A photograph of the base of the Townsend Telescope, still attached to a piece of rubble. The rubble is from the Observatory tower at the Christchurch Arts Centre. The tower collapsed during the 22 February 2011 earthquake and the rubble spilled into the courtyard in front. A digger was used to clear the rubble away from the building.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A pile of bricks which have crumbled from a wall and landed on a digger at a demolition on Lichfield Street. This is a result of the 23 December 2011 earthquake".
A photograph looking west down Worcester Street from the intersection of Manchester Street. Building rubble lies on the right side of the road, and a shipping container is situated outside the Design and Arts College.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Octagon Live Restaurant, viewed from Manchester Street".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 11 June 2012 entitled, "Sobering Sunday Stroll".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "South aspect of ChristChurch Cathedral, Cathedral Square".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament on Barbadoes Street".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Life in ruins: 27 year-old Chris Meyer, owner and operator of Federal Coffee House, which was located at 160 Manchester Street. The Heritage 1 building that he used to run his business from is being torn down tomorrow".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Life in ruins: 27 year-old Chris Meyer, owner and operator of Federal Coffee House, which was located at 160 Manchester Street. The Heritage 1 building that he used to run his business from is being torn down tomorrow".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Life in ruins: 27 year-old Chris Meyer, owner and operator of Federal Coffee House, which was located at 160 Manchester Street. The Heritage 1 building that he used to run his business from is being torn down tomorrow".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Provincial Council Chambers".
A letter written by Roz Johnson to family members overseas.
A letter written by Roz Johnson to family members overseas.
An aerial photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Gloucester Street looking west towards Latimer Square. The new Press Building and the Marque/Pacific Towers buildings are at the centre of the photo with the Cathedral in the lower right".
A photograph submitted by Jo Reid to the QuakeStories website. The description reads, "An office in the process of demolition. They stripped the building and then carefully deconstructed it to make sure the buildings around were safe.".
A story submitted by David Hopkins to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by Anonymous to the QuakeStories website.
An aerial photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Colombo Street beginning at the Copthorne on the left and ending just past the Christchurch Cathedral".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 21 November 2011 entitled, "Riding through the Red Zone".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Warners Hotel under demolition, Cathedral Square".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "ChristChurch Cathedral, Cathedral Square".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 22 March 2012 entitled, "Lamenting the Loss".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The city blocks encompassed by Manchester Street, Gloucester Street, Latimer Square and Hereford Street are amongst those with the most demolished buildings in the city centre at the moment".
An aerial photograph of Christ's College, the Canterbury Museum and the Botanic Gardens.
An entry from Deb Robertson's blog for 28 March 2011 entitled, "This week...".
A photograph of workers suspended in a basket from a crane. The photograph is captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The kind of working conditions that don't appeal to everyone. The workers at the Provincial Council Chambers seem relaxed as they are lowered to the ground".
A story submitted by Anonymous to the QuakeStories website.
Transcript of Robyn Gosset's earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox project.
The "Lyttelton Harbour Review" newsletter for 10 June 2013, produced by the Lyttelton Harbour Information Centre.
A video of an interview with stonemason Mark Whyte, about the demolition of the Holy Trinity Church in Avonside. Whyte discusses how the building should have been deconstructed slowly in order to salvage unique heritage material such as stained-glass windows and hand-painted ceilings.