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Colombo Street between Moorhouse and Brougham is in a bad way. These are all closed; the shop at centre has collapsed.
Colombo Street between Moorhouse and Brougham.
Colombo Street between Moorhouse and Brougham.
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Western entrance off Avonside Drive.
deduced from the fact the breaks appeared new and others damaged around it.
A view after the 7.1 magnitude earthquake in Christchurch 4 September 2010. Corner of Colombo and Byron Streets. Given a bit of a HDR process to add some of what I was "feeling" at the time.
Oxford Terrace Baptist Church on the corner of Madras St and Oxford Terrace, and alongside the Central City Fire Station on Kilmore St.
Oxford Terrace Baptist Church on the corner of Madras St and Oxford Terrace, and alongside the Central City Fire Station on Kilmore St.
The base of the tower on the right of this picture has sunk about 25cm so that the lower course of bricks have disappeared below ground level. Meanwhile the other end of the building has sunk about 50cm splitting the building into thirds. The sand you can see is what came bubbling up out of the ground due to liquifaction. Unfortunately the build...
Reasons why it pays not to be a smoker - if the quake had hit during opening hours there would have been probably half a dozen smokers underneath the black awning crushed by falling bricks.
looking past the peacock fountain to the arts centre - under repair following the earthquake.
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shovelled out of peoples properties.
looking south along manchester st.
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Damage from the Christchurch 7.1 earthquake on 4th Sept 2010
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Colombo Street between Moorhouse and Brougham.
Colombo Street between Moorhouse and Brougham.
Latimer Square
Corner Kilmore and Manchester. Architect Cyril Mountfort, 1908.
Architect: Samuel Hurst Seager. Queen Anne design. Opened 1887.
Cheam Street, Avonside