Smoke issuing from the collapsed Canterbury Television building on Madras Street. Fire Service personnel have gathered around the site to control the fire. In the background, excavators can be seen digging through the rubble.
Plastic barriers and fencing around a demolition site on the corner of Cranford and Westminster Streets. Different types of building rubble have been sorted into piles, and a concrete block still remains on-site.
A digger clearing rubble from the demolished Strategy House on Montreal Street. Part of the road has been cordoned off with wire fences and the Victoria Clock Tower can be seen in the distance.
The roof of this collapsed building on Atlas Lane has fallen almost intact on top of the rubble. The photographer comments, "Whenever I go past this place it reminds me of a sinking ship".
A photograph of a fire fighter standing in front of 33 Worcester Street, now a pile of rubble after the 4 September 2010 earthquake. Fire damage can be seen on the house next door.
Members of the Urban Search and Rescue taskforce conferring on the site of the collapsed Canterbury Television Building on Madras Street. Behind them, emergency personnel can be seen searching the rubble for trapped people.
A photograph of a fire fighter standing in front of 33 Worcester Street, now a pile of rubble after the 4 September 2010 earthquake. Fire damage can be seen on the house next door.
A photograph of the intersection of Lichfield, Manchester, and High Streets, taken from the corner of Lichfield and High Streets. Emergency management personnel are crossing the intersection. To the right an excavator is parked on Manchester Street in front of the rubble from a demolished building. In the background the ANZ Building has been partially demolished and an excavator is sitting in front. To the right of the excavator there are several chairs, tables, and a couch under a red umbrella. Another member of an emergency management team is sitting on the couch.
A photograph of Wayne Youle's mural 'I Seem to Have Temporarily Misplaced My Sense of Humour' (2012). The photograph is captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Art installation at an empty site on Colombo Street, Sydenham".
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the Caffe Roma restaurant on Oxford Terrace. The top of the facade has collapsed, the bricks spilling onto the footpath below.
A photograph of the former TV3 building taken from Colombo Street, across the sites of several demolished buildings. In front of the building, two excavators are clearing away the rubble from a demolished building.
A member of the New Zealand Fire Service adjusting his face mask at the base of the collapsed Canterbury Television Building on Madras Street. Behind him, emergency personnel are searching the rubble for trapped people.
A building on Lichfield Street with damage to the top storey, revealing the walls underneath. The rubble has now been cleared, but the cordon fences are still up around the building to keep people away.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to Sullivans Bar and Restaurant on Manchester Street. Brickwork around the windows of the top storey has crumbled. Two skips sit outside for the collection of rubble and other debris.
A photograph looking south down Manchester Street taken shortly after the 22 February 2011 earthquake. A crowd of people have gathered on the road. A brick building to the right has partially collapsed, rubble spilling onto the street.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Cathedral Square looking over Gloucester Street to the Farmers car park (to be demolished), Government Life Building (right, to be demolished)".
A security fence stands behind fallen rubble and the charred remains of the McKenzie & Willis building on High Street. A portable toilet has been placed on the road next to a steel beam which is supporting the building.
A photograph submitted by Sam Langley to the QuakeStories website. The description reads, "Rubble from the Quinns facade in Merivale. The lights and alarms stayed on for days after the quake. Nobody dared go in to switch them off.".
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".
A photograph of a graffiti-style mural promoting careers in the New Zealand Police. The mural depicts a police officer pulling a woman from the rubble, and is captioned, "You too can do something extraordinary. Become a cop".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Demolition site of Allan McLean building, corner of Colombo Street and Oxford Terrace".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Packing up parts of the Cathedral for storage. Remains of Warners Hotel in the background".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Design and Arts College of NZ, Kaplan House, 116 Worcester Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Manchester Street with the Heritage Hotel on Worcester Street at the rear left".
A sign advertising 'Silty' bricks at the Canterbury A&P Show. The sign reads, "Have you got your silty? Proceeds raised from the sale of 'Silty' bricks will go to two Christchurch organisations - Greening the Rubble and Gap Filler".
A shipping container, with the words 'coffee' spray-painted on the front, outside the Wunderbar on London Street in Lyttelton. The walls of the Wunderbar has collapsed and piles of demolition rubble remains around the site.
A view down High Street, looking north-west from the Tuam Street intersection. On the left a line of shipping containers support the facade of a damaged building. Rubble from demolished buildings can be seen in the distance.
The head of a digger resting on a pile of soil next to QEII Stadium. The photographer comments, "The deconstruction of the QEII stadium in Christchurch pauses on a Sunday".
Damage to a residential property on Bealey Avenue. "No go" has been spray painted on the brick fence, and danger tape cordons off the driveway. Behind the fence, fallen bricks and rubble can be seen, and the garage is red stickered.
Demolished buildings on Colombo Street, seen from the cordon fence on Moorhouse Avenue. The photographer comments, "Looking like a scene from a Terminator movie, this photo shows rubble from collapsed buildings on Moorhouse Avenue, next to Henry's and Pak'n'Save".