Demolition of Robertson's Bakery building, Victoria Street, Christchurch.
The Chandelier rescue ...
Walking into work I saw the building I always wanted to buy (and run as a bookshop, perfumery, shoe shop) - the old Robertson's Bakery getting demolished.
But the bigass digger gently reached into the wreckage and saved this chandelier, bringing...
One landscape colour digital photograph taken on 25 September 2011 showing the remaining portion of the former Convent of Our Lady of Mercy. St Mary's School, run by the Sisters of Mercy, was also housed in this building. At the time of the 4 September 2010 earthquake the building was a private residence. The picture shows the perimeter wall, t...
Compare this Jan 2011 shot with one taken earlier.
Revealed after the SoulFood Cafe building was demolished
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Major earthquake hits Christchurch. Collecting water from a water tanker on Kingsford Street are Callum McDowell (left) and Jamie McDowell".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Major earthquake hits Christchurch. Note left on a demolished car on Manchester Street by the entrance to Sol Square via Struthers Lane".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Ascot TV co-owner Kevin Thorn outside his new premises at 300 Colombo Street, after his old store was earthquake damaged at 404 Colombo Street".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Ascot TV co-owner Kevin Thorn outside his new premises at 300 Colombo Street, after his old store was earthquake damaged at 404 Colombo Street".
A bus tours a city street with destroyed schools either side. The guide points out destruction on the right from earthquakes and on the left from Hekia Parata. Wider context is the ongoing impact of the Christchurch February 2011 earthquake. The implication is that the earthquake caused physical damage to some schools and that the Minister for Education is responsible for destroying others with her announcement of school closures in Christchurch on 18 February 2013.
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Members of the New Zealand Fire Service and USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) shaking hands outside the Christchurch City Fire Station on Kilmore Street. DART travelled to Christchurch after the 22 February 2011 earthquake to help out in the relief efforts.
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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Neville Page of the Timaru Police was busy in the weekend attending road blocks on Christchurch streets after the September 4th earthquake".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Neville Page of the Timaru police was busy in the weekend attending road blocks on Christchurch streets after the September 4th earthquake".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Major earthquake hits Christchurch. A fire fighter in a broken window of the 7 storey MLC building on Manchester Street. Manchester Courts. USAR".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Major earthquake hits Christchurch. Collecting water from a water tanker on Kingsford Street are from left: Gracie McDowell and Jamie McDowell".
A photographs of members of a China Urban Search and Rescue team on Worcester Street near the Christchurch Art Gallery. The art gallery served as the temporary headquarters for Civil Defence after the 22 February 2011 earthquake. In the background, the earthquake damage to the dome of the Regent Theatre can be seen.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch Earthquake. Christchurch was rocked by a large aftershock shortly after 8am this morning. Construction workers on Gloucester Street stopped work after the aftershock which measured 5.1 on the Richter scale".
One landscape colour digital photograph taken on 25 February 2011 showing a New Zealand Army Light Operational Vehicle on the corner of Norwich Quay and Dublin Street. Light Armoured Vehicles and Light Operational Vehicles were a common sight around Lyttelton and Christchurch after the February 2011 earthquakes. The quakes occurred just before ...
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake damage to property corner Oxford Street and Sumner Road, Lyttelton".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Barriers around earthquake-damaged buildings, corner Worcester Street and Stanmore Road".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Barriers around earthquake-damaged buildings, corner Gloucester Street and Woodham Road".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Demolition of a building on Victoria Street, following the Canterbury earthquakes".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch Earthquake. Patients queue at the 24 hour surgery on Colombo Street. Louisa Sparrow (clinical nursing director) (L) and Dr Simon Brokenshire (clinical director)".
Revealed after the SoulFood Cafe building was demolished
The junction was finally opened to cross traffic just before Christmas.
One landscape colour digital photograph taken on 19 November 2011 showing the temporary premises of the Bank of New Zealand in a relocatable building on the footpath. The sign above the tellers window read "Lyttel Bank" The Lyttelton streetscape has changed dramatically from its pre-earthquake appearance and will continue to change as new build...
One landscape colour digital photograph taken on 25 February 2011 showing earthquake damage to the road, footpath and retaining wall on Norwich Quay. The photograph is taken from below the intersection of Norwich Quay and Canterbury Street looking east along Norwich Quay. Unlike most areas of Christchurch, land damage on the Port Hills was due ...
One landscape colour digital photograph taken on 19 November 2011 showing buildings on London Street. Visible in the photograph (left to right) are Lyttelton Ambulance Station and Bells Pharmacy - relocated into a converted house with law firm MacTodd on the upper floor. Discussions have been held between Lyttelton Police, St John Ambulance and...
One landscape colour digital photograph taken on 14 September 2012 showing the site of the Harbourlight Theatre on London Street. The retaining wall at the rear of the site collapsed and part of the adjoining land eroded. Also visible in the photograph are the side walls of the Bank of New Zealand and the former Westpac Branch, now Himalaya Desi...
