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BeckerFraserPhotos September 2011 photograph 587

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Demolition site between the former Government Life building (on the right) and Grant Thornton House with Chancery Lane in the background".

BeckerFraserPhotos November 2010 photograph 10

Damaged buildings on Hereford Street. One of the store fronts and side wall has crumpled revealing the inside of the building. Scaffolding has been erected outside and fencing placed along the footpath, keeping people away from the dangerous buildings.

Julia Holden's 2013 Photographs 238

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A photograph of building rubble on a demolition site between St Asaph Street and Tuam Street. The old Post Office building can be seen in the distance to the left and on the right are badly-damaged High Street buildings.

BeckerFraserPhotos April 2011 photograph 137

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A view of the Worcester Street bridge from across the Avon River. In the background, the Our City O-Tautahi building is surrounded by scaffolding and bracing, the Rydges building behind.

Elizabeth Ackermann Photograph 231

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A photograph of the earthquake damaged M J Knowles Building on Tuam Street. The wall has either collapsed or been removed leaving the inside of the building exposed. Loose bricks from the wall cover the footpath.

Julia Holden's 2013 Photographs 115

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A photograph of a cleared building site on High Street. Three shipping containers are stacked against the remaining facade of the Excelsior Hotel building on the left. The badly-damaged McKenzie & Lewis building on Tuam Street can be seen in the distance.

Photograph by Jocelyn Kinghorn 2028

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A building on Victoria Street, housing the Chinwag Eathai restaurant, that has been give a yellow placard. This was a building assessment system used following the February earthquake indicating that there should be limited access and that the building needs further evaluation.

Photograph of Gap Filler project 13 (54)

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Workers building the 10m2 office building, soon to be the Gap Filler Headquarters in Sydenham. A sign out front reads, "Gap Filler project in progress on this site".

WEMO ERT Set 3 - February 2011 - Photograph 107

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A photograph of the earthquake damage to the Canterbury Television Building on Gloucester Street. There are large cracks in the columns of the building and many of the windows are broken.

BeckerFraserPhotos February 2011 photograph 080

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The A and T Burt building on Ferry Road in Woolston. Bricks that have collapsed from the top section of the building have been cleared from the footpath below, and the building has been cordoned off with a safety fence.

Photograph by Neil Macbeth 253

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Emergency personnel searching for people trapped in the collapsed Canterbury Television Building on Madras Street. Smoke can be seen rising from the ruins. On the left is an excavator which has been used to shift the rubble.

Photograph by Jocelyn Kinghorn 050

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Damage to the Caxton Press building (left) and the adjoining building. In front is a pile of bricks, cordonned off with tape and road cones to keep the public away. Spray-painted codes show that the buildings have been checked by USAR.

BeckerFraserPhotos November 2011 photograph 263

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Kilmore Street on the left. The red-sided building is 818 Colombo Street. The white-sided building with the four rows of square windows is 115-119 Kilmore Street across Colombo Street".

Photograph by Neil Macbeth 293

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Emergency personnel sliding a metal beam down a sheet of corrugated plastic on the collapsed Canterbury Television Building. Smoke is billowing from the ruins, which were still partly on fire when the photograph was taken.

BeckerFraserPhotos November 2010 photograph 11

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Damaged buildings along Manchester Street next to Struthers Lane. The front wall of one building has collapsed, exposing the inside. Scaffolding has been erected in front, as well as fencing and road cones cordoning the building off.

Photograph by Jennifer Middendorf 458

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The Forsyth Barr building stands alone, the buildings around it demolished. The photographer comments, "High-rise buildings look totally out of proportion when there's nothing around them to give them context. The jutting out part of this one makes it look unbalanced".