Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Major earthquake hits Christchurch. Demolition on Victoria Street near Bealey Avenue corner".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Major earthquake hits Christchurch. Demolition on Victoria Street near Bealey Avenue corner".
A blackboard outside Gordon Smith & Sons Fruiterers on Victoria Street reading, "Open, Wed 20th April".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Major earthquake hits Christchurch. Demolition on Victoria Street near Bealey Avenue corner".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Major earthquake hits Christchurch. Demolition on Victoria Street near Bealey Avenue corner".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Major earthquake hits Christchurch. Demolition on Victoria Street near Bealey Avenue corner".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Major earthquake hits Christchurch. Demolition on Victoria Street near Bealey Avenue corner".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Major earthquake hits Christchurch. Demolition on Victoria Street near Bealey Avenue corner".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Major earthquake hits Christchurch. Demolition on Victoria Street near Bealey Avenue corner".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Major earthquake hits Christchurch. Demolition on Victoria Street near Bealey Avenue corner".
Fencing and road cone on a section of Victoria Street. The Casino is seen on the right.
Ongoing repair and deconstruction work on Victoria Street. A demolition site has been turned to a carpark.
Damage to buidings on Victoria Street. Shops that have been checked are marked with spray-painted codes.
A view of a row of shops on Victoria Street where the doors have been boarded up.
A photograph of Knox Church on the corner of Victoria Street and Bealey Avenue. The walls of the gables have crumbled, spilling bricks onto the footpath in front.
A photograph of a paste-up from the Roger Sutton/Man About Town series, created by Nathan Ingram and Jemma Brown. The paste-up is titled "Love Man", and is on the east side of the Victoria Mansions building.
The badly-damaged Knox Presbyterian Church on the corner of Bealey Avenue and Victoria Street. The brickwork in the gables has crumbled, exposing the wooden structure underneath. Spray-painted USAR codes can be seen on the brick wall.
The badly-damaged Knox Presbyterian Church on the corner of Bealey Avenue and Victoria Street. The brickwork in the gables has crumbled, exposing the wooden structure underneath. Wire fencing has been placed around the building as a cordon.
The badly-damaged Knox Presbyterian Church on the corner of Bealey Avenue and Victoria Street. The brickwork in the gables has crumbled, exposing the wooden structure underneath. Wire fencing has been placed around the building as a cordon.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A new business opportunity. Cooking Lebanese food in a mobile cart in the yard of Revival, a new container bar in Victoria Street".
A photograph of construction near the site of the Crowne Plaza, corner of Kilmore, Durham and Victoria Streets.
A photograph of construction near the site of the Crowne Plaza, corner of Kilmore, Durham and Victoria Streets.
A photograph of construction near the site of the Crowne Plaza, corner of Kilmore, Durham and Victoria Streets.
An aerial photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Victoria Square is at the centre of this picture with its green lawns and trees. The bare patch of earth in front s the demolition sites of the Allan McLean building, the Oxford on Avon, and Plunket House. The contract to demolish the Crowne Plaza Hotel has been let, while the fate of the Town Hall is still undecided. The Convention Centre is coming down. On the very bottom, slightly to the right is the Medlab building which is also to be demolished. In the bottom left corner is the PWC building which is also to be demolished".
Sign on the cordon fence ouside the Crowne Plaza Hotel. It says "Cafe Decadence Victoria Street open now!".
A photograph of a sign on a cordon fence announcing that Frogmore is open at 70 Victoria Street.
A photograph of a sign on a cordon fence announcing that Frogmore is open at 70 Victoria Street.
Intersection of Bealey Ave and Victoria Street, the cordoned off Carlton Courts can be seen in the background.
Intersection of Bealey Ave and Victoria Street, the cordoned off Carlton Courts can be seen in the background.
A photograph of a sign on a cordon fence announcing that Frogmore is open at 70 Victoria Street.