A photograph of a painted sign on 448 Colombo Street, exposed after the brick wall which covered it was damaged by an earthquake.
Graffiti on a brick wall reads "Pray hope and don't worry". The photographer comments, "Seen on a wall on Moorhouse Avenue, Christchurch".
A photograph of a painted sign on 448 Colombo Street, exposed after the brick wall which covered it was damaged by an earthquake.
A photograph of a brick from the Wood's Mill grain silo on Wise Street. The letters GBC has been stamped into the frog.
A photograph of a painted sign on 448 Colombo Street, exposed after the brick wall which covered it was damaged by an earthquake.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "The Carlton pub open for business after some bricks fell off the top of the building closing the footpath".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch Earthquake aftermath. Workers removing a brick chimney and tiles from an old building on the Sullivan Avenue Polytechic".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch Earthquake aftermath. Workers removing a brick chimney and tiles from an old building on the Sullivan Avenue Polytechnic".
The distinctive red brick Piko Wholefoods seems to have survived. That building dates from 1905 and was originally a painter and paperhanger's premises.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Detail of Peaches and Cream, 132 Manchester Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Detail of Peaches and Cream, 132 Manchester Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Detail of Peaches and Cream, 132 Manchester Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Looking south along Manchester Street from Gloucester Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "772 - 774 Colombo Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The former Public Library on Cambridge Terrace".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The former Public Library on Cambridge Terrace".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Windsor Bed and Breakfast, Armagh St".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Corner of Salisbury and Victoria Streets".
Seen through a cordon fence, traces of bricks from a demolished building adhere to the concrete wall of the adjoining building, also being demolished.
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Barbadoes Street/Tuam street. Earthquake 4th of September 2010".
Detail of earthquake damage to the Cranmer Centre. Bricks have fallen from the wall, exposing the inside rooms. Scaffolding has been placed around the building.
Damage to a building on Colombo Street. It is surrounded by piles of brick and overgrown plants. Part of a graffitied wall is also visible.
Damage property behind a fence. A front section of the house has already been removed, and bricks have fallen off a section of the wall.
A badly damaged building on Lichfield Street. The brick side wall has completely collapsed, and the front of the lower storey is on a significant lean.
The backs of a row of damaged brick buildings in the CBD. Large sections of wall have fallen from several buildings, and rubble litters the ground.
A empty lot left after the demolition of a building. The brick wall on the adjoining building has crumbled, exposing the wooden structure beneath.
Damage to a building on Colombo Street. It is surrounded by piles of brick and overgrown plants. Part of a graffitied wall is also visible.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Poplar Lane looking towards High Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "South-east corner of Madras and Lichfield Streets".
Earthquake damage to the Christchurch Chinese Methodist Church at 163 Papanui Road.