A photograph of a digger on a pile of rubble. The photograph is captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The corner of Tuam and Colombo Streets".
A photograph showing a crane next to the heavily braced Our City-Otautahi building. A pile of large plastic wheelie bins is in the foreground.
Damage to the Mona Vale Homestead which has been cordoned off. Building rubble has been sorted and piled in front of the building, behind the fence.
A pile of tarseal scraped from the damaged River Road sits in front of a house. The photographer comments, "Road repairs and abandoned houses".
A house in Richmond being demolished. A digger sits on top of the pile of rubble. The photographer comments, "The end of 393 River Rd".
A view of the corner at the intersection of Derby and Stoneyhurst Streets. In the background a pile of brick rubble can be seen on the footpath.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Aftermath of Christchurch earthquake as residents start to clean up. 'Sand for sale!!' sign on a pile of liquefaction silt".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Aftermath of Christchurch earthquake as residents start to clean up. 'Sand for sale!!' sign on a pile of liquefaction silt".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Aftermath of Christchurch earthquake as residents start to clean up. 'Sand for sale!!' sign on a pile of liquefaction silt".
A photograph of a fire fighter standing in front of 33 Worcester Street, now a pile of rubble after the 4 September 2010 earthquake.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Main entrance to the Central Library with a second autumn fall of leaves piling up in Gloucester Street".
A photograph submitted by Ginny Larsen to the QuakeStories website. The description reads, "The pile of rubble left after demolition of the block of shops on Cranford Street.".
A photograph of a digger on top of a pile of rubble. The photograph is captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Tuam Street, near the intersection with Manchester Street".
A photograph of a digger on top of a pile of rubble. The photograph is captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Tuam Street, near the intersection with Manchester Street".
A photograph of a digger on top of a pile of rubble. The photograph is captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Tuam Street, near the intersection with Manchester Street".
Paving stones and building materials piled on the road in Cathedral Square. In the background, the windows of the ANZ building have been boarded up.
Mesh fencing around a residential property. A recyling and an organics bin have been used to support the fencing, and inside a pile of building rubble can be seen.
Damage to the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament. Close up of shipping containers supporting the exterior wall, and in front is a pile of building rubble and a digger.
Damage to the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament. Close up of shipping containers supporting the exterior wall, and in front is a pile of building rubble and a digger.
'185 Empty Chairs', Pete Majendie's art installation commemorating those who died in the earthquake. In the background a digger is parked on a rubble pile.
A pile of rubble from the demolished Colombo Street Wesleyan Church, cordoned off with tape and road cones. In the background army personnel guard the cordon fence on Colombo Street.
Winnie Bagoes on Gloucester Street. The side of the building has collapsed. Bricks and rubble lie in a pile on Gloucester Street where they fell.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Community House, 141 Hereford Street. Note the pile of gravel ready to be spread prior to demolishing the building".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A large pile of concrete rubble from a demolition site in Kilmore Street. Forsyth Barr building in the background".
A photograph of a sign post in Cathedral Square. A large pile of rubble lies next to the badly-damaged ChristChurch cathedral in the background.
A pile of bricks in the car park of the SRS Ayurveda Clinic on Ferry Road in Woolston. The bricks have been enclosed in a safety fence.
Liquefaction 'volcanos' in Kaiapoi, after the September 4th earthquake. Silt erupted out of the ground, piling up over the surface and leaving cracks at the mouth of the volcano.
Twisted reinforcing rods tangled in a pile of rubble. The photographer comments, "It is a horrible sight when a transformer runs out of electricity. Anyone got any jumper cables?".
The destruction of the Ground Culinary Centre on London Street. A digger is sitting on top of a pile of rubble. This site will soon be made into the Lyttelton Petanque Club.
The entrance way of the Lyttelton Convent (now privately owned) on Exeter Street, all that is left of this beautiful brick building. A pile of rubble can be seen through the doorway.