Heavy steel bracing holding up the front facade of the Our City O-Tautahi Building on Worcester Street near Oxford Terrace.
Cracking in the bricks of the old Civic Chamber's tower. The facade is temporarily being held in place with web strapping.
A photograph of the new Press building and shipping containers supporting the facade of the Isaac Theatre Royal on Gloucester Street.
A photograph of a painting on a temporary facade of a building on the corner of Hereford Street and Manchester Street.
A photograph of the new Press building and shipping containers supporting the facade of the Isaac Theatre Royal on Gloucester Street.
Damage to the Cranmer Centre. The brick facade has fallen from the upper storeys, crushing cordon fencing on the street below.
Damage to the Blackwells building in Kaiapoi. Part of the facade has collapsed onto the street below. In the foreground is the War Memorial.
Damage to the Blackwells building in Kaiapoi. Part of the facade has collapsed onto the street below. In the foreground is the War Memorial.
Damage to the Blackwells building in Kaiapoi. Part of the facade has collapsed onto the street below. In the foreground is the War Memorial.
The broken Regent Theatre dome still attached to the building, but with most of its facade fallen away after the June earthquake.
The intersection of Lichfield Street, High Street and Manchester Street. Shipping containers are reinforcing the facade of the Excelsior Sports Bar building.
Damaged buildings on Manchester Street, the facades of which have fallen into the street. The photographer comments, "A bike ride around the CBD".
Damage to the facade of the Cashfields Arcade building, seen above the cordon fencing at the east end of the Re:Start mall.
Colour photograph showing the destroyed shop fronts of tobacconists and barbers on Manchester Street.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "This stack of containers protect the facade of New Excelsior Backpackers. Corner of Manchester and Lichfield Streets".
A photograph of coloured shipping containers stacked in front of the facade of the partially-demolished Excelsior Sports Bar building on Manchester Street.
A photograph of coloured shipping containers stacked in front of the facade of the partially-demolished Excelsior Sports Bar building on Manchester Street.
A photograph of coloured shipping containers stacked in front of the facade of the partially-demolished Excelsior Sports Bar building on Manchester Street.
A photograph of coloured shipping containers stacked in front of the facade of the partially-demolished Excelsior Sports Bar building on Manchester Street.
A photograph looking east down Gloucester Street from near the Manchester Street intersection. Members of the Wellington Emergency Management Office Emergency Response Team and construction workers are walking down the street. To their right is the new Press House building with many broken windows. In the foreground, the Coachman building has sustained earthquake damage to the façade. Wire fences have been placed around the building as a cordon.
A photograph of a Wellington Emergency Management Office Emergency Response Team member talking to a member of the Professional Building Services on Gloucester Street. In the background is the Press House building with many cracks in the façade. Bits of bricks and other debris are scattered across the footpath. Some of the windows above the facade have broken. USAR codes have been spray-painted on one of the bottom-storey windows.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the Montgomery's Building on the corner of Colombo and Tuam Streets. Large sections of the façade have collapsed, exposing the inside of the building. The bricks and other rubble have mostly been cleared from the footpath and street in front. Wire fences have been placed around the building as a cordon. In the distance there is a large pile of bricks on a property where another building has collapsed.
Damage to the Strange's Building on High Street. The stone facade of the upper storey has collapsed, exposing the wooden and brick structures beneath.
Damage to the Strange's Building on High Street. The stone facade of the upper storey has collapsed, exposing the wooden and brick structures beneath.
A photograph of a badly-damaged building on St Asaph Street. The front facade has been removed and the building is surrounded by scaffolding.
A photograph of the Excelsior Hotel building site on Manchester Street. The remaining facade is being held up by a stack of shipping containers.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "New Excelcior Backpackers, 120 Manchester Street, with the saved facade supported by shipping containers (viewed from High Street)".
Damaged buildings on Manchester Street, near the High Street intersection. The facades and parts of the upper storeys have collapsed onto the street below.
Damage to the Strange's Building on Lichfield Street. The stone facade of the upper storey has collapsed, exposing the wooden and brick structures beneath.
A photograph submitted by Alastair to the QuakeStories website. The description reads, "ChristChurch Cathedral with scaffolding stabilising the facade. Sunday 11/12/11".