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Manchester Court in Manchester Street, partially demolished.
A colour photograph of the Manchester Courts following the 4 September 2011 earthquake, taken from Manchester Street.
A photograph of Manchester Courts and The Treehouse Bar on Manchester Street.
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To be demolished very soon
The demolition of Manchester Courts on Manchester Street. A crane is holding a platform above the building. A cordon made of shipping containers, fencing and a "Road closed" sign can be seen.
The demolition of Manchester Courts on Manchester Street. The area in front of the building has been cordoned off with a crane sitting inside. A quarter of the building has already been pulled down. Shipping containers are lining the street to the right.
A photograph of the Manchester Courts Building on Manchester Street. Broken glass and wood can be seen lying on the footpath.
A photograph of the Manchester Courts Building on the corner of Manchester and Hereford Streets. The photograph was taken from behind a cordon fence.
Manchester Courts on the corner of Manchester and Hereford Streets. While the building looks mostly fine from the outside, it is unsafe to enter. "Danger, no entry" has been spray-painted on the front window.
A photograph of the Treehouse Bar and Manchester Courts taken from the intersection of Manchester and Cashel Streets. Wire fencing has been placed across the street as a cordon.
A photograph of Manchester Courts, The Treehouse Bar and Sullivan's on Manchester Street, blocked off by a wire fence.
A photograph of the Treehouse Bar and Manchester Courts taken from the intersection of Manchester and Cashel Streets. Wire fencing has been placed across the street as a cordon.
Cross cracking on the Manchester Courts Building between the windows. This means that there was no vertical reinforcement in the building and it will have to come down.
Manchester Courts, a seven-storey building on the corner of Hereford and Manchester Streets, is a category one historic place built in 1905-1906 that up until the 7.1 earthquake, housed offices.
News of the scheduled demolition provoked an emotional response from the people of Christchurch.
UPDATE 14 October 2010: A group of residents is campaig...
Manchester Courts, a seven-storey building on the corner of Hereford and Manchester Streets, is a category one historic place built in 1905-1906 that up until the 7.1 earthquake, housed offices.
News of the scheduled demolition provoked an emotional response from the people of Christchurch.
UPDATE 14 October 2010: A group of residents is campaig...
A photograph of rubble and glass on the footpath outside Manchester Courts on the corner of Manchester and Hereford Streets. The photograph is taken through the wire of a cordon fence.
Cracking in the plaster work of the side wall of a building in the central city. The bricks that make up the wall have shaken apart and are threatening to topple.
Very sad - was a nice looking building. This is near the top of the building and there is signs of the top being displaced horizontally.
Very sad - was a nice looking building. These cracks are right through the bricks on several of the main columns.
Maybe you can see the 8m high dirt bunt at the foot of the Manchester Courts building to reduce collateral damage.
This is how the building looked when it was built - fine indeed!
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An engineer who owns a similar building in Dunedin, and is willing to put money into this building's restoration, is sure it could be stabilised, just like the Railway Clock Tower. And the t...
A colour photograph showing detail of the damage to the exterior masonry of Manchester Courts, following the 4 September 2011 earthquake.
Cordon fence around the Manchester Courts building.
