Demolition of a building on the corner of Chester and Madras Streets, with the Edmonds Clock Tower in the foreground.
Demolition of a building on the corner of Chester and Madras Streets, with the Edmonds Clock Tower in the foreground.
Demolition of a building on the corner of Chester and Madras Streets, with the Edmonds Clock Tower in the foreground.
Cracked brickwork in the Victoria clock tower on the corner of Montreal and Victoria Streets. Wooden bracing has been placed under the arch to hold the brickwork together.
An aerial photograph of Cathedral Square.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Aerial view of the centre of the city, with the cathedral in the centre, and the art gallery in the foreground".
An aerial photograph of the Christchurch central city. The photograph has been captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Central city blocks bounded by Colombo Street, Hereford Street, Cashel Street and High Streets".
A graphic showing how much material from tall building demolitions is recycled.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A view from the roof of Alice in Videoland building".
A montage of photographs of the Forsyth Barr building, Clarendon Tower, and Hotel Grand Chancellor.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The clock face of a clock tower in Sumner".
A photograph taken from the top of the BNZ building. The photograph is captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Clarendon Towers, Rydges Hotel, Grant Thornton, Brannigans Building (under demolition), former Government Life Building and Farmers are the high buildings dominating the view in this picture".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A view down Worcester Street looking west from Cathedral Square with Clarendon Tower on the left and Rydges Hotel on the right".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Clarendon Towers, Rydges Hotel and Municipal Chambers with the River Avon".
This is how the building looked when it was built - fine indeed!
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An engineer who owns a similar building in Dunedin, and is willing to put money into this building's restoration, is sure it could be stabilised, just like the Railway Clock Tower. And the t...
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Demolition of Dorset Towers on the corner of Dorset Street and Park Terrace".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Demolition of Dorset Towers on the corner of Dorset Street and Park Terrace".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Demolition of Dorset Towers on the corner of Dorset Street and Park Terrace".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Demolition of Dorset Towers on the corner of Dorset Street and Park Terrace".
A photograph of the damaged Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament. The tower on the south-west corner of the building has collapsed. Shipping containers support the far wall of the building.
A photograph of the clock tower of the former railway station building on Moorhouse Avenue. A crane is lifting two men in a basket up the side of the tower. Plywood has been placed around the walls as bracing. A sign sponsored by The Press is attached to the plywood, and holds messages from the community.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The almost clear site of the Brannigans Building on Oxford Terrace".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Rendezvous Hotel sign has been put in place of the Marque Hotel sign on this building".
Damage to TJ's Kazbah in New Brighton. The tower and east end of the building have collapsed onto two parked cars. The photographer comments, "The occupants of the business and rooms all managed to escape alive. A digger was used to make the building safe and then used to sift through the rubble for any surviving belongings. It was a very emotional time for the ex-occupants. The damaged cars were removed before the digger demolished the building".
The tower of the Ferry Road Law Centre building in Woolston with steel bracing on its corners.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Latimer Square and Radio Networks House (under demolition). IRD building top left and Pacific Tower centre right".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "On the footpath in Worcester Street near Radio Network House. Pacific Tower (Marque Hotel) is at centre rear".
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the Chinese Methodist Church on Papanui Road. The bricks at the top of the tower have crumbled, and the wooden bracing is hanging half off the building. The spire of the tower can be seen to the left where it was moved to following the 4 September 2010 earthquake.
A photograph of the Brannigans Building on the corner of Gloucester Street and Oxford Terrace. Many of the windows of the central tower have broken.
The Press Building in Cathedral Square missing the wrought iron at the top of the tower. It was removed after the 4 September earthquake for safety reasons.
