The turret on the roof of the former Public Library building on Hereford Street.
The turret on the roof of the former Public Library building on Hereford Street.
Liquefaction and building rubble on the damaged footpath outside the former Public Library.
An aerial photograph of the Bridge of Remembrance on Cashel Street.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The old City Library during demolition".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Old City Library being demolished".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "76 Chester Street East".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Sumner cliffs".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Old City Library being demolished".
A video of a tour through the Christchurch central city Red Zone. The video includes footage of the cordon checkpoint on Armagh Street, Oxford Terrace, Colombo Street, the Edmond's Band Rotunda, Manchester Street, Gloucester Street, Worcester Street, the Octagon Live restaurant, Hereford Street, Bedford Row, the Hotel Grand Chancellor, and High Street.
A video of a tour through the Christchurch central city Red Zone in January 2011. The video includes footage of the Edmond's Band Rotunda on Cambridge Terrace, the Crowne Plaza Hotel on Kilmore Street, the Hotel Grand Chancellor, Manchester Street, the Mexican Cafe on Lichfield Street, the McKenzie & Willis Building, the Bus Exchange, the Octagon Live restaurant, the ChristChurch Cathedral, and many other buildings.
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 video of a tour of the historic Canterbury Club building on Cambridge Terrace. The club will reopen on 9 June 2012, after an intensive rebuild and restoration process which has fixed the damage from the 22 February 2011 earthquake. The video also includes an interview with Dr Brent Stanley, the Canterbury Club President. Stanley talks about the strengthening work that was done in 2009, as well as the history of the club.
A photograph of the earthquake-damaged Our City O-Tautahi Building on the corner of Worcester Street and Oxford Terrace. Steel bracing has been placed against the building to secure the brick walls. The bracing is supported by large concrete blocks. Wire fences have also been placed around the bottom of the building as a cordon. Scaffolding has been erected around the tower to the right.
A photograph of a map used by emergency management personnel to inspect buildings after the 22 February 2011 earthquake. The map is of central Christchurch. Almost all of the blocks outside four streets (Moorhouse Avenue, Oxford Terrace, Kilmore Street, and Barbadoes Street) have been highlighted in yellow. Latimer Square has also been highlighted. A message written at the top of the map reads, "Query pile checked by dogs".
A footpath above the Avon River on Oxford Terrace. The pavement has cracked and one of the fence posts has fallen over.
A view down Oxford Terrace towards Rydges Hotel. On the right is Our City O-Tautahi with bracing in front of it.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Looking along Gloucester Street from the Oxford Terrace intersection. The central library is to the left".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The PricewaterhouseCoopers, Building, Forsyth Barr Building, and the Copthorne Hotel viewed from Cambridge Terrace".
The Brannigans Building on the corner of Gloucester Street and Oxford Terrace. An army truck is parked just outside the street cordon.
Aerial image of the PGC Building site on Cambridge Terrace, taken by the Royal New Zealand Air Force for the Earthquake Commission.
A photograph of people punting on the Avon River. The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "Corner Gloucester Street and Oxford Terrace".
Redcliffs with visible rock fall, seen from the spit in Southshore.
A view looking from Cathedral Square tram stop towards Oxford Terrace. The Clarendon Towers building has been damaged and the windows boarded up.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The old City Library being readied for demolition".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The former Public Library".
Liquefaction and building rubble on the damaged footpath outside the former Public Library.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The former Public Library on Hereford Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The old City Library being readied for demolition".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The old City Library being readied for demolition".