Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake in Christchurch. Demolition of shops on the corner of Edgeware Road and Barbados Street".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake in Christchurch. Demolition of shops on the corner of Edgeware Road and Barbados Street".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake in Christchurch. Demolition of shops on the corner of Edgeware Road and Barbados Street".
A photograph of a sign on the window of a fish and chip shop on London Street in Lyttelton. The sign reads, "Sorry we can't open. I want to work but they tell me not safe and may be 6 months or more. I am sad I need to work. Everybody has big problem so sorry for you and me. Keep safe. Phyong fish and chip owner".
Damaged buildings along London Street. Wire fencing has been used to keep people away. From the left are the Volcano Cafe, the Lava Bar, a fish and chip shop, and the Coastal Living Design Store. Rubble from the side of the Volcano Cafe can be seen along the Canterbury Street footpath.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to a group of shops on Colombo Street near the intersection of Kilmore Street. Large sections of the top storeys of the buildings have collapsed. Most of the bricks and other rubble have been cleared from the footpath. USAR codes have been spray-painted on many of the shops' windows. The closest store has been demolished and the rubble has been cleared away.
A large chess board made from sand and broken shells, with a painted beach scene on the wall behind. The photographer comments, "After all the suggestions put on the wall on what to do in this area, which was once an earthquake damaged shop, they have made the chess board, painted a seaside scene on the wall and created a small wall of tyres".
Damage to Lyttelton following the 22 February 2011 earthquake. The fish and chip shop on London Street (centre) has a collapsed gable and awning. Bricks, plaster and wood are lying where they fell on the footpath, as well as the broken sign. To the left is the Lava Bar which suffered severe structural damage after the earthquake.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Cashel Street".
Two men sit outside a portable building on Norwich Quay. The building is occupied by the Lyttelton Sea Foods shop.
The multi-storey Pacific Brands building on Victoria Street has been cordoned off. The Cranfield shop occupied the first floor.
A digger clearing away the rubble of Revival Upholstery and Furniture Care, a single storey brick shop on Barbadoes Street.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "The canopy of a Sydenham shop has collapsed onto the sidewalk on Colombo Street in Sydenham".
Shoppers and sightseers in Re:Start Mall. Street lights have been decorated with banners with Canterbury colours, red and black.
The sign for Piko Wholefoods ready to be installed over that of the premises' previous occupants, The Movieman video shop.
A photograph of the shop in the Diabetes Centre. Products have fallen off the shelves and lie on the floor.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Shoppers moving between Ballantynes and Cashel Mall behind the cordon on Colombo Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "636-644 Colombo Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Cashel Mall looking west".
Rubble from a collapsed building in High Street Mall.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "111-113 Lichfield Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "119 Armagh Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "82 Cashel Mall".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "119 Armagh Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "641-643 Colombo Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "663 Colombo Street".
Page 12 of a Christmas Gift and Shopping Guide advertising feature in the Christchurch Press, published on Friday 3 December 2010.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to a shop on the corner of Manchester Street and Struthers Lane, near Sol Square.
A group of young people sit outside the Shop Eight and Rekindle cafe on the newly re-opened New Regent Street.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Fred Arnesen has reopened after being forced to leave his Beckenham shop following the 4 September earthquake".