Occidental Hotel before its demolition

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A derelict Perry's Occidental Hotel which has been fenced off and ready for demolition.

Photograph by Paul Corliss 2666

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A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Derelict homes above Beachville Road, from Main Road".

Photograph by Paul Corliss 2667

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A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Derelict homes above Beachville Road, from Main Road".

Paul and Sam Corliss's Street Art Photograph (2014:12:02 22:39:38)

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A photograph of street art in Avonside. The artworks are on the walls of a derelict toilet block. The photographer believes that the artworks were created by the artist 'SGC'.

Paul and Sam Corliss's Street Art Photograph (2014:10:01 18:40:01)

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A photograph of street art in Avonside. The artworks are on the walls of a derelict toilet block. The photographer believes that the artworks were created by the artist 'SGC'.

Paul and Sam Corliss's Street Art Photograph (2014:10:01 18:40:44)

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A photograph of street art in Avonside. The artwork is on the walls of a derelict toilet block. The photographer believes that the artworks were created by the artist 'SGC'.

Paul and Sam Corliss's Street Art Photograph (2014:10:01 18:38:00)

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A photograph of street art in Avonside. The artworks are on the walls of a derelict toilet block. The photographer believes that the artworks were created by the artist 'SGC'.

Paul and Sam Corliss's Street Art Photograph (2014:10:01 18:38:16)

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A photograph of street art in Avonside. The artworks are on the walls of a derelict toilet block. The photographer believes that the artworks were created by the artist 'SGC'.

Paul and Sam Corliss's Street Art Photograph (2014:10:01 18:40:23)

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A photograph of street art in Avonside. The artworks are on the walls of a derelict toilet block. The photographer believes that the artworks were created by the artist 'SGC'.

Modern Art or Old Fashioned Disaster

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Boarded-up broken windows on the old Christchurch City Council building in Tuam Street. The photographer comments, "What can happen to a building when the land is no longer solid as a rock".

Keeping a Sense of Normality

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Part of Mike Hewson's installation 'Homage To Lost Spaces' in the Cramner Courts building, a photograph of a young man working at a desk has been inserted into a gap in the building. The photographer comments, "Cranmer Courts in Christchurch, New Zealand was very badly damaged in the earthquakes that have rocked the City for the past two years. Mike Hewson thought he would try to bring life back into the buildings by putting photographs into the spaces where the doors and windows were. There was a month or so when no one seemed to know or admit who had put the pictures up, but it was done officially. It seems that though very badly damaged the buildings may get restored".