A photograph of the Stranges Building on the corner of High Street and Lichfield Street. In the background are the Mexican Café and Honey Pot Café buildings. The outer wall of the top storey of the Stranges Building has collapsed and the rubble has spilled onto the footpath below.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the John Burns & Co. Ltd building on Lichfield Street. The top section of the side wall has collapsed and the bricks have spilled onto the car park below, exposing the inside of the building. Several crushed cars have been removed from the car park and stacked on the street.
A photograph of members of the Wellington Emergency Management Office Emergency Response Team standing on the intersection of Manchester and Lichfield Streets. In the background is the Majestic Theatre. Piles of rubble from earthquake-damaged buildings has been piled on the road below the building.
A photograph of an excavator clearing the rubble from earthquake-damaged buildings on Lichfield Street. The rubble has been gathered from the street and piled up beside the Majestic Theatre. In the foreground a member of the Wellington Emergency Management Office Emergency Response Team is crossing the street.
A photograph taken near the intersection of Manchester Street, Lichfield Street and High Street. The old Post Office building, now housing C1 Espresso, can be seen in the distance with Ronnie Van Hout's sculpture on the roof. Coloured shipping containers support the remaining front facade of the Excelsior Hotel building.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the John Burns & Co. Ltd building on Lichfield Street. The top section of the side wall has collapsed and the bricks have spilled onto the car park below, exposing the inside of the building. Several crushed cars have been removed from the car park and stacked on the street.
A photograph of members of the Wellington Emergency Management Office Emergency Response Team walking down Lichfield Street towards the intersection of Madras Street. There is rubble from several earthquake-damaged buildings on both sides of the road. Plastic fences and road cones have been placed on the street as cordons.
A photograph of members of the Wellington Emergency Management Office walking down Lichfield Street towards the intersection of Madras Street. Buildings on either side of the street have been damaged by the earthquake. Plastic fences have been places around piles of rubble on the street as cordons.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Looking north between Barbadoes Street and Fitzgerald Ave, with Lichfield Street at the bottom".
A photograph showing the surviving building at 123 Lichfield Street, with the IRD building on Madras Street in the background.
A damaged building on Lichfield Street. The brick facade has fallen from the upper storeys, exposing the wooden framing beneath.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Looking at the CCC building from the intersection of Colombo and Lichfield Streets".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Looking south down Manchester Street, with Lichfield Street at the bottom and High Street diagonally".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Looking south down Manchester Street, with Lichfield Street at the bottom and High Street diagonally".
A photograph showing excavators parked just off Lichfield Street, with the IRD building and a car parking building in the background.
The former Majestic Theatre on the corner of High, Lichfield and Manchester Streets, seen through the cordon fencing from Tuam Street.
A photograph of a damaged building on Manchester Street, taken from a cleared building site between Lichfield Street and Tuam Street.
A badly damaged building on Lichfield Street. The lower storey is tilted to one side, while the upper storey appears intact.
A photograph of a damaged building on Manchester Street, taken from a cleared building site between Lichfield Street and Tuam Street.
An aerial photograph of the intersection between Manchester, Lichfield and High Streets with the demolished Holiday Inn in the centre right.
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A photograph of several earthquake-damaged and partially-demolished buildings on Manchester Street near the intersection of Lichfield Street. To the right two emergency management personnel are taking photographs from the intersection. On the other side of the intersection there are several chairs, tables, and a couch under a red umbrella. Another member of an emergency management team is sitting on the couch.
A photograph of emergency management personnel walking down Manchester Street towards the intersection of High and Lichfield Streets. Many of the buildings on the left side of the road have been damaged by the earthquakes. In the distance rubble from the earthquake-damaged buildings has spilled onto the road. Steel fences have been placed along the footpath to the left.
A photograph looking down south down Poplar Lane from the intersection of Lichfield Street. The lane is littered with bricks from the earthquake-damaged buildings above. A car parked on the right side of the lane has also been crushed by the falling bricks. Behind the car a message reading, 'Open your eyes. Life is beautiful', has been chalked on a brick wall.
A photograph of several earthquake-damaged buildings on Lichfield Street. A section of the top storey of the building in the middle has collapsed. USAR codes have been spray-painted on the front door, columns, and windows of all of the buildings. A red sticker has also been stuck to the door of the closest building, indicating that it is unsafe to enter.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Damage to the Bus Exchange on Lichfield Street caushed by the 23 December 2011 aftershock".
A photograph of damaged buildings. The photograph is captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A view of the south side of Lichfield Street".
The rear of a building on Lichfield Street, seen from Bedford Row. The rear wall has collapsed, and the roof has slumped.
The rear of a building on Lichfield Street, seen from Bedford Row. The rear wall has collapsed, and the roof has slumped.
A photograph of damaged buildings. The photograph is captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A view of the south side of Lichfield Street".
