A photograph submitted by Andy Palmer to the QuakeStories website. The description reads, "Cleared site, CBD. 26 Feb 2012.".
A photograph looking across a cleared building site between Lichfield Street and Bedford row to damaged buildings on Lichfield Street.
A photograph of St John the Baptist Church in Latimer Square, seen across a cleared site on Cashel Street.
A photograph looking across a cleared building site between Lichfield Street and Bedford row to damaged buildings on Lichfield Street.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Central Library with the books now cleared off the floor in this part".
A photograph of damaged buildings on Manchester Street, taken from a cleared site on the corner of Hereford Street.
A photograph of a cleared building site next to a remaining building on High Street, near the corner of Cashel Street.
A photograph of a cleared building site next to a remaining building on High Street, near the corner of Cashel Street.
A long line of cars on Shirley Road. While the centre of the road is clear, there is flooding and liquefaction along the edges.
A photograph of damaged buildings on Manchester Street, taken from a cleared site on the corner of Hereford Street.
A photograph of building rubble on a cleared site on Tuam Street. Graffiti can be seen on the concrete wall.
A photograph of a building on High Street, surrounded by cleared building sites. There is an excavator behind the building.
A photograph of a damaged building on Manchester Street, taken from a cleared building site between Lichfield Street and Tuam Street.
A photograph taken from Cashel Street, looking across a cleared building site on the corner of Cashel Street and Manchester Street.
A photograph of damaged buildings on Manchester Street, taken from a cleared site on the corner of Hereford Street.
A photograph of a cleared building site next to a remaining building on High Street, near the corner of Cashel Street.
A photograph of the Hotel So building on Cashel, behind a cleared site where a large puddle has formed.
A photograph of a damaged building on Manchester Street, taken from a cleared building site between Lichfield Street and Tuam Street.
A photograph of damaged buildings on Manchester Street, taken from a cleared site on the corner of Hereford Street.
Damage to a residential property on Birch Street. Writing on door reads "all clear" with name and telephone numbers.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Central Library with the books now cleared off the floor in this part".
Diggers at the CTV site. The rubble from the site has mostly been cleared, leaving an empty building site.
Diggers at the CTV site. The rubble from the site has mostly been cleared, leaving an empty building site.
A photograph of the partially-cleared site of a demolished building on Colombo Street. Bricks and some building rubble still remain.
Diggers work to clear the rubble from a demolished building on Victoria Street. The Victoria Clock Tower can be seen in the distance.
A photograph of a cleared building site and partially-demolished buildings on Tuam Street, taken from behind a wire fence.
A pile of liquefaction silt on the side of a street in Richmond. The photographer comments, "Liquefaction silt took several weeks to be cleared away".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "looking across the almost clear site of the Convention Centre towards the Town Hall".
A Christchurch resident loading shovels and a wheelbarrow into the boot of her car after using them to clear liquefaction.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Post-earthquake demolition. Materials from a building on St Asaph Street still waiting to be cleared".