A photograph of the remains of the Excelsior Hotel building on the corner of High Street and Manchester Street. The remains of the facade are being held up by a stack of shipping containers.
A photograph of the remains of the Excelsior Hotel building on the corner of High Street and Manchester Street. The remains of the facade are being held up by a stack of shipping containers.
A photograph of the remains of the Excelsior Hotel building on the corner of High Street and Manchester Street. The remains of the facade are being held up by a stack of shipping containers.
A photograph of damaged buildings on Manchester Street, taken from the intersection of High Street. On the left, stacked shipping containers are holding up the remaining facade of the Excelsior Hotel building.
A photograph of the remains of the Excelsior Hotel building on the corner of High Street and Manchester Street. The remains of the facade are being held up by a stack of shipping containers.
A photograph of a cleared building site between High Street and Lichfield Street. Part of a sculpture installation by Miranda Parkes can be seen on the right.
A photograph looking south down Manchester Street, taken from the corner of High Street. Coloured shipping containers are stacked in front of the remaining facade of the Excelsior Hotel building.
A photograph of the remains of the Excelsior Hotel building on the corner of High Street and Manchester Street. The remains of the facade are being held up by a stack of shipping containers.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Looking through the wall of shipping containers holding up the facade of the New Excelsior Backpackers to the rear of 197 High street, viewed from Manchester Street".
A "drummer boy" dummy dressed in a hi-vis jacket sits on top of one of a building on High Street. Written on the back of the building is "Merry Christmas Christchurch Pa Rum Pum Pum Pum".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Looks as if they are building a platform for the high reach to work on the Grant Thornton building. Cathedral Square".
Paintwork on the side of a building in High Street exposed by the demolition of the adjoining building. The photographer comments, "I'm fascinated by the 'shadows' left behind on the sides of buildings by their neighbours".
A photograph of the remains of the Excelsior Hotel building on the corner of High Street and Manchester Street. The remains of the facade are being held up by a stack of shipping containers.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Choir boys dressed in choir gowns and high viz jackets preparing for the memorial service in Cathedral Square. Art Gallery, Montreal Street".
A photograph of architecture students in hard hats and high-visibility vests assembling the temporary bar and installation titled Tonic. The bar is part of LUXCITY.
A photograph of architecture students in hard hats and high-visibility vests assembling the temporary bar and installation titled Tonic. The bar was part of LUXCITY.
A photograph of architecture students in hard hats and high-visibility vests assembling the temporary bar and installation titled Tonic. The bar is part of LUXCITY.
A photograph of architecture students in hard hats and high-visibility vests assembling the temporary bar and installation titled Tonic. The bar is part of LUXCITY.
A photograph of architecture students in hard hats and high-visibility vests assembling the temporary bar and installation titled Tonic. The bar is part of LUXCITY.
A photograph of Agropolis, an urban farm on the corner of High Street and Tuam Street. Agropolis was the venue for several events throughout FESTA 2013.
A photograph of Agropolis, an urban farm on the corner of High Street and Tuam Street. Agropolis was the venue for several events throughout FESTA 2013.
A photograph of Agropolis, an urban farm on the corner of High Street and Tuam Street. Agropolis was the venue for several events throughout FESTA 2013.
A photograph of Agropolis, an urban farm on the corner of High Street and Tuam Street. Agropolis was the venue for several events throughout FESTA 2013.
A photograph of architecture students wearing hard hats and high-visibility vests setting up the large-scale fabric installation titled Kloud, which is part of LUXCITY.
A view that was impossible six years ago. There was a group of buildings including another high-rise in the vacant area in the middle ground.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Westpac Bank (left), Grant Thornton building (white right of the Westpac in the distance), ANZ Bank (white with vertical stripes below the Grant Thornton), and Holiday Inn (right) all under demolition".
A photograph of students from the University of Auckland working on a temporary installation titled CHCH2061. The installation was part of CityUps - a 'city of the future for one night only', and the main event of FESTA 2014.
Piles of rubble along Kilmore Street. A digger can be seen in the background as well as a construction worker in a hard hat and high-visibility vest. The rubble has been separated into different piles.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Rubble in Cathedral Square being stockpiled to provide a high base platform for the giant nibbler to demolish the Grant Thornton building (upper left)".
A photograph of the earthquake-damaged Ruben Blades Hairdressing Academy Building on Manchester Street. Crowds have gathered at the intersection of Manchester and High Streets after evacuating their buildings during the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
