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Manchester Courts building demolition

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A colour photograph of 158-160 Manchester Street, taken during the demolition of the Manchester Courts.

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The demolition of Manchester Courts on Manchester Street. The area in front of the building has been cordoned off with a crane sitting inside. A quarter of the building has already been pulled down. Shipping containers are lining the street to the right.

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Cross cracking on the Manchester Courts Building between the windows. This means that there was no vertical reinforcement in the building and it will have to come down.

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Wooden reinforcements on the Cranmer Courts building.

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Wooden reinforcements on the Cranmer Courts building.

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St Elmo Courts, a NZHPT heritage building on the corner of Hereford and Montreal Streets. The building was severely damaged during the 4 September earthquake, with diagonal cracking between the windows. Scaffolding has been placed around the bottom of the building.

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Reinforcements and protective cladding on a gable of the Cranmer Courts building.

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Brickwork salvaged from the Cranmer Courts building, lining the footpath along Kilmore Street.

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A view across Durham Street to the Amuri Courts building. The building has been yellow-stickered, and USAR codes has been spray painted in pink on one of the windows. Cracks are visible in the road out front.

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A view of the High to Hereford food court building from Hereford Street.

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Bricks from the Cranmer Courts stacked onto wooden crates outside the building on Montreal Street.

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Bricks from the Cranmer Courts stacked onto wooden crates outside the building on Montreal Street.

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A photograph of building rubble outside the damaged Cranmer Courts building.

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A photograph of building rubble outside the damaged Cranmer Courts building.

47 Hereford Street - Building History

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A written history of 47 Hereford Street, site of St. Elmo's Courts.

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Cracking in the plaster work of the side wall of a building in the central city. The bricks that make up the wall have shaken apart and are threatening to topple.

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The District Court Building on Durham Street.

158-160 Manchester Street - Building History

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A written history of 158-160 Manchester Street, Manchester Courts.

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Damage to the Cranmer Court building.

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Detail of the Cranmer Court buildings.

Raymond Morris's painting, 'St Elmo Courts building, Hereford Street'

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A digital copy of a pen and ink and watercolour painting by Raymond Morris, titled, 'St Elmo Courts building, Hereford Street'.