Sue Davidson's Blog 19/11/2013: And the wall came tumbling down........

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An entry from Sue Davidson's blog for 19 November 2013 entitled, "And the wall came tumbling down........".

Demolition Day - Photograph 17

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A house in Richmond being demolished. A tumbled chest of drawers sits in an entranceway. The photographer comments, "The end of 393 River Rd".

BeckerFraserPhotos May 2013 photograph 183

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A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Castle Rock on the Port Hills, showing where a huge section tumbled down the hillside on 22 February 2011".

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The roof of St John the Baptist Church on Latimer Square. Masonry has tumbled into the building, tearing a hole in the roof and exposing the inside of the church.

QuakeStory Photo 327

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A photograph submitted by Gaynor James to the QuakeStories website. The description reads, "DTZ building going, 20 July 2011. A small crowd watches the demolition …There is an eerie silence- no excited buzz – people watching yet another part of their history turning into rubble. The wrecking ball, delicately positioned, drops and is followed by the cracking and rending of floor after floor and the debris tumbles down … It starts to clear and an extraordinary sight greets us. Hundreds and hundreds of sheets of paper drift down like giant confetti.".