Koen Broekema's Photograph 094

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A dead pot plant lies on a buckled footpath.

Photo by Jennifer Middendorf 085

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Dead potplants abandoned on the balconies of a building in Victoria Square.

Koen Broekema's Photograph 102

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Dead flowers lie on the plinth of the statue of John Robert Godley (Canterbury's founder).

BeckerFraserPhotos April 2011 photograph 391

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "This dead bouquet is a poignant reminder of the lives that were lost".

Umut Akguzel Photograph 337

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A photograph looking south down Chancery Lane from Gloucester Street. Shops on either side are closed and dead leaves litter the footpath.

Umut Akguzel Photograph 336

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A photograph looking south down Chancery Lane from Gloucester Street. Shops on either side are closed and dead leaves litter the footpath.

We Lived Here: Oxford Terrace Photograph 133

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A photograph of the house at 410 Oxford Terrace. The grass has been mowed but the dead grass has not been removed.

Umut Akguzel Photograph 383

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A photograph looking west down Hereford Street from the intersection of Colombo Street. The footpaths are littered with broken glass and dead leaves.

Fairfax Video, January 2013 (5)

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A video of an interview with Zak and Alasdair Cassels about the development of the historic tannery site in Woolston. The Cassels are developing the site into a Victorian-style arcade which will house up to 70 tenants, including bars, restaurants, a music venue, gift shops, fashion stores, a hair salon, a Pilates studio, a tattoo parlour, and an art gallery. The video also includes an interview with Sarah Odering, the manger of Dead Set.

Umut Akguzel Photograph 469

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A photograph of closed businesses on High Street. USAR codes can be seen spray-painted on the windows and dead leaves have accumulated on the footpath.

Umut Akguzel Photograph 399

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A photograph of closed businesses along Colombo Street. A window of the AMI building has been boarded up with plywood and dead leaves have gathered on the footpath outside.

Koen Broekema's Photograph 218

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An abandoned cafe located in the Pavilion building on Cashel Street. A dead plant, magazines, and newspapers are laid out on the counter and the reflection of Les Mills Gym car park can be seen in the window.

Umut Akguzel Photograph 340

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A photograph of a closed convenience store on Gloucester Street. The door has been boarded up and dead leaves litter the footpath. USAR codes can be seen spray painted to the footpath on the right.

We Lived Here: Oxford Terrace Photograph 087

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A photograph of the house at 468 Oxford Terrace. The grass has been mowed but the dead grass has not been removed. The house number has been spray-painted on one of the windows.

We Lived Here: Oxford Terrace Photograph 043

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A photograph of the house at 468 Oxford Terrace. The grass has been mowed but the dead grass has not been removed. The house number has been spray-painted on one of the windows.

Umut Akguzel Photograph 338

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A photograph of the former Central Library on Gloucester Street. The entrance has been boarded up with plywood and the footpath is covered in dead leaves. To the left, a sign reading 'Library Open' is still standing outside.

The Strangeness of Earthquakes

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A concrete block wall with a large diagonal crack running through it. The photographer comments, "This wall has fascinated me. It has cracked across in a dead straight diagonal line during one of Christchurch's many earthquakes. How could this have occurred?".

We Lived Here: Oxford Terrace Photograph 127

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A photograph of the house at 402 Oxford Terrace. The grass has been mowed, but the dead grass has not been removed. A red sticker on the door indicates that the house in unsafe to enter. In the foreground, the letterbox is sitting on an angle.

We Lived Here: Oxford Terrace Photograph 118

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A photograph of Robin Duff's house at 386 Oxford Terrace. The grass has been recently mowed but the dead grass has not been removed. One of the windows has been boarded up with plywood. A yellow sticker on the door indicates that access to the house is restricted. The photographer comments, "The lawn was mowed as part of the maintenance project on red-zoned properties".

2011 Festival of Flowers

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A laminated sign for the 2011 Festival of Flowers attached to a wooden planter. The plants in the planter are dry and dead. The photographer comments, "The theme for the 2011 Festival of Flowers was 'burst! of water'. The Christchurch February earthquake came and water and sand called liquefaction burst out of the ground all around the area. Ironically the plants for the festival were left unattended in the cordoned off red zone and they would have loved a little burst of water".

We Lived Here: Oxford Terrace Photograph 107

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A photograph of Robin Duff's house at 386 Oxford Terrace. The grass has been mowed, but the dead grass has not been removed. One of the windows has been boarded up with plywood. A yellow sticker on the door indicates that the access to the house is restricted. The number 386 has been spray-painted on the footpath in front of the house. The photographer comments, "The lawn was mowed as part of the maintenance project on red-zoned properties. The numbers were spray-painted in front of all the properties in the Avon Loop in order to keep track of the property number after the mailboxes were lost or removed".

When Are They Going to Reveal the Secret?

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The dome of the Isaac Theatre Royal covered in sheeting and suspended in the backstage area. In the foreground, a small digger sits on the bed of a truck, and a crane is visible to the left. The photographer comments, "This is the 'dome' of the Isaac Theatre Royal's heritage stage. The front section of the theatre has stayed and so has the back, but the middle has been completely demolished. The best way to hide a secret is in plain sight. Could this really be an ancient UFO stored secretly in the old theatre for decades and now exposed by the earthquake? Is the waiting crane and transporter ready to whip it away to another secret location in the dead of night?".