A pile of rubble from the demolished Colombo Street Wesleyan Church, cordoned off with tape and road cones. In the background army personnel guard the cordon fence on Colombo Street.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "641 Colombo Street - Benson Restaurant No 1".
An electronic postcard of Gap Filler's first project at 832 Colombo Street, which reads, "Greetings from the first Gap Filler in Colombo Street, Christchurch (Nov 2010)".
The corner of Colombo Street and Lichfield Street.
A photograph of an excavator on a demolition site between Hereford Street and Colombo Street.
A video of a tour of the Christchurch central city Red Zone. The video includes footage of Cambridge Terrace, Kilmore Street, Colombo Street, the Grant Thornton building in Cathedral Square, Worcester Street, ChristChurch Cathedral, the Westende Jewellers Building, and Hereford Street.
A video of a tour through the Christchurch central city Red Zone. The video includes footage of Victoria Square, the Town Hall, Oxford Terrace, Armagh Street, New Regent Street, Gloucester Street, Colombo Street, and Cathedral Square. It also includes footage of excavators demolishing the ChristChurch Cathedral.
The corner of Colombo Street and Hereford Street.
A satirical sign for Tui Beer on the side of a bar in Sydenham reading, "Earthquake? We closed for renovations. Yeah right. Tui".
A colourful table outside the Coffee Zone kiosk in Sydenham.
Outdoor seating and the garden outside the Coffee Zone kiosk in Sydenham. This garden was a project supported by Greening the Rubble.
The path between two shipping container structures in Sydenham, leading to a colourful gate.
Plant beds made out of corrugated iron, greening the empty building sites along Colombo Street. These were placed here by Greening the Rubble, a community project in Christchurch to create temporary public parks and gardens on the sites of demolished buildings.
Coffee Zone, a cafe in a shack on a Gap Filler site in Sydenham.
A cascade of hanging baskets outside the Coffee Zone kiosk.
Shipping containers on the sites of demolished buildings in Sydenham.
A sign describing Gap Filler's temporary office in Sydenham.
The Gap Filler headquarters on a vacant lot on Colombo Street in Sydenham. Wheelbarrows full of new plants decorate the outside area. In the background is a mural with a poem reading, "The things which I have seen I now can see no more".
Lego bricks on the corner of the Coffee Zone kiosk. A hole has been left for a cable to pass through.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Cashel Mall to Cathedral Square walkway".
The seating and garden area outside the Coffee Zone shack on Colombo Street. This is a Gap Filler space and the garden has been put together by Greening the Rubble.
A blackboard on the side of the Coffee Zone shack in Sydenham with the opening hours and mobile number for text orders.
Workers eat lunch at an outdoor table next to the Gap Filler Community Chess Set on Colombo Street. The Chess Set was a collaboration between Gap Filler and students at the University of Canterbury. The project aimed to restore the iconic Christchurch Chess Set that used to be played in Cathedral Square.
Lego bricks in the cracks between the wooden planks of the Coffee Zone kiosk.
Moira Fraser talks to a staff member at Coffee Zone, a cafe in a shack on a Gap Filler site in Sydenham.
Moira Fraser talking to the staff at the Coffee Zone, a cafe in a shack on a Gap Filler site in Sydenham.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Looking south across Bealey Avenue and between Colombo and Durham Streets towards the CBD".
A video of a tour of the Christchurch central city Red Zone. The video includes footage of Oxford Terrace, Armagh Street, Colombo Street, Gloucester Street, Hereford Street, High Street, the Westpac Trust Building, Cashel Street, Manchester Street, Poplar Lane, the site of the demolished Convention Centre, and the Crowne Plaza Hotel.
A photograph of two windows of 137 Colombo Street.
A photograph of a detail of 131 Colombo Street.