Colombo Street south from the Moorhouse Avenue overbridge. Plastic and wire fencing has been used to cordon off damaged buildings and make a path for cars.
The boarded up clock tower of the former Railway Station on Moorhouse Avenue.
View down Hereford Street, looking west from Madras Street. Road work signs and a crane can be seen in the distance.
A sign on a store in Colombo Street which reads "We R open, shaken not stirred".
A collapsed brick boundary wall along the side of a house in Christchurch.
Underground infrastructure being repaired on Avonside Drive.
The collapsed brick wall of a house in Christchurch.
A building with temporary sheet metal weatherproofing on the roof, replacing the fallen brickwork. Scaffolding has also been erected next to the building so that repairs can be made.
The Octagon Live Restaurant on Worcester Street (formerly Trinity Congregational Church) with a steel supporting structure to stabilise the tower.
A building on Lichfield Street with damage to the top storey, revealing the walls underneath. The rubble has now been cleared, but the cordon fences are still up around the building to keep people away.
A damaged brick building on Centaurus Road with "Danger Keep Out" tape around the property. The brick walls have cracked and broken above two of the windows and a red sticker has been placed on the front window indicating that the building is unsafe to enter.
A brick house on Centaurus Road with damage to the top left window and "Danger Keep Out" tape around the edge. A yellow sign on the front window indicates that the building should only be entered for "Restricted Use". This means it has faired better than the brick house next door which is red-stickered.
Crumbled wall above the window of a brick house on Centaurus Road. Cracks can also be seen diagonally between the bricks.
A collapsed wall above the windows of a brick house on Centaurus Road. Bricks have fallen into the building and left a hole.
A crumbled wall on a brick house on Centaurus road revealing the inner layer.
The bricks above the window on a house on Centaurus road have fallen inwards.
Collapsed bricks on a house exposing the inside wall above the door archway.
A drain in an apartment driveway which has broken away from the curb during the shaking, and has a crack now visible on the left side.
The collapsed brick wall on a house in Christchurch.
A house in Christchurch which has lost both chimneys. No attempt has been made to weather-proof the already dilapidated house.
The remains of a brick boundary wall which has collapsed and fallen in the garden of a property in Christchurch.
A digger loads the final remains of an old wooden house in Christchurch into a truck.
St Luke's church on the corner of Manchester and Kilmore Streets. Tape and fencing have been placed around the building to keep people away. There is damage to the top of the gable, and tarpaulins covering the hole to prevent weather damage to the inside of the building.
A fallen chimney in the garden of a property in Christchurch. The lawns have been mown around the chimney, but the bricks have not been picked up.
Collapsed bricks on a house exposing the inside wall above the door archway.
A house in Christchurch with a red sticker on the window indicating that it is unsafe to enter. "No entry" and a large cross have also been spray painted on the front fence to warn people off. On the right side of the house, a tarpaulin can be seen covering a collapsed brick wall.
Cracking in the plaster of the internal structure of St Elmo Courts. A chunk of plaster has broken away to reveal the bricks underneath.
The Press Building in Cathedral Square missing the wrought iron at the top of the tower. It was removed after the 4 September earthquake for safety reasons.
The old Civic Council Chamber's west wall reinforced with heavy steel bracing.
St Elmo Courts, a NZHPT heritage building on the corner of Hereford and Montreal Streets. The building was severely damaged during the 4 September earthquake, with diagonal cracking between the windows. Scaffolding has been placed around the bottom of the building.