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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The site of Manchester Courts, 158-160 Manchester Street".
Manchester Court in Manchester Street, partially demolished.
A photograph of Manchester Courts and The Treehouse Bar on Manchester Street.
A colour photograph of 158-160 Manchester Street, taken during the demolition of the Manchester Courts.
The demolition of Manchester Courts on Manchester Street. A crane is holding a platform above the building. A cordon made of shipping containers, fencing and a "Road closed" sign can be seen.
The demolition of Manchester Courts on Manchester Street. The area in front of the building has been cordoned off with a crane sitting inside. A quarter of the building has already been pulled down. Shipping containers are lining the street to the right.
A written history of 158-160 Manchester Street, Manchester Courts.
A photograph of the Manchester Courts Building on the corner of Manchester and Hereford Streets. The photograph was taken from behind a cordon fence.
Manchester Courts on the corner of Manchester and Hereford Streets. While the building looks mostly fine from the outside, it is unsafe to enter. "Danger, no entry" has been spray-painted on the front window.
A photograph of Manchester Courts, The Treehouse Bar and Sullivan's on Manchester Street, blocked off by a wire fence.
Cross cracking on the Manchester Courts Building between the windows. This means that there was no vertical reinforcement in the building and it will have to come down.
The corner of Hereford Street and Manchester Street, which was formerly the site of the Manchester Courts building.
A photograph of rubble and glass on the footpath outside Manchester Courts on the corner of Manchester and Hereford Streets. The photograph is taken through the wire of a cordon fence.
Cracking in the plaster work of the side wall of a building in the central city. The bricks that make up the wall have shaken apart and are threatening to topple.
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...
An excavator demolishing the historic Manchester Courts on the corner of Hereford and Manchester Streets.
A view of Manchester Street, looking south, from the corner of Manchester Street and Hereford Street. On the left is the former site of the Manchester Courts building, and on the right the former site of Cash Converters.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A view looking south along Manchester Street with the nearly cleared site of Manchester Courts in the foreground".
A view from the corner of Manchester Street and Hereford Street to an excavator demolishing the historic Manchester Courts.
A view from the corner of Manchester Street and Hereford Street to an excavator demolishing the historic Manchester Courts.
A view from the corner of Manchester Street and Hereford Street to an excavator demolishing the historic Manchester Courts.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Site of Manchester Courts in the foreground on left. Then Tree house, Sullivans, Boogie Nights and Shooters Bars".
A view across Hereford Street to an excavator demolishing the historic Manchester Courts.
A view across Hereford Street to an excavator demolishing the historic Manchester Courts.
A black and white historic photograph looking along Manchester Street, showing the building of the NZ Express Company, customs, shipping and forwarding agents (ca. 1910-1929).