A photograph of the site of a demolished building in Cathedral Square.
A photograph of the site of a demolished building on Colombo Street.
An excavator clearing the site of a demolished building on Colombo Street.
Damaged stores on Colombo Street with a cleared building site in front.
A photograph of the site of a demolished building on Papanui Road near Merivale Mall. Wire fencing has been placed in front of the site as a cordon.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A view from Worcester Street. A gap has been left by the demolition of the Press building, allowing a view of the Copthorne Christchurch Central Hotel".
A photograph of the site of a demolished building on the south-west corner of Durham and Armagh Streets. In the background, two excavators are clearing rubble from the site.
The site of the Historical Court House in Kaiapoi, completely clear now. Wire fencing still bars off the entrance to the site, keeping people away.
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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Container shops being constructed in Cashel Mall on the Whitcoulls site".
The site of a demolished building on Hereford Street, with a crane and two skips. Piles of rubble can be seen to the left. The site has been cordoned off with wire fencing.
A tribute left on the cordon fence around the CTV Building site. The card shows a photograph of rescuers working on the CTV site, and reads, "Some of the guys who found you!! Thank you!".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "92 Hereford Street".
A photograph of building rubble on a demolition site between St Asaph Street and Tuam Street. The old Post Office building can be seen in the distance to the left and on the right are badly-damaged High Street buildings.
A photograph of a cleared building site on High Street. Three shipping containers are stacked against the remaining facade of the Excelsior Hotel building on the left. The badly-damaged McKenzie & Lewis building on Tuam Street can be seen in the distance.
Workers building the 10m2 office building, soon to be the Gap Filler Headquarters in Sydenham. A sign out front reads, "Gap Filler project in progress on this site".
Page 5 of Section C of the Christchurch Press, published on Saturday 9 April 2011.
A vacant demolition site where buildings once stood is surrounded by security fencing.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Peterborough Street with the Establishment Apartment building being demolished".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The demolition site of the Louis Vuitton Building on the corner of Cathedral Square and Colombo Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Site of the old Press Building in Cathedral Square and from left to right, Novatel Hotel, Price Waterhouse Coopers Building, Isaac Theatre Royal (behind the crane), new Press Building, Tramway Junction with the Rendevous Hotel showing above".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Detail of the cracks in the building at the front of the Crichton Cobbers Youth and Community Club site on Fitzgerald Avenue".
A photograph of the site of a demolished building at 220 Kilmore Street.
A photograph of the site of a demolished building at 421 Cashel Street.
A photograph of the site of a demolished building at 421 Cashel Street.
A photograph of the site of a demolished building at 469 Colombo Street.
A photograph of the site of a demolished building at 820 Colombo Street.
A photograph of the site of a demolished building at 333 Barbadoes Street.
A large cleared site on Tuam Street left after several buildings were demolished.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "McKenzie & Willis building on Tuam Street".