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Pre-February Earthquake
A photograph of the badly-damaged Press building. The top storey of the building has collapsed into the floor below, and bricks and other rubble have fallen onto the ground below.
File reference: CCL-2011-11-25-Presspass-November2011 524
From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
Passes for The Press Christchurch Writers Festival, cancelled due to the earthquakes.
File reference: CCL-2011-11-25-Presspass-November2011 523
From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
Passes for The Press Christchurch Writers Festival, cancelled due to the earthquakes.
File reference: CCL-2011-11-25-Presspass-November2011 526
From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
Passes for The Press Christchurch Writers Festival, cancelled due to the earthquakes.
File reference: CCL-2011-11-25-Presspass-November2011 525
From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
Passes for The Press Christchurch Writers Festival, cancelled due to the earthquakes.
A photograph of the broken windows of the Press House on Gloucester Street.
A photograph of the earthquake damaged Press building in Cathedral Square.
File reference: CCL-2011-11-25-Presspass-November2011 527
From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
Passes for The Press Christchurch Writers Festival, cancelled due to the earthquakes.
A photograph of the badly-damaged Press building, viewed from Worcester Street. Windows have been boarded up with plywood and straps are being used for reinforcement.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Press Building, Cathedral Square. Top floor collapsed during the February 22 earthquake".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Cupola of the Press Building, Cathedral Square".
A photograph of the east side of the badly-damaged Press building on the edge of Cathedral Square. The Novotel building can be seen behind.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Press Building, Cathedral Square".
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Christchurch-based technician, Nick Brown, and Ralph Moore, Deputy Task Force Leader for New Zealand Search and Rescue, talking to the press. Nick and Ralph were part of the USAR team working on the Cathedral and Press Buildings after the earthquake.
Christchurch-based technician, Nick Brown, and Ralph Moore, Deputy Task Force Leader for New Zealand Search and Rescue, talking to the press. Nick and Ralph were part of the USAR team working on the Cathedral and Press Buildings after the earthquake.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Press building in Cathedral Square. The top floor of the building collapsed during the February 22 earthquake, the debris still on the pavement in front".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Looking across the demolition site of the Press Building towards Warners and Novatel Hotels. New Press Building on the right rear".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A detail of the new Christchurch Press building. This facade is a replica of the previous Press building's facade which was badly damaged in the 22 February 2011 earthquake".
A photograph of the earthquake damage to a detail of the former Press Building.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to a detail of the former Press Building.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Al Nisbet, cartoonist at The Press, emerges from the rubble that collapsed over the desk he took shelter under as the earthquake hit. The debris is from the floor above that pancaked, killing one Press employee".
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the south-west corner of the former Press Building.
