A photograph submitted by Caroline Oliver to the QuakeStories website. The description reads, "Demoilition of one of the 2 damaged chimneys, Cashmere hills 1920 weatherboard house, in March 2011.".
A photograph submitted by Caroline Oliver to the QuakeStories website. The description reads, "Demoilition of one of the 2 damaged chimneys, Cashmere hills 1920 weatherboard house, in March 2011.".
A photograph submitted by Caroline Oliver to the QuakeStories website. The description reads, "Demoilition of one of the 2 damaged chimneys, Cashmere hills 1920 weatherboard house, in March 2011.".
Damage to the building housing Java Coffee House, on the corner of High and Lichfield Streets. The facade of the upper storey has collapsed, destroying the awnings below.
Shipping containers protect the road from rockfall in Sumner. On the cliffs above, damaged houses teeter on the edge of the cliff. One of the containers has been decorated with an artwork.
Damage to a residential property on Chichester Street in Pines Beach, after the September 4th earthquake. "Danger Keep Out" tape bars off entry to the collapsing side of the house.
A "no swimming" sign on the beach at Sumner. In the background are shipping containers protecting the road from rockfall, and above a damaged house teeters on the edge of a cliff.
Damage to a house in Richmond. Bricks have fallen from the walls onto the driveway. The photographer comments, "More movement caused the brick cladding to fall off the building".
Internal damage to a house in Richmond. A large crack in wallboard has exposed the bricks behind. The photographer comments, "Cracks in the wall of the sunroom".
Damage to a house in Richmond. Part of a concrete patio has slumped, leaving large cracks. The photographer comments, "The concrete patio is broken into big slabs".
A damaged residential property has been cordoned off with tape, and in front are the words "stay out!' written on a board. Piles of brick can be seen around the house.
Damage to properties on Peterborough Street. The wall on a house has crumpled revealing the inside of the building. Fencing has been placed along the footpath to contain the building rubble.
Damage to a house in Richmond. Stucco cladding is badly cracked around the foundation. The photographer comments, "Stucco cladding was broken around the bay window, next to the foundations".
Plywood wall on a damaged house in Quinns Road, Shirley, Christchurch.
File reference: CCL-2012-05-10-Around-Shirley-May-2012 DSC_02849.JPG
From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
Plywood wall on a damaged house in Quinns Road, Shirley, Christchurch.
File reference: CCL-2012-05-10-Around-Shirley-May-2012 DSC_02850.JPG
From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
A photograph of the earthquake-damaged to a house in Christchurch. The far wall has collapsed and many of the concrete blocks have spilled into the garden in front. Emergency tape has been draped in front of the wall as a cordon. A red sticker has also been stuck on the furthest window, indicating that the house is unsafe to enter.
One landscape colour digital photograph taken on 15 June 2011 showing earthquake damage to the former Canterbury Hotel and adjoining row of shops on Oxford Street. This photograph was taken on Oxford Street and shows the collapsed façade of the row of shops behind safety fencing, the interior of the building is exposed. Shadbolt House is visib...
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 photograph of a member of the Wellington Emergency Management Office Emergency Response Team in the kitchen of an earthquake-damaged house. Broken crockery litters the floor.
A woman standing beside a house on Avonside Drive that has been abandoned due to damage from the 4 September 2010 earthquake. Its front garden has become overgrown.
A woman standing beside a house on Avonside Drive that has been abandoned due to damage from the 4 September 2010 earthquake. Its front garden has become overgrown.
A photograph of a woman digging in the garden of a property with a damaged side fence. In the background, the house next door has its side wall missing.
Damage to a house in Richmond. Part of a brick wall has slumped, leaving a large gap between the wall and a window frame. The photographer comments, "Sunroom window frame".
Damage to the Cathedral. The Cathedral Square Police Station is on the right, and in the background are MFL House (left), the Forsyth Barr building (right) and the Camelot Cathedral Square Hotel (centre).
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Seabreeze Close and Wetlands Grove, Bexley".
A photograph of a woman digging in the garden of a property with a damaged side fence. In the background, the house next door has its side wall missing.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Micham Place, Fordingham and Sopley Lanes, Bexley".
Internal damage to a house in Richmond. A crack in a windowsill where the sill has separated from the window frame. The photographer comments, "Window frame in dining nook".
Damage to a house in Richmond. A brick chimney has partially collapsed. The photographer comments, "The chimney above our bedroom crumbled - glad it didn't come down in one piece".
Large cracks run through the brick cladding of this house in Wainoni. The photographer comments, "During the numerous earthquakes in Christchurch the land which ran alongside the Avon river on Avonside Drive slumped towards the waterway. Houses which were wooden framed and had an external brick veneer started to sink into the liquefied soil. This caused the brick walls to crack, but the houses' occupants though shook up were saved by the wooden framework from the houses collapsing on them".
