A member of the Fire Service using an axe to break one of the Forsyth Barr building's windows in order to check for people trapped by the 22 February 2011 earthquake. A sign reading, "Help" has been stuck to one of the windows and a window above has already been broken by the team.
A member of the Fire Service using an axe to break one of the Forsyth Barr building's windows in order to check for people trapped by the 22 February 2011 earthquake. A sign reading, "Help" has been stuck to one of the windows and a window above has already been broken by the team.
Urban Search and Rescue personnel escorting construction workers down Colombo Street in the aftermath of the 22 February 2011 earthquake. Behind them a team of Fire Service and Urban Search and Rescue personnel can be seen using a crane to check the Forsyth Barr building for trapped people.
Urban Search and Rescue personnel escorting construction workers down Colombo Street in the aftermath of the 22 February 2011 earthquake. Behind them a team of Fire Service and Urban Search and Rescue personnel can be seen using a crane to check the Forsyth Barr building for trapped people.
A team of Fire Service and Search and Rescue personnel using a crane to check the Forsyth Barr building for people trapped by the 22 February 2011 earthquake. A sign reading, "Help" has been stuck to one of the windows and a window above has already been broken by the team.
A photograph of buildings on Armagh Street, taken from behind a cordon. From the front, there is the Provincial Chambers building, the Craig's Investment Partners House, the Victoria Apartments, and the Forsyth Barr building. The PricewaterhouseCoopers building can also be seen to the left.
A photograph of the site of a demolished building on Gloucester Street, near the intersection of Colombo Street. A Southern Demolition excavator is being used to clear the rubble away. In the background are the Forsyth Barr building, the Copthorne Hotel and the PricewaterhouseCoopers building.
Damaged building on Colombo Street, with the Copthorne Hotel and Forsyth Barr buildings in the background.
A view through a gap in the partially-demolished Crowne Plaza Hotel to the Forsyth Barr building.
A photograph showing the top of the partially deconstructed Mutual Funds Life building and the Forsyth Barr building.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Now that the grass has been mown in Victoria Square, this view is almost the way we remember it".
Members of the USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) hoisted on the platform of a crane, next to the Forsyth Barr Building on the corner of Armagh and Colombo Streets. Some of the windows below have been broken open by Urban Search and Rescue workers looking for trapped people.
Child standing beside a damaged building on Colombo Street, with the Copthorne Hotel and Forsyth Barr buildings in the background.
A panoramic photograph looking south out of a window of the PricewaterhouseCoopers Building. Notable landmarks include: New Regent Street and the Rendezvous Hotel on the left side of the photograph; the Novotel in the centre; the Lyttelton Times building and the Forsyth Barr building to the right; and the Hotel Grand Chancellor in the distance.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake damage in central Christchurch after a 6.3 earthquake. Trapped workers in the Forsyth Barr building".
Army personnel at a cordon checkpoint on Colombo Street, north of Cathedral Square. The Forsyth Barr building is in the background.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Cathedral".
Members of the public take photographs of the deconstruction of the Price Waterhouse Coopers building (left) and the Forsyth Barr building (right).
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The PricewaterhouseCoopers, Building, Forsyth Barr Building, and the Copthorne Hotel viewed from Cambridge Terrace".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake damage in central Christchurch after a 6.3 earthquake. Workers are trapped in the Forsyth Barr building".
A view towards the Isaac Theatre Royal on Gloucester Street. In the background is the PWC building and the Forsyth Barr building (left).
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Corner of Colombo and Armagh Streets".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Corner of Colombo and Armagh Streets".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Looking across the Ferrier Fountain and Victoria Square".
An aerial photograph looking west down Armagh Street, with the Forsyth Barr Building and Victoria Apartments to the left, and Victoria Square to the right.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Band Together in Christchurch's Hagley Park as a post-earthquake party. Gillian Forsyth and son Andrew enjoy a day out together".
An aerial photograph looking south west over Armagh Street, with the Forsyth Barr Building and Victoria Apartments to the left, and Victoria Park to the right.
A large crane in front of the Forsyth Barr Building on Armagh Street. In the background, the Victoria Apartments can be seen, with a noticeable lean.
A police car next to the Cathedral Square Police Station. In the background are MFL House, the Forsyth Barr building, and the Price Waterhouse Cooper building.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Cranes dominating the sky in the central city".
