Buildings behind cordon fence on Colombo Street.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Chalice, Millennium Hotel (staying), BNZ Building (going) and ANZ building, in Cathedral Square".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Government Life building in Cathedral Square. This will be a dirty demolish (nothing salvaged as the building has extensive use of asbestos)".
A photograph of the badly-damaged Fisher's Building on the corner of Hereford Street and High Street. Large amounts of fallen bricks and building rubble cover the footpath and road.
A photograph of a truck on the site of the partially-demolished Art Gallery Apartments Building on Gloucester Street. In the background, an excavator is continuing to demolish the building.
A photograph of a sign from the TVNZ Building on the building's demolition site. Also visible are a fire extinguisher, hose and other rubble from the building.
Emergency personnel searching for people trapped in the collapsed Canterbury Television Building on Madras Street. Smoke can be seen rising from the ruins, which have been on fire.
The Terrace on the Park apartment building at 78 Park Terrace. Shipping containers have been placed at the entrance to the building to protect workers removing the contents of the building.
Emergency personnel searching for people trapped in the collapsed Canterbury Television Building on Madras Street. Smoke can be seen rising from the ruins, which have been on fire.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Looks as if they are building a platform for the high reach to work on the Grant Thornton building. Cathedral Square".
A view across Lichfield Street to the historic Mayfair building. Masonry has collapsed from the top storey of the building and the resulting gaps have been weather proofed with timber and building paper.
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.
A view across Lichfield Street to the historic Mayfair building. Masonry has collapsed from the top storey of the building and the resulting gaps have been weather proofed with timber and building paper.
St John's Ambulance staff conferring at the base of the collapsed Canterbury Television Building on Madras Street. Behind them, emergency personnel can be seen searching the ruins for trapped people.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A view from the roof of Alice in Videoland building".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Rubble behind the AMI Insurance Building, 29-35 Latimer Square".
An incomplete front page layout featuring an article about the Royal Commission enquiry into the CTV building collapse.
A scanned copy of a black and white photograph depicting the Students' Union building at the University of Canterbury town site in 1969.
An aerial photograph of the Re:Start mall.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "High Street - Westpac Bank building (left) and the Haldenstein's building (right) and Coffee Club (lower right)".
Army presence outside the city cordon on Tuam Street. Road cones and cordon fencing have been placed around damaged buildings. In the background is a building where the walls have crumbled, exposing the interior of the building.
Two excavators and building rubble in front of the Terrace on the Park apartment complex. Two buildings in the complex required urgent demolition, and the other buildings in the complex will eventually be demolished.
Two excavators and building rubble in front of the Terrace on the Park apartment complex. Two buildings in the complex required urgent demolition, and the other buildings in the complex will eventually be demolished.
Buildings seen through the cordon fence from Cathedral Square. From left to right are MFL House, the Forsyth Barr building, the PriceWaterhouseCoopers building, the Camelot Hotel and the Cathedral Square Police Station.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Chalice in Cathedral Square with the BNZ Building in the background. A shiny new crane is being used to deconstruct the BNZ building".
A faded sign reading, 'McCormic Reapers & Binders' painted onto the side of a brick building, revealed by the demolition of the adjoining building. Wooden pallets have been placed at the front of the building.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Looks as if they are building a platform for the high reach to work on the Grant Thornton building. Cathedral Square".
A photograph of the Christchurch City Council car park building on Madras Street. The bottom windows of the building have been boarded up and the building has been fenced off.
Paintwork on the side of a building in High Street exposed by the demolition of the adjoining building. The photographer comments, "I'm fascinated by the 'shadows' left behind on the sides of buildings by their neighbours".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The intersection of Colombo and Gloucester Streets looking north".