A photograph of the earthquake damage to the Edward Gibbon building on Madras Street. Sections of the top storey have collapsed and the bricks have spilled onto the road in front, damaging the awning and smashing several cars. The message, 'Clear', has been spray-painted on the closest car.
A digitally manipulated image of a damaged building in Madras Street. The photographer comments, "After the 22 February earthquake in Christchurch there was a lot of damaged buildings. Sometimes there is the odd one where being unclothed or de-bricked let the world see their beauty".
A view from Madras Street looking towards Lichfield Street. A building has been vandalised with graffiti, and next door is a empty section where a building once stood.
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.
A photograph of a laminated obituary notice. The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "CTV site, Madras Street".
A photograph of a laminated obituary notice. The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "CTV site, Madras Street".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A demolition crew having smoko in their 'tearoom' on Madras Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Latimer Square and Radio Networks House (under demolition). IRD building top left and Pacific Tower centre right".
The sign for Perry's Cafe has had "Shaken but not deterred" added under the name of the cafe. One of the iconic figures of two workmen painted on the side of the building, which have regularly-changed speech bubbles commenting humorously on topical subjects, are saying "Is my crack showing?" The paint has peeled from the other speech bubble, obscuring the reply. The photographer comments, "After the numerous earthquakes in Christchurch a lot of buildings were damaged and made off limits. This affected a lot of cafes and take aways, so if you were open you needed to make it known. The words missing from the speech bubble are 'Don't be silly'".
An image from a Army News March 2011 photo compilation titled, "All in a Days Work". The image is captioned, "The burnt out lift well and staircase of the Canterbury Television building where 95 people are believed to have perished".
The damaged Apex Car Rentals building on Madras Street. The brick parapet has collapsed onto the footpath below.
A photograph of an empty site and badly-damaged buildings taken from behind a fence on Madras Street. In the distance is the old Post Office building.
Damage to a building on the corner of Madras and Hereford Streets, the upper floor of which has collapsed.
A photograph of the rubble from the demolished Manchester Securities House on the corner of Madras and Gloucester Streets.
A photograph of an excavator on a demolition site. The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "Madras Street".
A photograph of an excavator on a demolition site. The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "Madras Street".
A photograph of the south end of Latimer Square near Hereford Street. A generator has been hooked up to a power board which has several power plugs attached to it. A crate of supplies is sitting behind the power board. Wire fencing has been set up in the background as a cordon, and emergency tape has been draped between the trees. Behind this there are earthquake-damaged buildings, excavators and their parts, and rubble on Madras Street.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A view of the south-west corner of Armagh and Madras Streets".
A photograph looking west down Lichfield Street, from an empty site on the corner of Madras Street. An old painted sign on the side of the brick building on the right reads 'McCormick Reapers & Binders'.
A photograph looking west down Lichfield Street, from an empty site on the corner of Madras Street. An old painted sign on the side of the brick building on the right reads 'McCormick Reapers & Binders'.
A photograph looking west down Lichfield Street, from an empty site on the corner of Madras Street. An old painted sign on the side of the brick building on the right reads 'McCormick Reapers & Binders'.
Workers taking a break on Madras Street. The photograph has been captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The central city has different kinds of workers from the people you used to see on these streets".
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Detail of the clock tower on the former railway station building on Moorhouse Avenue at the bottom of Madras Street.
Plants outside the entrance to NG art gallery, located next to The National, a contemporary jewellery gallery on Madras Street.
