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A video of a tour through the Christchurch central city Red Zone. The video includes footage of Victoria Square, the Town Hall, Oxford Terrace, Armagh Street, New Regent Street, Gloucester Street, Colombo Street, and Cathedral Square. It also includes footage of excavators demolishing the ChristChurch Cathedral.

Christchurch Press Image: Carys Monteath 2011:04:01 09:06:13

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake and demolition destruction in Christchurch CBD. Rydges Hotel, Brannigans building and Clarendon Towers, Oxford Terrace".

Photograph by Jocelyn Kinghorn 323

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A damaged structure on Oxford Terrace next to the Avon River has been given a yellow notice, meaning restricted access.

Photograph by Jocelyn Kinghorn 515

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A view down Oxford Terrace towards Rydges Hotel. On the right is Our City O-Tautahi with bracing in front of it.

Photograph by Jocelyn Kinghorn 512

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The Brannigans Building on the corner of Gloucester Street and Oxford Terrace. An army truck is parked just outside the street cordon.

Photograph by Jocelyn Kinghorn 1705

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Looking into Cathedral Square from the corner of Cambridge Terrace and Worcester Boulevard. On the left is the damaged former Municipal Chambers, a historic Queen Anne building on the intersection of Worcester Boulevard and Oxford Terrace. On the right is the Clarendon Tower.

Photograph by Jocelyn Kinghorn 524

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Cordon fencing around the Robert Falcon Scott statue which has fallen from its plinth, on the corner of Worcester Boulevard and Oxford Terrace.

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A view down Madras Street to a cordon checkpoint. In the background is the damaged Oxford Terrace Baptist Church, which has been partially demolished.

Fairfax Video, December 2011 (2)

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A video of a tour through the Christchurch central city Red Zone. The video includes footage of the cordon checkpoint on Armagh Street, Oxford Terrace, Colombo Street, the Edmond's Band Rotunda, Manchester Street, Gloucester Street, Worcester Street, the Octagon Live restaurant, Hereford Street, Bedford Row, the Hotel Grand Chancellor, and High Street.

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Looking over the Avon River to buildings inside the cordon on Oxford Terrace. Black awnings have collapsed over the windows of The Tap Room restaurant and bar.

Photograph by Jocelyn Kinghorn 528

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A view through the cordon at the intersection of Oxford Terrace and Hereford Street. The building rubble in the background used to be the Mythai Thai Restaurant & Monkey Bar on Hereford Street.

Photograph number UC 11-0201-06

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Misko Cubrinovski, Civil Engineer, photographed with liquefaction and lateral spreading on Oxford Terrace. Misko's area is geotechnical earthquake engineering and foundation engineering, and he will feature in a UC in the News pull out supplement inThe Press.

The Boulevard of Broken Dreams

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A digitally manipulated photograph of the sign for the Boulevarde restaurant. The photographer comments, "The title is very appropriate as this restaurant was closed after the February Christchurch earthquake. The area has been cordoned off for ages now and everything will probably be demolished.