A photograph of the entrance to the Brannigan's building on the corner of Gloucester Street and Oxford Terrace. Many of the windows down the centre of the building have broken, and the glass has fallen onto the footpath below. USAR codes have been spray painted on one of the front windows. A red sticker in the door indicates that the building is unsafe to enter.
A photograph of the stained glass skylight in the former City Council Civic Offices building on Manchester Street.
A photograph of salvaged stained-glass windows from the demolished Warners Hotel.
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 window of the Fisher Galleries on Victoria Street. USAR codes have been spray-painted on the glass.
A photograph of broken glass fallen from the windows of the ANZ Bank in Cathedral Square.
The window of the Fisher Galleries on Victoria Street. USAR codes have been spray-painted on the glass.
Shattered glass and boarded up windows on the corner of Colombo Street and Gloucester Street.
Broken safety glass on the doors of the Fire Brigade inlet for the Clarendon Tower.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Cathedral Junction taken through the dirty glass door".
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the Art Gallery Apartments on Gloucester Street. Both windows on the second floor of the building are broken. USAR codes have been spray painted on one of the bottom-storey windows.
Boarded up windows and USAR codes on the Gloucester Arcade building. Shattered glass can be seen on the footpath.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Glass that fell from the Brannigan's Building, finally swept up".
Detail of damage to the Canterbury Provincial Chambers buildings. Large cracks run up the corner of the building, and the stained glass windows are broken and buckled.
A badly damaged building on Lichfield Street. The door and window frames have sheared to one side, and beyond the glass doors a missing wall can be seen.
A sign for the Antique Store on the footpath of Salisbury Street, amongst broken glass and debris from the building above.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Old Civic Chamber on Manchester Street. The stained-glass window is still miraculously intact".
A photograph of the broken windows of the Press House on Gloucester Street.
A photograph of Munns the Man's Shop on Armagh Street. A number of mannequins have broken through the windows and are lying on the footpath in front.
A photograph of Munns the Man's Shop on Armagh Street. A number of mannequins have broken through the windows and are lying on the footpath in front. The others can still be seen through the damaged window.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the Avonmore House on the corner of Hereford Street and Latimer Square. Large cracks have formed in the building, causing sections of the masonry to crumble. The windows on the Hereford Street side of the building have bent out of shape and many of the glass panes have shattered. USAR codes have been spray painted on the column next to the door. In the distance wire fencing has been placed across the street as a cordon.
A skip on Manchester Street outside the Orion building. Shattered glass litters the footpath in front and tape has been placed around the building as a cordon.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Salvaged windows from the historic Warners Hotel, Cathedral Square".
A photograph of the Crowne Plaza Hotel on the corner of Kilmore and Durham Streets. Some of the windows have broken, and the curtains are blowing in the breeze. Emergency tape has been draped over the handrails and the traffic lights.
A photograph of a Christchurch City Council building on Tuam Street. One of the windows on the bottom floor has shattered and there is glass on the footpath below.
A photograph of the lobby of a building on Gloucester Street. Large cracks can be seen along the inside wall and USAR codes have been spray painted on the glass doors.
A photograph of damaged buildings on Tuam Street. USAR codes can be seen spray-painted on the glass and a ground-level window has been boarded up with plywood.
A sign on a shop window in the CBD reads, "Due to unforseen circumstances we are closed. We will endeavour to open ASAP. Be safe!". Collapsed buildings can be seen reflected in the window glass.
A photograph of a window of the McDonalds building on Colombo Street. Fallen bricks can be seen inside and the Westpac Trust Building is reflected in the glass.
A photograph looking south down Colombo Street towards The Crossing. USAR codes have been spray painted on the glass doors of buildings to the left and bricks along the footpath have been upturned.