A digitally manipulated photograph of a shop security shutter. The photographer comments, "Sometimes before you feel the ground rolling any metal shutters around start their rattling noises as if someone is shaking them".
Damage to the Country Theme shop on St Asaph Street. The upper storey of the building has collapsed. The photographer comments, "A bike ride around the CBD. St Asaph St".
A photograph of a shop window with large letters stating, "Yes we are open". The window also bears a red sticker and spray painted notes from 26 February 2011 stating "Rear collapsed".
Damage to a row of shops in Shirley. The parapets and awnings have collapsed, and the footpath is littered with rubble. The building has been cordoned off with police tape.
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A photograph of a green sticker on the window of The Dolls House Shop antique store on Colombo Street. The sticker indicates that the store is safe to enter. The sign reads, "Inspected, no restriction on use or occupancy. This building has received a brief inspection only. While no apparent structural or other safety hazards have been found, a more comprehensive inspection of the exterior and interior may reveal safety hazards". The structural engineer has written on the sign "propping to rear of building inadequate, fire egress also at rear inappropriate, no occupancy to second storey".
A shop on Manchester Street. The front wall has collapsed onto the street, revealing the inside of the building. Fencing has been placed around the building to keep people away.
A police officer and solider on duty on Riccarton Road, a demolished shop in the distance. 'Police Emergency' tape has been placed over the road to create a temporary cordon.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Richard Loffhagen, owner of Simply Catering, outside his temporary caravan shop that stands on the old site on the corner of Madras Street and Salisbury Street".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Fred Arnesen from Beckenham Footwear and Engraving has had to move his business due to the earthquake damage to a much newer shop with higher rent".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Fred Arnesen from Beckenham Footwear and Engraving has had to move his business due to the earthquake damage to a much newer shop with higher rent".
A photograph of two shipping containers on Colombo Street. One is being used as a temporary dairy, and the other as a display space for a frame and mirror shop.
A photograph of two shipping containers on Colombo Street. One is being used as a temporary dairy, and the other as a display space for a frame and mirror shop.
A photograph of two shipping containers on Colombo Street. One is being used as a temporary dairy, and the other as a display space for a frame and mirror shop.
A photograph of a group of shops on High Street taken from the corner of Cashel and High Streets. The street has been blocked off with wire fencing and tape.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Amanda Hackett with a chandelier recovered by a Southern Demolition excavator operator from her damaged shop, Shrimpton Radcliffe Design on Victoria Street, following the Canterbury earthquakes
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Fred Arnesen from Beckenham Footwear and Engraving has had to move his business due to the earthquake damage to a much newer shop with higher rent".
Colombo Street closed off south of Moorhouse Ave, due to a damaged shop now deemed unstable; aftermath of a magnitude 7.1 earthquake that struck Christchurch on 4 September 2010.
This shop caught fire when power restored caused sparks that ignited leaking gas, in the aftermath of the magnitude 7.1 earthquake that struck Christchurch on Saturday 4 September 2010.
A photograph of closed shops on Gloucester Street. Windows are broken and the entranceway of Kosco Asian Supermarket has been boarded up with plywood. There is shattered glass on the footpath.
A photograph submitted by Sam Langley to the QuakeStories website. The description reads, "Merivale shops a couple days after the Feb quake. All gone now. If you look closely you can see an oddly large mushroom.".
A photograph of a sign on a shop window reading, "We're open! Spruce up underway, not quake related! Exciting new paint job coming soon!". The photograph is captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "New Regent Street".
A view down the High Street Mall from Cashel Street, looking towards Colombo Street. Rubble from a collapsed building is visible on the right.
An aerial photograph of the Re:Start mall.
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 tribute left on the cordon fence around the CTV Building site. The card shows a photograph of Donna Manning in front of the CTV "Let's Go Shopping" logo, and reads, "Miss you! Your sis, Pam".
A woman walks through a car park towards an entrance to Re:Start mall. A large sign advertising Cosmic Corner, one of the shops in the mall, is on the side of a container.
View of the corner of Montreal and Victoria Street. In the background is a vacant lot left by buildings that has been demolished, and on the right is Gordon Smith & Sons fruit and vegetable shop.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to a block of shops on Colombo Street. The front of the top storeys of the buildings have collapsed, and rubble has fallen onto the footpath below.
A scanned copy of page 4 of an issue of Canta published in July 1975. The page features an advertisement for UBS.
