are at the front of one of these properties that will be bulldozed. These seem to be saying come hell or high water we will not be moved".
Football turf has now gone and the area fenced off again.
8 Velsheda Street, Bexley, Christchurch, across the road from my house was demolished a week or so ago, just one of many demolitions of Red Zone properties at the moment. This house was about ten years old and suffered land damage during the 4th September 2010 and 22nd February 2011 earthquakes.
The same fate awaits my house later in the year o...
A couple in a red-zoned dog kennel, completing the dwelling census. Their accommodation has one room;, their only heating is by body heat and burning furniture; their rent is $1000 per week.
Two years after the earthquakes, the living conditions of many in the 'red zones' of Christchurch was poor, owing to local body, government and insurance companies' tardiness.
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A graphic giving the status of Freeville Primary School.
A photograph of the house at 402 Oxford Terrace, taken from the footpath.
A photograph of Siobhan Murphy outside her house at 436 Oxford Terrace.
A photograph of the house at 396 Oxford Terrace, taken through two overgrown bushes.
A snapshot from GPS Boomerang's SmartBird flight over the Christchurch red zone on 5 June 2012, looking over Manchester Street with the Holiday Inn in the background.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "St Michaels School, 249 Durham Street".
A snapshot from GPS Boomerang's SmartBird flight over the Christchurch red zone on 5 June 2012, looking over Manchester Street with the Holiday Inn in the background.
A snapshot from GPS Boomerang's SmartBird flight over the Christchurch red zone on 23 December 2012, looking down Worcester Boulevard with the Arts Centre in the bottom right.
A snapshot from GPS Boomerang's SmartBird flight over the Christchurch red zone on 23 December 2012, looking over the Arts Centre with Christ's College to the right.
The damaged tower of Christ Church Cathedral. The photograph was taken from a walkway that was opened up to allow the public to see inside the Red Zone.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "116 Worcester Street".
An aerial photograph of Kingsford Street in the Horseshoe Lake area, Burwood.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Chester Street looking towards Durham Street Methodist Church".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Oxford Terrace pump house".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Tree house Karaoke Party Bar, 154 Manchester Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The new Press building on Gloucester Street at dusk. The central city red zone now has office workers and lights on".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The lights are on at the new Press building, the first office workers to return to the central city red zone".
A snapshot from GPS Boomerang's SmartBird flight over the Christchurch red zone on 5 June 2012, looking over the Westpac Trust Building towards the Holiday Inn.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Oran and Waitaki Streets, Bexley".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Road working machines blocking the entrance to Ottawa Street".
Workers at the Stronger Christchurch Infrastructure Rebuild Team (SCIRT) opening. The ceremony was held in Burwood Park.
Workers at the Stronger Christchurch Infrastructure Rebuild Team (SCIRT) opening. The ceremony was held in Burwood Park.
A photograph submitted by Sarndra to the QuakeStories website. The description reads, "Piles of silt for removal, Niven Street, Avondale [red zone section]. Approx 29 February 2011.".
A photograph of large cracks in the pavement in front of St Paul's School in Dallington.
