A damaged brick building. Pillars between the windows are badly cracked, and one section of pillar has collapsed entirely.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to a pillar inside the Crowne Plaza Hotel on Kilmore Street.
A damaged building on the corner of Manchester Street and Bedford Row. There are large cracks in the brick pillars between the windows, and part of one pillar has collapsed, crushing the awning below.
Bracing supports a pillar of Oxford Terrace Baptist Church.
Bracing supports a pillar of Oxford Terrace Baptist Church.
Stones from the columns of St Paul's church, stacked on the site of the church.
Oxford Terrace Baptist Church on the corner of Madras St and Oxford Terrace, and alongside the Central City Fire Station on Kilmore St.
Oxford Terrace Baptist Church on the corner of Madras St and Oxford Terrace, and alongside the Central City Fire Station on Kilmore St.
A photograph of the pillars at the entrance of McLean's Mansion.
A photograph of the pillars at the entrance of McLean's Mansion.
A photograph of a detail of a pillar inside St Paul's-Trinity-Pacific Church.
A photograph of a detail of a pillar inside St Paul's-Trinity-Pacific Church.
A photograph of a turbaned man sitting on top of a pillar at the Songs For Christchurch launch.
The Edmonds Band Rotunda on Cambridge Terrace, which housed the Retour Restaurant. Severe damage to the pillars can be seen.
The Edmonds Band Rotunda on Cambridge Terrace, which housed the Retour Restaurant. Severe damage to the pillars can be seen.
The Edmonds Band Rotunda on Cambridge Terrace, which housed the Retour Restaurant. Severe damage to the pillars can be seen.
The Edmonds Band Rotunda on Cambridge Terrace, which housed the Retour Restaurant. Severe damage to the pillars can be seen.
A concrete water tank in Hororata. The top half has moved off the pillars and is resting precariously against a tree.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The base of a pillar on the site of the PGC building on Cambridge Terrace".
Steel girders supporting the Colombo Street overbridge. Cracks in one of the concrete pillars run through a graffiti paste-up of a woman.
Steel girders supporting the Colombo Street overbridge. Cracks in one of the concrete pillars run through a graffiti paste-up of a woman.
The entrance to the central Library on Gloucester Street has been boarded up and USAR codes have been spray-painted on the concrete pillar. A 'Library open' sign remains outside.
A photograph of a room in the Diabetes Centre which has been prepared for repainting. Plastic sheeting has been placed over the carpet and the cracks in the pillar have been filled with epoxy resin.
A photograph of street art on a support pillar of the Durham Street overbridge. The artwork depicts tag writing in shades of pink, surrounded by previously written tag art in various other colours.
An abandoned residential property at 7 Seabreeze Close in Bexley. The section is overgrown with weeds making it difficult to see the house in the back section. The front section of the fence has been removed, and only two pillars remain standing.
A photograph of signs under the rear section of the Forsyth Barr building. The signs reads, "Danger drop zone". In the background is rubble from an earthquake-damaged building . Steel bracing has been constructed around a concrete pillar to the right.
Two images of a house, taken before and after the earthquakes. In the after photograph the chimneys are gone, a column supporting the car port has partly collapsed, windows are broken, and the previously neat lawn and driveway are overgrown. The photographer comments, "This was a house that I was selling up to the September 2010 earthquake in Christchurch. It was on Avonside Drive, which was an area that has been badly hit in every earthquake that has hit the area. In the September quake parts of the house moved in different directions and one of the upstairs doors had to be smashed open to release one of the sons from his bedroom. This occurred in the dark with numerous aftershocks shaking the house. Liquefaction poured up through the floor and flowed down the drive. Everyone got out OK, but soon after the house was red stickered meaning it was dangerous to enter. The house was looted many times even though there was constant police patrols. When the most violent earthquake occurred on 22 February 2012 both the tall heavy chimneys came crashing through into the living areas. Subsequent earthquakes and aftershocks have caused one of the brick fence pillars to fall and the front garage pillar to break up and twist. The family's troubles did not end there. They moved into the home of one of their parents and this mansion of a home was so badly affected by the February earthquake that no one could enter to collect any of their or their parents' belongings. They now own a new home, which they are fond of except when the ground shakes yet again. There has been to date 10,712 earthquakes and aftershocks since 4 September 2010".
A photograph of the McKenzie & Willis building on Tuam Street. Small pieces of masonry have crumbled from the pillars between the windows and fallen onto the footpath below. The front door has also shattered and broken glass has spilled onto the footpath in front. The word "clear" has been spray-painted on the bottom-storey window to the left.
The Christchurch Cathedral after loosing its tower and spire after the 6.3 quake hit Christchurch 22 February 2011. The February 22 quake cracked pillars, twisted walls, shattered stained glass, collapsed buttresses, fractured masonry and toppled the tower. The rose window in the west wall collapsed in the June aftershocks. Demolition of the Chr...
A bollard covered in tattered posters. The photographer comments, "After the Christchurch February 2011 earthquake no more adverts were pasted onto this advertising pillar. Over a year later the posters are starting to peel off and reveal older ones. It seems that the constant addition of new posters was keeping everything in equilibrium, but with no new posters everything is literally falling apart".
