Looking east down Cashel Street from the Colombo Street intersection. On the left is the empty section where Dawsons Jewellers used to stand, and on the right is the Crossing building.
A crowd watches a busker perform outside Ballantynes during the World Buskers Festival.
An empty section where a building has been demolished on Colombo Street, seen through the cordon fencing.
People look through viewing windows into the Red Zone at the east end of the Re:Start mall.
Bike stands in Re:Start in the shape of fern fronds. In the background, a crowd watches a busker perform during the World World Buskers Festival.
A crowd watching a busker perform in the Re:Start mall during the World World Buskers Festival.
The west face of the former Christchurch City Council building, seen from Colombo Street.
Te Waipounamu House, seen from Re:Start mall.
Seen through the cordon fence, the exposed wall of the Rangiora Bakery where the the building to the right has been demolished.
Looking west down Lichfield street from Colombo Street. Two lanes are barricaded off with fencing and road cones.
A digger parked on top of a pile of demolition rubble on Lichfield Street, seen through the cordon fence.
The mirrors from Sergio's Menswear are still intact on the wall of the adjoining building after the demolition of Sergio's.
A digger parked on a pile of demolition rubble behind the former Christchurch City Council building.
A torn and faded sign attached to a cordon fence on Tuam Street advertises a Rally for Democracy.
The exposed wall of a building on Colombo Street has been painted with a mural advertising Sedley Wells MusicWorks.
A digger parked on a pile of demolition rubble behind the former Christchurch City Council building.
The bus entry to the former Bus Exchange, seen from the carpark on the corner of Colombo and Tuam Streets.
A double-decker sightseeing tour bus pauses on Tuam Street beside the stack of containers protecting the Odeon Theatre.
A double-decker sightseeing tour bus pauses on Tuam Street beside the stack of containers protecting the Odeon Theatre.
The east side of the Odeon Theatre, showing the severe damage at the back of the theatre. Shipping containers in front of the building protect Tuam Street in case it falls.
The east side of the Odeon Theatre, showing the severe damage at the back of the theatre. Part of the roof sits on the ground in the section next door.
The former Majestic Theatre on the corner of High, Lichfield and Manchester Streets, seen through the cordon fencing from Tuam Street.
Part of the roof of the Odeon Theatre sits on the ground in an empty section on the corner of Manchester and Tuam Streets.
Detail of damage to the Odeon Theatre.
The new EPIC Innovation Centre on the corner of Tuam and Manchester Streets.
An old advertising sign for Polson's decorators and signwriters exposed on the side of a building on Manchester Street. Behind is the facade of the Excelsior Hotel, protected by shipping containers.
The facade of Victoria Black on High Street is supported by a stack of shipping containers.
A sculpture on Poplar Lane visible from High Street after the surrounding buildings were demolished.
Scaffolding supporting the McKenzie and Willis building. A New Zealand flag still flies from the flagpole above the damaged building.
Wildflowers growing around a road cone in an empty section where a building has been removed.