A section of the Cranmer Courts, facing Kilmore Street. Several windows have been broken and much of the cornice has fallen off. The apex of the roof has been reinforced with timber bracing.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Victoria Street. A giant vibrating pair of nibblers makes easy work of demolishing a reinforced concrete building. This section of wall was reduced to rubble in about two minutes".
The Victoria Clock Tower on the corner of Victoria and Durham Streets. The spire at the of the tower has been knocked off centre and the base has been reinforced with wooden bracing.
A road cone warns of exposed reinforcing from a demolished building on the walkway from Gloucester Street to the Square which was opened up for a few days to allow the public a closer look at the Cathedral.
A photograph of Majestic House on the corner of Manchester Street and Lichfield Street. The building has been fenced off and shipping containers are stacked on the road to the left, reinforcing the facade of the neighbouring building.
A photograph of Majestic House on the corner of Manchester Street and Lichfield Street. The building has been fenced off and shipping containers are stacked on the road to the left, reinforcing the facade of the neighbouring building.
A section of the Cranmer Courts, facing Kilmore Street. Several windows have been broken and much of the cornice has fallen off. The apex of the roof has been reinforced with timber bracing.
Detail of steel bracing supporting the Colombo Street overpass. The photographer comments, "After the earthquake in Christchurch the Colombo St overpass got damaged and they used reinforcing steel beams to hold it up".
A black and white photograph of a partially demolished building. The remains of concrete slabs hang from reinforcing rods. The photographer comments, "Christchurch has a gallery of quake art on nearly every corner".
A digitally manipulated image of a excavator claw tangled with reinforcing cable, with a damaged concrete building in the background. The photographer comments, "The monster destroying the earthquake broken buildings close to the Lyttelton tunnel".
A photograph of a mural on a wall in the former site of a building on Norwich Quay in Lyttelton. Sections of reinforcing steel and other construction material have been laid up against the mural.
A photograph of Majestic House on the corner of Manchester Street and Lichfield Street. The building has been fenced off and shipping containers are stacked on the road to the left, reinforcing the facade of the neighbouring building.
A photograph of the Arts Centre taken from Worcester Street. Three workers in hard hats and high-visibility jackets can be seen in front as well as planks of wood and other equipment. The gable of the tower above has been reinforced with wooden bracing.
Two workers inspect fuses placed in an embankment during reinforcement work. The photographer comments, "This is the reinforcing of an embankment in the port of Lyttelton, which partly collapsed in the Christchurch earthquakes. They are using the same equipment as used for blowing up rock faces to mend them".
A broken window at ground level has building rubble behind it, some of which has been pushed out through the broken glass. The photographer comments, "The alternate title is 'Under Pressure'. A bulldozer must have pushed earthquake debris up against the internal wall not realising there was a glass reinforced window at ground level".
A view of the Cranmer Court building on the corner of Kilmore and Montreal Streets, showing damage from the 4 September 2010 earthquake. Masonry has fallen away from the apexes of several of the building's gables, which have been reinforced with timber bracing. A green cord has been used to tie bracing to the octagonal section on the corner of the building. This corner section is the part that housed Plato Creative from March 2008 to November 2009.
A view of part of the former Canterbury Public Library complex after the 22 February 2011 earthquake. On the left the 1870s section is visible. It has been red-stickered and the ground around it has been spray painted with the words, "Danger, wall". The building on the right is the former Librarian's House, which was built in 1894. It has been enclosed in a safety fence, and a section of masonry from its gable has collapsed. Containers have been stacked between the buildings to reinforce their walls.