Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch begins the slow recovery process after last weeks devastating 7.1 earthquake. The Country Theme Building on Manchester Street is due for demolition".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch begins the slow recovery process after last weeks devastating 7.1 earthquake. The Country Theme Building on Manchester Street is due for demolition".
Protestors, escorted by police, marching down Madras Street from Cranmer Square during the Rally for the Cathedral. The rally protested the proposed demolition of the ChristChurch Cathedral.
The demolition site of a building on Gloucester Street. A digger sits on a pile of rubble. Tape with "Danger Keep Out" has been placed across the property.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "580 Ferry Road. Many demolition sites have been planted with wildflowers by local schools. This is one of the more exuberant".
The Hamish Hay Bridge in Victoria Square with the Crowne Plaza Hotel in the background. The bottom of the hotel has been stripped out and prepared for demolition.
Looking into the Red Zone through an observation window at the east end of Re:Start mall. Inside is a worker, and ongoing demolition work being carried out.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Moira Fraser standing near the intersection of Madras and Armagh Streets. In the background is a large and empty demolition site".
A photograph submitted by Ginny Larsen to the QuakeStories website. The description reads, "The pile of rubble left after demolition of the block of shops on Cranford Street.".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The empty site of the demolished Methodist Church hall on Stanmore Road".
A time-lapse video of excavators demolishing the Heritage Tower in Cathedral Square. The video was filmed over three months.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Community Centre at 141 Hereford Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Madras Street".
The partially deconstructed Cranmer Centre (formally Christchurch Girls High School) on the corner of Armagh and Montreal Streets.
The badly-damaged Community of the Sacred Name Convent on Barbadoes Street.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Basement of 127 Lichfield Street (The Travel Doctor)".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Concrete muncher".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Ash Street viewed from Madras Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Unfamiliar view from Durham Street as Laycocks building has been demolished".
A video of an excavator demolishing the clock tower of the former railway station on Moorhouse Avenue.
A truck for carrying demolition rubble parked on Colombo Street, with the Forsyth Barr building visible in the background. Decorations from Christmas 2010 are still hanging from lamp posts.
Steel reinforcement on the exterior wall, next to it is a vacant site left after the demolition of a building. Outside the fence is an aqua Ford Thunderbird car.
Some public working on the outside of the CBD cordon at the corner of Gloucester and Cambridge Terrace. Building demolition can be seen in the background towards the right.
Steel reinforcement on the exterior wall, next to it is a vacant site left after the demolition of a building. Outside the fence is an aqua Ford Thunderbird car.
The intersection of Montreal and Kilmore Streets, with the Cranmer Courts on the right and on the left is a vacant lot left by the demolition of a building.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Community Centre, 141 Hereford Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Hotel Grand Chancellor car park now demolished, Cashel Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Looking across the site of the old Press building in Cathedral Square".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The demolition of most of the block bounded by Colombo, High and Cashel Streets. The only building remaining is 273-277 High Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The demolition of most of the block bounded by Colombo, High and Cashel Streets. The only building remaining is 273-277 High Street".