A photograph of the former main entrance to the Crown Plaza Hotel, showing deconstruction work in progress.
A photograph of the former main entrance to the Crowne Plaza Hotel, showing deconstruction work in progress.
A photograph of the former main entrance to the Crowne Plaza Hotel, showing deconstruction work in progress.
A photograph of the former main entrance to the Crowne Plaza Hotel, showing deconstruction work in progress.
A photograph of the former main entrance to the Crown Plaza Hotel, showing deconstruction work in progress.
A photograph of the former main entrance to the Crown Plaza Hotel, showing deconstruction work in progress.
A photograph of the former main entrance to the Crown Plaza Hotel, showing deconstruction work in progress.
Mother and child walk past demolished buildings on Peterborough St, with the Crowne Plaza in the background.
A photograph of the former main entrance to the Crown Plaza Hotel, showing deconstruction work in progress.
Mother and child walk past demolished buildings on Peterborough St, with the Crowne Plaza in the background.
A photograph of the entrance of the Crowne Plaza Hotel taken from inside the hotel. The front windows have smashed, the glass scattering across the courtyard and foyer. Sections of the ceiling have collapsed, the panels fallen onto the floor in front of the rotating doors.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to a stairwell in the Crowne Plaza Hotel on the corner of Kilmore and Durham Streets. Large sections of the concrete wall behind the stair rail have broken away to reveal the steel reinforcement underneath.
A photograph of construction near the site of the Crowne Plaza, corner of Kilmore, Durham and Victoria Streets.
A photograph of construction near the site of the Crowne Plaza, corner of Kilmore, Durham and Victoria Streets.
A photograph of construction near the site of the Crowne Plaza, corner of Kilmore, Durham and Victoria Streets.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Crowne Plaza Hotel on the corner of Durham and Kilmore Streets".
The Gap Filler HQ hut next to the Pallet Pavilion, on the former site of the Crowne Plaza hotel.
A photograph of a member of the Wellington Emergency Management Office on the ground floor of the Crowne Plaza Hotel. Sections of the ceiling and plaster dust have fallen onto the ground and there is a large crack in the wall to the right.
An aerial photograph of Gap Filler's Pallet Pavilion on the vacant site of the Crowne Plaza Hotel on Kilmore Street.
A photograph submitted by Field-Dodgson to the QuakeStories website. The description reads, "Crowne Plaza Hotel, 4 March 2012".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Looking over Victoria Square to the Forsyth Barr Building from the Crowne Plaza Hotel".
A photograph of the 'Flour Power' sculpture in the Stewart Plaza on the corner of High Street and Colombo Street.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Victoria Square in front of the Crowne Plaza Hotel looking unkempt and uncared for".
A photograph of looking west out a window of the PricewaterhouseCoopers Building on Armagh Street. To the left is the Victoria Apartments with a slight forward lean. Victoria Square is in the centre of the photograph and to the right is the Crowne Plaza Hotel. In the foreground is the Copthorne Hotel.
A photograph of a member of the Wellington Emergency Management Office Emergency Response Team approaching the Crowne Plaza hotel from Victoria Square. Tape has been draped in front of the stairs as a cordon. Several tiles have come loose in front of the tape.
Kilmore Street, looking west from Manchester Street. The street has been barred off by wire fencing. A pile of steel, construction equipment and a portaloo sit in front of the cordon.
The Crowne Plaza has a noticeable split down the middle, where windows and balconies don't quite line up. Photograph taken from Victoria Street.
A photograph of a religious pamphlet attached to a cordon fence. The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "Crowne Plaza Hotel, corner Kilmore and Victoria Streets. Demolition".
A photograph of a city centre map attached to a cordon fence. The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "Crowne Plaza Hotel, corner Kilmore and Victoria Streets. Demolition".
A photograph of a city centre map attached to a cordon fence. The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "Crowne Plaza Hotel, corner Kilmore and Victoria Streets. Demolition".