Along Glouster St, as we run to the car.
Aftermath of Sept 4th Earthquake
Detail of damage to a brick chimney in St Albans where bricks have fallen onto the roof.
Civil Engineer Professor Jason Ingham discusses his extensive projects investigating seismic retrofit of structures in earthquake regions he's been to over the past 12 months, Indonesia, Chile and of course, Christchurch.
A view after the 7.1 magnitude earthquake in Christchurch.
A view after the 7.1 magnitude earthquake in Christchurch.
A damaged dairy on the corner of Edgeware Road and Barbadoes Street. Part of the brick facade has fallen, collapsing the awnings. Bricks litter the road.
A view after the 7.1 magnitude earthquake in Christchurch.
A view after the 7.1 magnitude earthquake in Christchurch 04 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.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Directly above Combs and Cutters on main street in Temuka guys from Geraldine Brick and Block start taking down earthquake damaged brick work. (L-R) Alistair McCutcheon, Jacob Peneamane, Stephen Hand, Brian ??? (would not give his last name and he is not a worker from Geraldine Brick and Block company) and Gray McDonald".
Bricks fallen from the wall and chimney of the Caxton Press building. Some windows have been boarded up, and in front is a pile of bricks that has been cordoned off with tape and road cones.
A car damaged by fallen bricks.
A car damaged by fallen bricks.
Reasons why it pays not to be a smoker - if the quake had hit during opening hours there would have been probably half a dozen smokers underneath the black awning crushed by falling bricks.
The base of the tower on the right of this picture has sunk so that the lower course of bricks have disappeared below ground level. The sand you can see is what came bubbling up out of the ground due to liquifaction.
Fallen bricks from buildings in the city centre.
Damage to a brick chimney in St Albans.
Damage to a brick chimney in St Albans.
Damage to a brick fence on Bealey Avenue.
The roof of a car damaged by fallen bricks.
Displaced bricks on a building in the city centre.
Fallen bricks from a damaged dairy on Edgeware Road.
A man on a ladder inspecting a damaged brick chimney.
Bricks on Struthers Lane, fallen from a building on Lichfield Street.
A view after the 7.1 magnitude earthquake in Christchurch 04 September 2010. Victoria Street. So sad to see history die - both buildings and business. Given a bit of a HDR process to add some of what I was "feeling" at the time.
Two people survey fallen bricks from a building in the city centre.
Bricks fallen from the parapet of a two-storey building in the central city.
Damage to a commercial building. The brick parapets have collapsed, crushing the awning below.
A pile of bricks lie in front of a shop doorway on Barbadoes Street.
A man holds up a brick fallen from a building in the city centre.