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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Looking down High Street from Hanafins Corner (Hereford Street) - Triangle Chambers".
The intersection of Colombo and Gloucester Streets looking north-east.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A view looking down Victoria Street towards the Crowne Plaza Hotel. Keep an eye on this as nearly all these buildings are due for demolition".
A photograph of the damaged Englefield Lodge. A sign painted on the house reads, "We will try to save this house".
A crane lifting material off the roof the damaged Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament on Barbadoes Street.
Cracks in the brickwork around one of the windows of the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament on Barbadoes Street.
The badly damaged Cranmer Courts Building on the corner of Montreal and Kilmore Streets . The front window and archway has crumbled, rubble and debris littering the footpath below.
Detail of damage to a building on Ferry Road. The side walls have partially collapsed, and part of the brick wall is bowing outwards in danger of further collapse.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The intersection of Colombo and Cashel Streets, looking south-east".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Bedford Row, looking across Lichfield to High Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "St John the Baptist".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "St John the Baptist".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Beaufort House, on the corner of Latimer Square and Hereford Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "St John the Baptist".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "St John the Baptist".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Cashel Mall looking east".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Our Lady Star of the Sea, Catholic Church in Menzies Street, Sumner".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Our Lady Star of the Sea, Catholic Church in Menzies Street, Sumner".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "South aspect of ChristChurch Cathedral, Cathedral Square".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Our Lady Star of the Sea, Catholic Church in Menzies Street, Sumner".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Our Lady Star of the Sea, Catholic Church in Menzies Street, Sumner".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Our Lady Star of the Sea, Catholic Church in Menzies Street, Sumner".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Wharetiki (aka Grenfell House) built for Matthew and Mary Barnett and completed in 1904, 854 Colombo Street".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A view looking down Victoria Street towards the Crowne Plaza Hotel. Keep an eye on this as nearly all these buildings are due for demolition".
A photograph of the damaged Englefield Lodge. A sign painted on the house reads, "We will try to save this house".
A sign posted in the window of clothing shops Snoclothes and Milly May on London Street reassures customers that the shop 'will be back as soon as the building is sorted'.