Looking north from Worcester Street towards the recently-occupied Press building on Gloucester Street. In the background is the PricewaterhouseCoopers building.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The new Press building at 156 Gloucester Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Looking across the site of the old Press building in Cathedral Square".
A photograph of a vacant site on Press Lane next to the Press building. The site is to be the location of Atmosphere, a large-scale installation which is part of LUXCITY.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The new Press building on Gloucester Street at dusk. The central city red zone now has office workers and lights on".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The lights are on at the new Press building, the first office workers to return to the central city red zone".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "36-40 Cathedral Square and 103-105 Worcester Street with the new Press building in the background".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Rendezvous Hotel, Novotel Hotel, and new Press Building viewed from Gloucester Street".
A photograph of the surroundings of the new Press House building.
A photograph of the surroundings of the new Press House building.
A photograph of the surroundings of the new Press House building.
Refers to the reopening of the Christchurch strip club 'Calendar Girls' after more than a year inside the central-city cordon. The building suffered minimal damage but was inaccessible because damage to neighbouring buildings meant the road (Hereford Street) were closed.
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Damaged by fire on Friday 7 December. See Press article Suspicions over building fires.
Monday 10 December 2012. File reference: CCL-2012-12-10-IMG_1102
From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
Damaged by fire on Friday 7 December. See Press article Suspicions over building fires.
Monday 10 December 2012. File reference: CCL-2012-12-10-IMG_1105
From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
Damaged by fire on Friday 7 December. See Press article Suspicions over building fires.
Monday 10 December 2012. File reference: CCL-2012-12-10-IMG_1103
From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
Refers to the rebuilding of Christchurch after the earthquakes. Shown are a cardboard 'weetbix' box, a condom brothel that gives great protection, a pile of rolls of toilet paper, the 'popcorn hotel' expands in microwave, the 'Milo' building, soft but reinforced with iron', and the 'styrofoam chalice'.
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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "PriceWaterhouseCoopers Building (under demolition, lower centre), Clarendon Tower (under demolition upper centre), New Regent Street (lower left) and New Press building at the left end of New Regent Street".
A large artwork is erected on the former site of the Press building during the LuxCity event.
A photograph of a vacant site on Press Lane next to the Press building. The site is to be the location of Atmosphere, a large-scale installation which is part of LUXCITY.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Crack in the wall of the new Press Building, Gloucester street".
At a time when the public needs an excellent service from their city council because of earthquake problems an independent government representative has been appointed to help get the dysfunctional [Christchurch] council back on track. Includes the news that chief executive Tony Marryatt has announced he has turned down a controversial $68,000 pay rise. Problems in the council have been apparent for several months, and in the last week there have been calls for the councillors to be sacked and replaced by commissioners.
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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The intersection of Gloucester and Colombo Streets, looking east".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A view of Cathedral Square from high up in the new Press Building".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A view of Cathedral Square from high up in the new Press Building".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A view of Cathedral Square from high up in the new Press Building".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A view of Cathedral Square from high up in the new Press Building".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A view of Cathedral Square from high up in the new Press Building".
Martin Setchell, the organist, is shown playing a mouth organ made out of cardboard tubes.
This is a comment on the controversy over the replacement of Christchurch Cathedral, which was severely damaged in the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011, by a temporary building made out of cardboard tubing.
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A photograph of crowds at the LUXCITY event. The photograph shows an installation on Worcester Street, with the new Press building in the background. The installation is titled "Murmur".
Shows a number of rental possibilities like a waterfront, a kennel, a wheelie bin, a parkbench, tress, the cardboard cathedral when it is no longer required and a sewage pipe. Context: The problem over lack of rental accomodation after the earthquakes.
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