A view looking south down Wakefield Avenue in Sumner. The road has been blocked off with cones and a fire engine has been parked behind them. In the background the arm of a crane can be seen.
Members of the public walking up Colombo Street in the aftermath of the 22 February earthquake. Behind them emergency personnel are using a crane to check the floors of the Forsyth Barr building for trapped people.
A view looking south down Wakefield Avenue in Sumner. A crane can be seen lifting a shipping container in front of the historic Sumner Borough Council Building. Emergency personnel have gathered around the container.
A photograph looking south down Colombo Street from the Avon River bridge. In the distance, the Copthorne Hotel and Forsyth Barr building can be seen. A collection of cranes are parked along the street.
A photograph of a crane working on the demolition of the Hotel Grand Chancellor. The photograph was taken from the car park of PAK'nSAVE on Moorhouse Avenue.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The cranes working on the Clarendon Tower and the Grant Thornton building, viewed from Cathedral Square. Government Life building (to be demolished) on the extreme right".
A photograph of a crane parked in front of the earthquake-damaged ChristChurch Cathedral. The tower of the Cathedral has been partially demolished and a pile of rubble is sitting in front.
Crowds on Gloucester Street during the LuxCity event. An artwork is suspended from a crane.
Various rebuilding and repairing activities on Gloucester Street, with road signs and cranes in the background.
Looking towards the Christchurch CBD, with road cones, cranes and buildings being construction in the background.
A crane parked outside the Forsyth Barr Building on the corner of Colombo and Armagh Streets.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The machinery used in the demolitions keeps getting more sophisticated as the taller buildings are dealt with. This is the large crane put in place to work on the deconstruction and demolition of the BNZ Building".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Looking through the Triangle Centre to the cranes dominating the skyline. This picture would be a challenge for one of those puzzles where you are asked to say how many triangles there are in the photo".
Construction workers examining the damaged top of the facade of the Lyttelton Coffee Company building on London Street in the basket from a crane. In the foreground, a pile of scrapped corrugated iron can be seen.
Construction workers examining the damaged top of the facade of the Lyttelton Coffee Company building on London Street in the basket from a crane. In the foreground, a pile of scrapped corrugated iron can be seen.
A photograph of a hydraulic crane arm placing a tall wooden post in Cathedral Square. The post is part of an installation titled Urban RefleXion, designed by Architectural Studies students from CPIT for Canterbury Tales.
A view of Manchester Street looking north towards High Street. A cordon has been constructed at the intersection of Manchester and High Street with a "NO ENTRY" sign, plastic fencing and road cones. In the distance, a crane can be seen.
A photograph of the collapsed PGC Building, taken from Oxford Terrace across the Avon River. An excavator is sitting on top of the rubble. There is a crane to the left.
A photograph of the partially-demolished Hagley Hostel on Riccarton Avenue. A crane and an excavator are parked in front of the building. Wire fences and shipping containers have been placed around the outside as a cordon.
A photograph of the collapsed PGC Building, taken from Oxford Terrace across the Avon River. An excavator is sitting on top of the rubble. There is a crane to the left.
A photograph of the collapsed PGC Building, taken from Oxford Terrace across the Avon River. An excavator is sitting on top of the rubble. There is a crane to the left.
Emergency personnel helping an injured man who was trapped in the collapsed Pyne Gould Corporation building. He can be seen descending down the shaft of a crane. This photograph shows how the building's different floors have "pancaked", collapsing on to each other.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The machinery used in the demolitions keeps getting more sophisticated as the taller buildings are dealt with. This is the large crane put in place to work on the deconstruction and demolition of the BNZ Building".
A photograph of a man on a platform being raised by a crane above the Cranmer Centre.
A photograph of a man on a platform being raised by a crane above the Cranmer Centre.
A photograph of earthquake damage to the Cranmer Centre. A crane can be seen in the foreground.
A crane in front of the Victoria clock tower on the corner of Victoria and Montreal Streets.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "A crane lifts an intact chandelier from Shrimpton Radcliffe Design following Canterbury's earthquakes".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "A crane lifts an intact chandelier from Shrimpton Radcliffe Design following Canterbury's earthquakes".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "A crane lifts an intact chandelier from Shrimpton Radcliffe Design following Canterbury's earthquakes".
