A view down Cashel Mall, which has been cordoned off from the public. Damaged buildings and rubble can be seen down the street. The Grand Chancellor Hotel can be seen in the background.
For the first time in November 2011, Christchurch residents finally had the opportunity to see the earthquake-damaged city centre on the Red Zone bus tours organised by CERA. Looking into Cathedral Square.
For the first time in November 2011, Christchurch residents finally had the opportunity to see the earthquake-damaged city centre on the Red Zone bus tours organised by CERA. Looking into Cathedral Square.
For the first time in November 2011, Christchurch residents finally had the opportunity to see the earthquake-damaged city centre on the Red Zone bus tours organised by CERA. Looking into Cathedral Square.
Under the trees in the Botanic Gardens was a 'Road Cone Art Competition', to see what sculptures the public could make out of a road cone. This work was titled 'Flight of the Butterflies'.
Detail of the damage to a building on Colombo Street. Some of the windows are missing, and cracks are clearly visible on the wall. The front has been protected by a tarp.
On the one year anniversary of the February 22nd, flowers were placed in road cones across Christchurch to remember the earthquake victims. These cones mark out uneven areas of the footpath.
Look from the cordon fences on to empty demolition sites Tuam Street. The Alice in Videoland building can be seen on left with the Wespac building and Holiday Inn in the background.
A black and white historic photograph of the interior of the dining room of the Clarendon Hotel, with two waiters in the background, [1903].
A photograph of the earthquake damage to a house in Christchurch. Bricks from the demolished house next door still lie on the roof and against the side wall.
A photograph looking south down Manchester Street. A painting can be seen on the temporary facade of the building on the left. The road has been partially cordoned off.
A photograph of a model city at the Rebuild Central office on Lichfield Street. The model was created by members of the public as part of the Christchurch City Council's Transitional City consultation project.
The facade of Victoria Black on High Street is supported by a stack of shipping containers. The ruin of the Excelsior Sports Bar on Manchester Street can be seen through the security fencing.
A photograph of the Brannigans building on the corner of Oxford Terrace and Gloucester Street. Broken glass can be seen on the footpath behind the cordon.
The A and T Burt building on Ferry Road in Woolston. Bricks that have collapsed from the top section of the building have been cleared from the footpath below.
Detail of damage to a building on High Street. The photographer comments, "The support for the veranda has pulled part of the stone wall completely away".
Looking into Christchurch Central over cordon fencing and road cones. A crane can be seen in the background and on the right is the empty site where the CTV building once was.
Man on a bicycle looks through the security cordon on Dundas Street. Diggers and rubble from the Smiths City car parking building in the background.
A Treetech Specialist Tree Care Ltd truck at a park near the Avon River. Some of the trees in the park have been cut into sections by the Treetech arborists.
The upper section of the Durham Street Methodist Church. Scaffolding has been constructed to allow workers from the South Island Organ Company to retrieve the church's valuable historic organ.
A house in Richmond being demolished. All but the front wall has been demolished, and a crane bucket looms over the roof. The photographer comments, "The end of 393 River Rd".
The Ferrier Fountain in front of the Town Hall. The fountain is no longer running and there are weeds in the water bed.
A group of people inspect the damaged rowing club buildings at Kerrs Reach. A large gap has appeared between two concrete slabs beside the building, where the land has slumped towards the river.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Otakaro Place, Bexley. Look at the difference in the vertical line in the edge of the building".
A snapshot from GPS Boomerang's SmartBird flight over the Christchurch red zone on 5 June 2012, looking over Cathedral Square with the Christchurch Cathedral, the Post Office Building and the Chalice visible.
The cordon checkpoint at the intersection of Colombo and Gloucester Streets. In the background, people stand in a section of walkway opened up to allow the public a view of Cathedral Square.
Flowers and gifts left at the site of the CTV Building to honour those who lost their lives in the building during the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
Looking through the cordon fence from the vacant site from the demolition of St. John's Anglican Church on Latimer Square. The empty section it looks to is where CTV building use to be.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "The Carlton pub open for business after some bricks fell off the top of the building closing the footpath".
The Caffe Roma coffee house on Oxford Terrace. Bricks from the facade above have fallen into the street and tape has been placed around the building as a cordon.