Plywood sheeting covers a broken window in the Gallery Apartments building. On the wall in front is spray-painted "All off, water".
Plywood sheeting covers a broken window in the Gallery Apartments building. On the wall in front is spray-painted "All off, water".
The demolition site of the Gallery Apartments building. A sign that reads, 'Road closed' has been placed in front of the security fencing.
A photograph submitted by Gaynor James to the QuakeStories website. The description reads, "Dorset Apartments, Petersborough Street, Christchurch. Taken 24 July 2011.".
A row of apartments on Armagh Street. At the end of the car park, a pile of silt from liquefaction can be seen.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, " Worcester Street viewed from Manchester Street".
A photograph of the former site of a block of apartments at 440 Oxford Terrace. The apartments were demolished after the land was zoned Red. Grass has begun to grow over the site. The number 466 has been spray-painted on the footpath in front, as well as the numbers of each apartment. This number is the incorrect street number for the site.
A drilling rig on the south side of the Colombo Street Bridge. In the distance, the Victoria Apartments and Craigs building can be seen.
A digger at the demolition site of the Gallery Apartments on Gloucester Street. A 'No entry' sign has been placed on the security fencing.
A digger at the demolition site of the Gallery Apartments on Gloucester Street. A 'No entry' sign has been placed on the security fencing.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The construction of this window frame at Cranmer Court is clearly seen when the exterior stone has collapsed in the earthquake".
An aerial photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Cranmer Square".
An aerial photograph looking west down Armagh Street, with the Forsyth Barr Building and Victoria Apartments to the left, and Victoria Square to the right.
An aerial photograph looking south west over Armagh Street, with the Forsyth Barr Building and Victoria Apartments to the left, and Victoria Park to the right.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Australian heritage architects Edward Clode and Barney Collis survey the earthquake damage to the Cranmer Courts, which have been converted into apartments".
A large crane in front of the Forsyth Barr Building on Armagh Street. In the background, the Victoria Apartments can be seen, with a noticeable lean.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Madras Street - Chester Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Deconstruction of Establishment Apartment building".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Deconstruction of Establishment Apartment building".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Deconstruction of Establishment Apartment building".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Australian heritage architects Barney Collis (left) and Edward Clode survey the earthquake damage to the Cranmer Courts which have been converted into apartments".
The north-west corner of Manchester Street and Cashel Street.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Peterborough Street with the Establishment Apartment building being demolished".
A crane and a digger demolish the Gallery Apartments building on Gloucester Street. A sign that reads, 'Road closed' has been placed in front of the security fencing.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Cashel Street looking east from near Manchester Street, with 'Twinkle Toes', the huge nibbler".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Snow in the central city red zone. Worcester Street from Manchester Street looking towards Cathedral Square".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Deconstruction of Establishment apartment building on the corner of Victoria and Peterborough Streets".
The demolition of an apartment building on Peterborough Street. A long-reach excavator is being used to tear the building down.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Deconstruction of Establishment apartment building on the corner of Victoria and Peterborough Streets".
A photograph of the badly-damaged Canterbury Provincial Council buildings, taken from Durham Street.