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All 23 Arts Centre heritage buildings received significant damage in the earthquake and its subsequent aftershocks, and all have been issued with a red “Unsafe” placard.
As a result of the magnitude of this damage, the Arts Centre Trust Board— the body charged with ensuring this iconic precinct is preserved and pr...
This winter-eve is warm,
Humid the air! leafless, yet soft as spring,
The tender purple spray on copse and briers!
And that sweet city with her dreaming spires,
She needs not June for beauty's heightening,
Lovely all times she lies, lovely to-night!—
From "Thyrsis: A Monody" by Matthew Arnold 1822–1888
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Arts Centre, Hereford Street. Careful palleting of the pieces of the Arts Centre which fell to the ground".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Arts Centre, Hereford Street. Careful palleting of the pieces of the Arts Centre which fell to the ground".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A sign on the protective fence around the Arts Centre, Hereford Street. The sign reads, 'The Arts Centre, site closed'".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Arts Centre on Rolleston Avenue".
The badly-damaged Arts Centre, viewed from Rolleston Avenue. The turret has been removed from the building and secured to a platform on the footpath. Wire fencing has been placed around the building as a cordon and there are many road cones directing traffic.
A photograph of a window of the Observatory tower at the Christchurch Arts Centre.
A photograph of the rubble of the Observatory tower in the South Quad of the Christchurch Arts Centre. The tower collapsed during the 22 February 2011 earthquake. A digger was used to clear the rubble away from the building. In the foreground is Chris Whitty, Site Manager of the Christchurch Arts Centre.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Arts Centre, Hereford Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Salvaged collapsed stone at the Arts Centre, Hereford Street".
The badly-damaged Arts Centre, viewed from Rolleston Avenue. The turret has been removed from the building and secured to a platform on the footpath. Wire fencing has been placed around the building as a cordon and there are many road cones directing traffic.
A view of the badly-damaged Arts Centre from Hereford Street. The gables of the building have been secured with wooden bracing and a pile of brickwork lies on the street below. Wire fencing has been placed around the building as a cordon.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A sign on the protective fence around the Arts Centre, Hereford Street. The sign reads, 'Danger, unsafe site, do not enter'".
A photograph of rubble from the Observatory tower in the South Quad of the Christchurch Arts Centre. The tower collapsed during the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
A photograph of cracks in the masonry of the Observatory tower at the Christchurch Arts Centre. The cracks formed as a result of the 4 September 2010 earthquake.
A photograph of cracks around a window of the Observatory tower at the Christchurch Arts Centre. The cracks formed as a result of the 4 September 2010 earthquake.
A photograph of cracks around a window of the Observatory tower at the Christchurch Arts Centre. The cracks formed as a result of the 4 September 2010 earthquake.
A photograph of cracks around a window of the Observatory tower at the Christchurch Arts Centre. The cracks formed as a result of the 4 September 2010 earthquake.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The arcade at the Arts Centre with the Chinese lanterns from Chinese New Year still hanging in the tree".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The arcade at the Arts Centre with the Chinese lanterns from Chinese New Year fallen from the tree above".
A photograph of the Christchurch Arts Centre taken from Rolleston Avenue. A spire has been removed from one of the towers and braced on the footpath in front of the building. Wire fencing and road cones have been used to cordon off one side of the road.
Photo of the Arts Centre Building on Rolleston Avenue, Christchurch taken by Marcus Langman, 10 March 2011.
Photo of the Arts Centre Building on Rolleston Avenue, Christchurch taken by Marcus Langman, 10 March 2011.
Photo of the Arts Centre Building on Rolleston Avenue, Christchurch taken by Marcus Langman, 10 March 2011.
Photo of the Arts Centre Building on Worcester & Montreal Street, Christchurch taken by Marcus Langman, 10 March 2011.
A photograph of the platform for the Townsend Telescope amongst the rubble of the Observatory tower at the Christchurch Arts Centre. The tower collapsed during the 22 February 2011 earthquake, severely damaging the telescope.
Bricks and salvaged building materials stacked on wooden pallets outside the Arts Centre on Hereford Street.
Bricks and salvaged building materials stacked on wooden pallets outside the Arts Centre on Hereford Street.
The roof of a tram stop resting on blocks on the lawn outside the Arts Centre. In front is a bust of Sir Miles Warren, a prominent Christchurch architect.
