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Paul and Sam Corliss's Street Art Photograph (2014:10:12 14:58:27)

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A photograph of street art on the back wall of the AJ Creative Glass building on Fitzgerald Avenue. The photographer believes that the artwork was created by the artist 'Saves'.

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A photograph of a damaged building on the corner of Madras Street and Lichfield Street. Wire fences surround the building and Lichfield Street has also been closed off.

Paul and Sam Corliss's Street Art Photograph (2015:03:21 12:46:39)

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A photograph of street art on a shipping container in Battersea Street. The photographer believes that the artwork was created by the artist 'Saves'.

A photograph of the south side of the ChristChurch Cathedral, taken from the edge of Cathedral Square. Scaffolding has been set up against one of the walls and a turret has been removed from the building and is now situated in a secure holding on the grass in front.

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Emergency personnel lifting a metal beam from the ruins of the Canterbury Television Building on Madras Street during their search for trapped people. Behind them smoke is billowing from the remains of the building.

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A City Care worker sitting beside a water tank. A sign advices that water must be boiled before use.

Photograph of Gap Filler project 11 (25)

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One of Gap Filler's painted pianos on the site of the demolished TJ's Kazbah in New Brighton. A cat has been painted on the front of the piano, with the keys serving as the cat's teeth.

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A photograph of structural engineers taking a lunch break outside the temporary Civil Defence headquarters at the Christchurch Art Gallery on Montreal Street.

Photograph of Gap Filler project 5 (34)

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Members of the public at the Words of Hope project, socialising and helping to decorate the furniture with words of hope.

Photograph of Gap Filler project 11 (17)

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Students from the University of Canterbury photographed in front of one of the pianos they painted for Gap Filler's Painted Piano project.

Photograph of Gap Filler project 11 (10)

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One of Gap Filler's painted pianos painted on the site of a demolished building. The piano has been painted in multicoloured squares.

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A photograph of the partially-demolished Holiday Inn. The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "Central city, from Manchester Street".

Photograph of Gap Filler project 20 (55)

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Actor Tony Robinson at the "I hope Christchurch will..." blackboard, a mural on the corner of Colombo and Tuam Streets. Members of the public were invited to fill in the gaps with what they would like to see in the rebuilt city. Messages can be seen, such as, "I want sun!", "Embrace the new", "Retain its unique character", "Rise, and rise, and rise", "Rebuild to be better and stronger than before!" and "Environmentally friendly".

Photograph of Gap Filler project 20 (20)

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The Poet Tree", a Japanese-inspired poetry project on the corner of Liverpool and Cashel Streets. A poem by Matsuo Basho has been hand-written and displayed on a bamboo wall. Below is a bench dedicated to Japanese poet Matsuo Basho and a garden with corrugated iron flowers.

Photograph of Gap Filler project 20 (18)

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The Poet Tree", a Japanese-inspired poetry project on the corner of Liverpool and Cashel Streets. A poem by Matsuo Basho has been hand-written and displayed on a bamboo wall. Below is a bench dedicated to Japanese poet Matsuo Basho and a garden with corrugated iron flowers.

Photograph of Gap Filler project 20 (19)

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A bench dedicated to Japanese poet Matsuo Basho at "The Poet Tree", a Japanese-inspired poetry project on the corner of Liverpool and Cashel Streets. "Matsuo Basho, 1644-1694" has been painted on the bench.

Photograph of Gap Filler project 11 (9)

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Students from Rangi Ruru playing one of Gap Filler's painted pianos on the site of the demolished Crowne Plaza Hotel.

Photograph of Gap Filler project 11 (20)

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People listening to Nick Draper playing one of Gap Filler's painted pianos on the site of a demolished building.

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People chatting in front of the Buzz Coffee mobile coffee vender at Gap Filler's first project at 832 Colombo Street.

Photograph of Gap Filler project 5 (29)

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Furniture spray-painted with drawings and words by members of the public as part of the Words of Hope project.

Photograph of Gap Filler project 5 (18)

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Members of the public at the Words of Hope project, socialising and helping to decorate furniture with words of hope.

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Words and drawings of the shelves of a bookcase in the Words of Hope project. A message reading, "Build Christchurch better - Olivia" can be seen.

Photograph of Gap Filler project 5 (27)

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A message on the side of a piece of furniture in the Words of Hope project. The message reads, "Moe tonu Ruaumoko, kua neke te whenua, me waihotia inaianei, papa. Kia kaha Otautahi, haere tonu".

Photograph of Gap Filler project 5 (9)

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Members of the public spray-painting words and pictures on furniture. This is part of the Words of Hope project, designed and built by students from CPIT.

Photograph of Gap Filler project 5 (25)

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A piece of decorated furniture in the Words of Hope project. Messages can be seen such as "Strength" and "Let's build a Central Peoples' District not rebuild a Central Business District".