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23 May 2012. File reference: CCL-2012-05-23-IMG_2900 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Rydges Hotel, Cambridge Terrace".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Rydges Hotel, Cambridge Terrace".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Rydges Hotel, Cambridge Terrace".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Rydges Hotel, Oxford Terrace".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Rydges Hotel, 170-174 Oxford Terrace".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Rydges Hotel, Oxford Terrace".
A photograph of Rydges Hotel taken from behind a cordon fence on the Gloucester Street bridge near Cambridge Terrace.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Talking to an army guard at the Gloucester Street bridge cordon gate. Rydges Hotel behind".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Old Municipal Council Chambers in Worcester Street in front of Rydges Hotel in Oxford Terrace".
A photograph of the Rydges Hotel taken from Cambridge Terrace, across the Avon River. To the right, the Clarendon Towers can be seen, currently under deconstruction.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A view down Worcester Street looking west from Cathedral Square with Clarendon Tower on the left and Rydges Hotel on the right".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Oxford Terrace showing Rydges Hotel (left) 170-174 Oxford Terrace, Clarendon Towers 78 Worcester Street, 152 Oxford Terrace and 79-83 Hereford Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Clarendon Towers, Rydges Hotel and Municipal Chambers with the River Avon".
A view of the Worcester Street bridge from across the Avon River. In the background, the Our City O-Tautahi building is surrounded by scaffolding and bracing, the Rydges building behind.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A view looking west along Worcester Boulevard from Cathedral Square. On the left is the Clarendon Tower, the Rydges Hotel to the right, and the Grant Thornton building".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Rydges Hotel on Oxford Terrace".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The deconstruction nibbler behind the Brannigan's building".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Rydges Hotel, 170-174 Oxford Terrace viewed from Worcester Street".
A photograph of an excavator on a Gloucester Street demolition site. Rydges hotel is visible in the background.
A photograph of a crane lifting a shipping container on Worcester Street. In the background is Rydges hotel.
An aerial photograph looking south-east over Cathedral Square with Rydges Hotel in the bottom centre, and the site of Clarendon Towers.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "View of the piece of Oxford Terrace that includes Brannigans".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Former Public Trust Building at 152 Oxford Terrace".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Grant Thornton building and the old Government Life building in Cathedral Square".
An aerial photograph looking west over Cathedral Square with the Christchurch Cathedral in the centre.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The almost clear site of the Brannigans Building on Oxford Terrace".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The cranes working on the Clarendon Tower and the Grant Thornton building, viewed from Cathedral Square. Government Life building (to be demolished) on the extreme right".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Grant Thornton building in Cathedral Square being readied for deconstruction".
A view of the Worcester Street bridge from across the Avon River. In the background, the Our City O-Tautahi building is surrounded by scaffolding and bracing, the Rydges building behind.