Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The demolition of most of the block bounded by Colombo, High and Cashel Streets. The only building remaining is 273-277 High Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The demolition of most of the block bounded by Colombo, High and Cashel Streets. The only building remaining is 273-277 High Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The demolition of most of the block bounded by Colombo, High and Cashel Streets. The only building remaining is 273-277 High Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Looking through the Triangle Centre to the cranes dominating the skyline. This picture would be a challenge for one of those puzzles where you are asked to say how many triangles there are in the photo".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The remains of the Triangle Centre on Colombo Street".
1884 Outside the City Hotel, a stream of Hackney and Hansom cabs wait for fares at ‘Cabstand Corner’ (later known as the ‘Triangle’.) The year is 1884 and it appears t…
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Triangle Centre, from Cashel Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The demolition site of the Triangle Chambers on the corner of High and Colombo Streets".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Haldenstein's and Unlimited School, on the corner of Cashel and High Streets, under demolition".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Colombo Street, showing the last remains of the Triangle Centre, BNZ (left), and Millennium Hotel (right, centre, rear)".
A photograph taken from the top of the BNZ building. The photograph is captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Triangle Chambers on High Street about to be demolished".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The intersection of Colombo and Cashel Streets with the Triangle Centre in the final stages of demolition".
A graphic showing a proposed design for the Triangle Centre site.
An aerial photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "High Street and Unlimited School (centre)".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The intersection of Colombo and Cashel Streets, looking east along Cashel Street to the big crane on the demolition site of the Westpac building".
An aerial photograph of Colombo Street near the Bus Exchange and the Crossing. Ballantynes can be seen on the left.
A photograph of emergency tape cordoning off a wall on the edge of the site of the 'Words of Hope' event.
“William Wilson was formerly a cabbage dealer in Canterbury; but fourteen years ago he was poor, whereas now he is rich, a circumstance attributable to a lucky speculation in a piece of land …
A photograph of CPIT students digging on an empty site left by a demolished building. The site is being cleared in preparation for the 'Words of Hope' event.
A photograph of the Triangle Chambers building at the intersection of High Street and Colombo Street. Building rubble can be seen inside the windows of the upper storey.
A photograph of a child painting a bookshelf during the 'Words of Hope' event. An assortment of furniture has been painted white, and the public invited to spray-paint messages onto the pieces.
An aerial photograph of the Christchurch central city with Colombo Street at the bottom and the Westpac Trust building in the top right.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A view of High, Colombo, and Cashel Streets with the Triangle Centre, the last building to be demolished on Cashel Street".
An aerial photograph of Christ Church Cathedral.
“William Wilson was formerly a cabbage dealer in Canterbury; but fourteen years ago he was poor, whereas now he is rich, a circumstance attributable to a lucky speculation in a piece of land …
A PDF copy of pages 164-165 of the book Christchurch: The Transitional City Pt IV. The pages document the transitional project 'CPIT Design/Build'. Photos: Gap Filler
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "High Street - Westpac Bank building (left) and the Haldenstein's building (right) and Coffee Club (lower right)".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A view of looking across the remains of the Haldenstein's building towards Te Pounamu on Hereford Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The reflection in the puddle and the sign with the words 'Just passing through' adds poignancy to this muddy and otherwise desolate scene".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The intersection of Colombo, Hereford, and High Streets, looking south east".