Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Cars parked on lawns a the side of Sir William Pickering Drive. An increase in the number of workers in Christchurch means that car parks are harder to find".
A photograph of flooding in the car park in the basement of the Copthorne Hotel. Several cars parked in the car park are submerged in the water.
A photograph of a pile of twisted steel reinforcement and other rubble at the entrance to the Smiths City car park on Dundas Street. In the background a section of the collapsed car park has not been demolished yet. Many cars are still parked on the top floor.
A photograph of the partially-demolished Smiths City car park, taken from Dundas Street. The front section of the car park has mostly been cleared, though there is still a scattering of rubble and steel reinforcement. The back section has collapsed, but the floors are largely intact, with many cars still parked on the top floor.
A photograph of a member of the Wellington Emergency Management Office Emergency Response Team standing on Dundas Street near the Smiths City car park. In the background several crushed cars have been removed from the car park and stacked on the road.
Damage to the Smiths City car park building.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the John Burns & Co. Ltd building on Lichfield Street. The top section of the side wall has collapsed and the bricks have spilled onto the car park below, exposing the inside of the building. Several crushed cars have been removed from the car park and stacked on the street.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the John Burns & Co. Ltd building on Lichfield Street. The top section of the side wall has collapsed and the bricks have spilled onto the car park below, exposing the inside of the building. Several crushed cars have been removed from the car park and stacked on the street.
Police cars parked on Montreal Street, with the damaged St Elmos Courts in the background.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Farmers car park, 93-99 Gloucester Street".
A photograph looking west down Dundas Street. Rubble has been stacked on both sides of the street. Several earthquake-damaged cars, recovered from the Smiths City car park, have also been stacked on the left. In the background two excavators are sorting through the rubble.
A photograph of members of the Wellington Emergency Management Office examining the car park in the basement of the Copthorne Hotel. The car park has flooded, and water has risen to where they are standing.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A cordon fence recently put up around the Gloucester Street car park".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "View from Worcester Street at sunset Manchester Street car park (centre)".
A crack in the car park of Murphy Park, Kaiapoi.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Manchester Street car park building, which is a listed heritage site. Viewed from Manchester Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Car park at the Hotel Grand Chancellor under demolition".
Police cars parked along Hereford Street, outside the police headquarters.
A photograph of a mural by Chris Finlayson and Dean Blundell on the side of the Manchester Street car park. The artwork gives the illusion that unconventional vehicles are parked in the parking building. The vehicles include an aeroplane, steam train, helicopter, tractor, steamroller, excavator, and two old-fashioned cars.
A photograph looking east down Dundas Street. Piles of twisted steel reinforcement have been placed on both sides of the street. Several earthquake-damaged cars, recovered from the Smiths City car park, have been stacked on the left. On the other side of the street is an excavator grapple and bucket. In the distance two excavators are sorting through the rubble.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The back of the Farmers car park building on Armagh Street".
A photograph of the interior of the car park of the Hotel Grand Chancellor. The photograph is captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The reinforced column (right) and slumped car park floor".
A photograph of emergency management personnel exiting the car park of the earthquake-damaged Press House on Gloucester Street.
A photograph of the interior of the car park of the Hotel Grand Chancellor. The photograph is captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The reinforced column (right) and slumped car park floor".
Tents set up in the Fine Arts car park at the University of Canterbury, used for teaching while lecture theatres were closed for structural testing. The photographer comments, "The 'tent city' on the Arts car park".
Cracks and liquefaction in the playing fields and car park of Murphy Park, Kaiapoi.
The RSA car park, Gloucester Street.
A crushed car on Lichfield Street. Bricks from the above building fell during the quake onto the parked car. Fortunately, nobody was inside.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Cathedral Square looking over Gloucester Street to the Farmers car park (to be demolished), Government Life Building (right, to be demolished)".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "43 Lichfield Street. Panels fell off the car park of this building and fell to the street below killing a woman sitting in a parked car".