Emergency personnel searching for people trapped in the collapsed Canterbury Television Building on Madras Street. Smoke can be seen rising from the ruins, which were on fire when the photograph was taken.
Emergency personnel searching for people trapped in the collapsed Canterbury Television Building on Madras Street. Smoke can be seen rising from the ruins, which were on fire when the photograph was taken.
Emergency personnel searching for people trapped in the collapsed Canterbury Television Building on Madras Street. Smoke can be seen rising from the ruins, which were on fire when the photograph was taken.
Emergency personnel searching for people trapped in the collapsed Canterbury Television Building on Madras Street. Smoke can be seen rising from the ruins, which were on fire when the photograph was taken.
Emergency personnel searching for people trapped in the collapsed Canterbury Television Building on Madras Street. Smoke can be seen rising from the ruins, which were on fire when the photograph was taken.
Emergency personnel lifting a metal beam from the ruins of the Canterbury Television Building on Madras Street during their search for trapped people. Behind them smoke is billowing from the remains of the building.
A photograph of an illuminated temporary sculpture titled Anamorphic Shadows on Worcester Street. The sculpture was created by students from Unitec, for FESTA's 2013 Canterbury Tales event.
Emergency personnel lifting a metal beam from the ruins of the Canterbury Television Building on Madras Street during their search for trapped people. Behind them smoke is billowing from the remains of the building.
A photograph of an illuminated temporary sculpture titled Anamorphic Shadows on Worcester Street. The sculpture was created by students from Unitec, for FESTA's 2013 Canterbury Tales event.
A photograph of an illuminated temporary sculpture titled Anamorphic Shadows on Worcester Street. The sculpture was created by students from Unitec, for FESTA's 2013 Canterbury Tales event.
A photograph of an illuminated temporary sculpture titled Anamorphic Shadows on Worcester Street. The sculpture was created by students from Unitec, for FESTA's 2013 Canterbury Tales event.
A photograph of an illuminated temporary sculpture titled Anamorphic Shadows on Worcester Street. The sculpture was created by students from Unitec, for FESTA's 2013 Canterbury Tales event.
A photograph of an illuminated temporary sculpture titled Anamorphic Shadows on Worcester Street. The sculpture was created by students from Unitec, for FESTA's 2013 Canterbury Tales event.
Members of the Urban Search and Rescue taskforce conferring on the site of the collapsed Canterbury Television Building on Madras Street. Behind them, emergency personnel can be seen searching the rubble for trapped people.
Emergency personnel searching for people trapped in the collapsed Canterbury Television Building on Madras Street. Smoke can be seen rising from the ruins behind them, which were on fire when the photograph was taken.
Neighbours across the river showing earthquake damage. Hotel Grand Chancellor in the background.
File reference: CCL-2011-08-12-CanterburyPublic Library pre-demolition-044
From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
A sign on the wire fencing in front of the Ground Culinary Centre on the corner of London and Canterbury Streets. The sign reads, "Ground has moved to Dublin Street at the Four Ships/Top Club & takeaway food in caravan outside Portico". The background, the original store can be seen, damaged severely after the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
A photograph of bricks on the pavement in front of the former Municipal Chambers Building on Worcester Street.
A photograph of the tower of the former Trinity Church on the corner of Manchester Street and Worcester Street
A broken window in the Canterbury Pacific Trust building on Worcester Street, viewed from behind security fencing. The interior of the building has been gutted.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The demolition site of the Canterbury Hotel, viewed from Oxford Street looking towards Norwich Quay in Lyttelton".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The demolition site of the Canterbury Hotel, viewed from Oxford Street looking towards Norwich Quay in Lyttelton".
A photograph of four people on a cherry picker, installing strings of tarpaulin flags above the tram lines on Worcester Street bridge. The installation was titled Eye of the Storm and was created by students from the School of Design at the University of Technology Sydney for Canterbury Tales - a carnivalesque procession which was the main event of FESTA 2013.
A close-up photograph of blue tarpaulin flags strung across the Worcester Street bridge. The flags are part of an installation titled Eye of the Storm, created by students from the School of Design at the University of Technology Sydney. The installation was part of Canterbury Tales - a carnivalesque procession which was the main event of FESTA 2013.
A photograph of two people on a cherry picker, installing strings of tarpaulin flags above the tram lines on Worcester Street bridge. The installation was titled Eye of the Storm and was created by students from the School of Design at the University of Technology Sydney for Canterbury Tales - a carnivalesque procession which was the main event of FESTA 2013.
A photograph of four people on a cherry picker, installing strings of tarpaulin flags above the tram lines on Worcester Street bridge. The installation was titled Eye of the Storm and was created by students from the School of Design at the University of Technology Sydney for Canterbury Tales - a carnivalesque procession which was the main event of FESTA 2013.
This has made a huge mess for the residents to clean up. I heard on the news that homes have been damaged by subsidence in areas of earthquake-caused liquefaction like this.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the footpath before the Williams Street bridge in Kaiapoi, over the Kaiapoi River.
A photograph of the Manchester Street bridge between Oxford Terrace and Cambridge Terrace, over the Avon River.
Broken and open windows in the Canterbury Pacific Trust building on Worcester Street, viewed from behind security fencing. The interior of the building has been gutted.