A video about the reopening of the Rendezvous Hotel on Gloucester Street. The video includes a tour of the hotel and an interview with General Manager Brad Watts. Watts talks about his excitement about the hotel reopening.
A photograph of the remaining walls of the Copthorne Hotel.
Multiple cranes viewed through a cordon fence. The Novotel Hotel building stands in the foreground and the Rendezvous Hotel building in background.
On the north east corner of Cathedral Square, the Commercial Hotel, owned by John Etherden Coker (1832 – 1894) was opened in 1863. The name Warner’s was not used until the hotel’s…
An aerial photograph looking west over Cathedral Square with the Christchurch Cathedral in the centre.
A video of the reopening ceremony for the Heritage Hotel in Cathedral Square, which has been closed since the 22 February 2011 earthquake. The video shows Governor General Sir Jerry Mateparae opening the building while a string trio plays. It also includes footage of a speech by the Governor General, and a tour of the hotel.
Just being finished.
A photograph of the Hotel So building on Cashel, behind a cleared site where a large puddle has formed.
A time-lapse video of New Regent Street, taken from The Press building, which accidentally captured the collapse of the Copthorne Hotel. A cloud of dust from the collapsing building can be seen in the top of the video. The hotel collapsed while it was being demolished.
One landscape colour digital photograph taken on 26 May 2013 on the corner of Norwich Quay and Canterbury Street, Lyttelton. The photograph shows the Mitre Hotel surrounded by temporary fencing. Three years after the 2010-2011 earthquakes there are still many uncertainties about which buildings can or will be retained. These buildings, or parts...
The back of the facade of the Excelsior Hotel, preserved after the demolition of the hotel. It is being supported by wooden bracing and shipping containers.
The back of the facade of the Excelsior Hotel, preserved after the demolition of the hotel. It is being supported by wooden bracing and shipping containers.
Seen through the cordon fence on Tuam Street, shipping containers support the facade of the Excelsior Hotel, the only part of the hotel still standing.
A photograph of sculptures by artist Miranda Parkes on an empty building site on Cashel Street. Hotel So can be seen on the right.
A photograph of sculptures by artist Miranda Parkes on an empty building site on Cashel Street. Hotel So can be seen on the right.
A photograph of sculptures by artist Miranda Parkes on an empty building site on Cashel Street. Hotel So can be seen on the right.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Heritage Apartment Hotel in Cathedral Square all refurbished and ready to occupy".
A photograph of sculptures by artist Miranda Parkes on an empty building site on Cashel Street. Hotel So can be seen on the right.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Decorations made by the Lyttelton children on the fence of the site of the demolished Empire Hotel, London Street".
A photograph of the Rendezvous Hotel.
A photograph of the Rendezvous Hotel.
A photograph of the Rendezvous Hotel.
Colourfully-painted milk bottle decorations made by Lyttelton children hang on a cordon fence on London Street. The demolition area was formerly the site of the Empire Hotel.
A photograph of the remaining walls of the Copthorne Hotel, taken from beside the Avon River on Cambridge Terrace. The Forsyth Barr building and a crane can also be seen in the distance.
A photograph of the remaining walls of the Copthorne Hotel, taken from beside the Avon River on Cambridge Terrace. The Forsyth Barr building and a crane can also be seen in the distance.
A photograph of the remaining walls of the Copthorne Hotel, taken from beside the Avon River on Cambridge Terrace. The Forsyth Barr building and a crane can also be seen in the distance.
This week we’re delving into the seedier side of the life in early Christchurch with the story of the Standard Hotel, an establishment that found itself on the fringes of Victorian respectability during its short existence in the 1860s. At … Continue reading →
The newly re-opened Ibis Hotel on Hereford Street.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Telecom building, the Old Exchange Building and the Old Post Office are all in this photo as well as the Millennium Hotel and a few cranes".
Once upon a time, there was a baker (a pie-maker, even) who left his home in Germany and travelled the length of the world to a small country in the South Pacific. There, in a young city built on a … Continue reading →