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La Boheme Restaurant

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This restaurant used to do bookings for large groups only and you all had to pick and wear funny hats from hooks around the walls.

OTBC - damage above sound desk

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Oxford Terrace Baptist Church on the corner of Madras St and Oxford Terrace, and alongside the Central City Fire Station on Kilmore St.

This is how the building looked when it was built - fine indeed! democam.iopen.co.nz/ An engineer who owns a similar building in Dunedin, and is willing to put money into this building's restoration, is sure it could be stabilised, just like the Railway Clock Tower. And the t...

Monumental Masons collapsed roof

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The side wall of the building on the left collapsed onto their roof, collapsing it into the stonemasons store. Several gravestones were also damaged!

Manchester Courts demolition begins, 19 October

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Manchester Street

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Maybe you can see the 8m high dirt bunt at the foot of the Manchester Courts building to reduce collateral damage.

Canterbury Horse Bazaar

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Madras Street. Built 1903 by Alfred William Fielder. The handsome facade is visible here: www.historic.org.nz/TheRegister/RegisterSearch/RegisterRe...

Durham Street Methodist Church

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IMG_3518 (Large)

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Colombo Street

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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

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Colombo Street between Moorhouse and Brougham.

Colombo Street

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Colombo Street between Moorhouse and Brougham.

Corner of Worcester Street and Latimer Square

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Avonside Drive

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Avonside Drive at footbridge

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Avon Park

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Western entrance off Avonside Drive.

probable earthquake damage 1b

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deduced from the fact the breaks appeared new and others damaged around it.

Crowded Cloud

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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.