Earthquake damage to the dome of the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament. Windows are broken below the dome, and the cross is missing from the top.
A yellow-stickered building in Papanui, cordoned off with danger tape and a crowd barrier. The windows have been partly boarded up and are spray-painted with USAR markings.
A photograph of the Forsyth Barr building on Colombo Street. A column of windows on the left-hand side has been boarded up.
Damage to the Durham Street Methodist Church. The windows have been boarded up, and the wall is reinforced with steel bracing to prevent any future damage.
Plywood windows and doors, Shirley Road.
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From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "These paintings on the boarded-up windows are a great way of cheering up a damaged building".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "These paintings on the boarded-up windows are a great way of cheering up a damaged building".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "These paintings on the boarded-up windows are a great way of cheering up a damaged building".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "These paintings on the boarded-up windows are a great way of cheering up a damaged building".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Books on the floor of the Central Christchurch City Library, viewed through the window on Gloucester Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "23 Seabreeze Close, Bexley. The view through the window shows how much liquefaction collected in the garage".
A collapsed wall above the windows of a brick house on Centaurus Road. Bricks have fallen into the building and left a hole.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Major earthquake hits Christchurch. A firefighter in a broken window of the 7 story MLC building on Manchester Street".
A photograph of an advertising image in the window of Sugar Hair and Beauty, on the ground floor of the Inland Revenue Building.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "These paintings on the boarded-up windows are a great way of cheering up a damaged building".
A photograph of the eastern corner of the Cranmer Centre. The masonry around the windows has been removed and placed on pallets below.
Windows of the Durham Street Methodist Church that have been braced and weather proofed with timber. The plaster around them is badly cracked.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "These paintings on the boarded-up windows are a great way of cheering up a damaged building".
When this building was first brought on site I spent a few hours removing the tape/paper that had been covering every window.
A photograph of the Burgers and Beer Inc building on High Street behind wire fencing. USAR codes have been spray-painted on the glass window.
Damage to McKenzie & Willis Trading Store. Sign on the window reading "Yes we are open" has had "No we're not!" added in spray paint.
A building on Manchester Street which has lost most of its upper brick wall. The windows remain, with their brick arches and scaffolding holding them together.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "ChristChurch Cathedral, Cathedral Square".
Paving stones and building materials piled on the road in Cathedral Square. In the background, the windows of the ANZ building have been boarded up.
A batch in Taylors Mistake bay with a red sticker in the window. The red sticker indicates that the building is unsafe to enter.
A photograph of the Triangle Chambers building at the intersection of High Street and Colombo Street. Building rubble can be seen inside the windows of the upper storey.
A man takes a photograph over the top of the cordon fence by the viewing windows into the Red Zone at the east end of the Re:Start mall.
Detail of a damaged house in an overgrown site. The windows have been boarded up and some words can be partially read, it says "We will try to...".
Looking into the Red Zone from the viewing windows at the east end of Re:Start mall. The Wespac and Crossing building can be seen in the background.
A photograph of a damaged building on Lichfield Street, near the corner of Madras Street. Only half of the roof remains and the windows have been boarded up.
