Beckenham shops in Colombo Street
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Beckenham shops in Colombo Street
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Beckenham shops in Colombo Street
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Cordoned off pavement on Colombo Street.
772 Colombo Street, opposite Victoria Square.
Colombo Street between Moorhouse and Brougham.
Colombo Street between Moorhouse and Brougham.
Colombo Street between Moorhouse and Brougham.
A satirical sign for Tui Beer on the side of a bar in Sydenham reading, "Earthquake? We closed for renovations. Yeah right. Tui".
A colourful table outside the Coffee Zone kiosk in Sydenham.
Outdoor seating and the garden outside the Coffee Zone kiosk in Sydenham. This garden was a project supported by Greening the Rubble.
The path between two shipping container structures in Sydenham, leading to a colourful gate.
Plant beds made out of corrugated iron, greening the empty building sites along Colombo Street. These were placed here by Greening the Rubble, a community project in Christchurch to create temporary public parks and gardens on the sites of demolished buildings.
Coffee Zone, a cafe in a shack on a Gap Filler site in Sydenham.
A cascade of hanging baskets outside the Coffee Zone kiosk.
Shipping containers on the sites of demolished buildings in Sydenham.
A sign describing Gap Filler's temporary office in Sydenham.
The Gap Filler headquarters on a vacant lot on Colombo Street in Sydenham. Wheelbarrows full of new plants decorate the outside area. In the background is a mural with a poem reading, "The things which I have seen I now can see no more".
Lego bricks on the corner of the Coffee Zone kiosk. A hole has been left for a cable to pass through.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Cashel Mall to Cathedral Square walkway".
A blackboard on the side of the Coffee Zone shack in Sydenham with the opening hours and mobile number for text orders.
Workers eat lunch at an outdoor table next to the Gap Filler Community Chess Set on Colombo Street. The Chess Set was a collaboration between Gap Filler and students at the University of Canterbury. The project aimed to restore the iconic Christchurch Chess Set that used to be played in Cathedral Square.
Lego bricks in the cracks between the wooden planks of the Coffee Zone kiosk.
Moira Fraser talks to a staff member at Coffee Zone, a cafe in a shack on a Gap Filler site in Sydenham.
Moira Fraser talking to the staff at the Coffee Zone, a cafe in a shack on a Gap Filler site in Sydenham.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The demolition of most of the block bounded by Colombo, High and Cashel Streets. The only building remaining is 273-277 High Street".
A photograph looking north down Colombo Street, from the intersection of Armagh Street. In the distance, rubble from the partially-collapsed Winnie Bagoes building can be seen on the road.
A photograph looking south down Colombo Street from the intersection of Armagh Street. The road has been cordoned off and an excavator is demolishing a building on the right.
A photograph of the badly-damaged John Bull Cycles building on the corner of Colombo Street and Tuam Street. Windows are broken and most of the bottom facade has been removed.
A photograph of the badly-damaged John Bull Cycles building on the corner of Colombo Street and Tuam Street. Windows are broken and most of the bottom facade has been removed.
