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Kim Wright WEMO Photograph 069
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A photograph of rubble from a block of demolished shops on the corner of Cranford and Westminster Streets. Wire fencing and road cones have been placed around the rubble as a cordon.
Photograph by Jocelyn Kinghorn 2391
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Damage to the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament. Looking through the fence on to the side and front where shipping containers are being used to support the walls, with a pile of concrete blocks next to the cathedral.
BeckerFraserPhotos February 2011 photograph 268
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A view down Bracken Street in Avonside. A power pole has been propped up by a concrete block because the asphalt around it has sunk as a result of the 4 September 2010 earthquake.
Umut Akguzel Photograph 454
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A photograph looking east along Tuam Street, towards the intersection with High Street. Half of the road has been blocked off with shipping containers and badly-damaged buildings can be seen in the distance.
BeckerFraserPhotos February 2011 photograph 362
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The fence of a house on Robson Avenue in Avonside. Part of the breeze-block section at its base has collapsed in the 4 September 2010 earthquake, leaving only the timber part above it.
Umut Akguzel Photograph 365
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A photograph of the badly-damaged Winnie Bagoes building on Colombo Street. The left side of the building has collapsed and a metal pole anchored to a concrete block is holding up the remains.
22 February Earthquake - Photograph 33
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A group of residents stand on River Road in Richmond. The road is badly cracked and buckled, and bas been partly blocked off with road cones and warning tape. The photographer comments, "Neighbours discussing the situation".
Photograph by Jocelyn Kinghorn 454
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A view down Montreal Street where a section of the street has been cordoned off. On the right the Victoria Street clocktower has been blocked off with shipping containers, and a crane is in the front of the Strategy Building.
A crumbling mystery…
Articles, Christchurch uncovered
Regarded as Christchurch’s oldest home, this two storey farm cottage was built in 1851-2 for Mr. Parkerson, a surgeon. It was built with 600 mm thick scoria stone blocks quarried from Lyttelton and roofed with Welsh slate. The layout of this cottage … Continue reading →
Below the belt: part 2
Articles, Christchurch uncovered
Last week on the blog we introduced you to the 1881 South Belt sewer beneath Moorhouse Avenue: how it was built, how it got blocked, and how recently as part of SCIRT’s horizontal infrastructure rebuild program, their Downer delivery team and sub-contractors Donaldson Civil … Continue...
BeckerFraserPhotos September 2010 photograph 073
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Flooding along Avonside Drive. The power poles along the road are on an outward lean due to liquefaction at the base. Concrete blocks have been pushed up against them to keep them upright.
I've Lit the Fuse, What Next?
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Two workers inspect fuses placed in an embankment during reinforcement work. The photographer comments, "This is the reinforcing of an embankment in the port of Lyttelton, which partly collapsed in the Christchurch earthquakes. They are using the same equipment as used for blowing up rock faces to mend them".
BeckerFraserPhotos December 2011 photograph 2399
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A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Knox Church viewed from the corner of Bealey Avenue and Victoria Street. More brick and block work has fallen during the 23 December 2011 earthquake".
All Right? Buskers Festival Photograph 32
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A photograph of young festival-goers eating Popsicle ice-blocks in front of the closed Popsicle Adventure Ring. The photograph was taken at the 2014 SCIRT World Buskers Festival in Hagley Park.
BeckerFraserPhotos December 2011 photograph 2397
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A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Knox Church viewed from the corner of Bealey Avenue and Victoria Street. More brick and block work has fallen during the 23 December 2011 earthquake".
Christchurch Press Image: Ben Heather 2010:09:05 23:42:21
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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Canterbury Cheesemonger owner Martin Aspinwall is afraid that with other buildings in his block set for the wrecking ball, his business will be driven out and forced to close".
Christchurch Press Image: Ben Heather 2010:09:05 23:41:43
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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Canterbury Cheesemonger owner Martin Aspinwall is afraid that with other buildings in his block set for the wrecking ball, his business will be driven out and forced to close".
BeckerFraserPhotos October 2011 photograph 600
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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The city blocks encompassed by Manchester, Gloucester, Latimer Square and Hereford Streets are amongst those with the most demolished buildings in the city centre at the moment".
WEMO ERT Set 1 - March 2011 - Photograph 41
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A photograph of the earthquake damage to a block of shops on Manchester Street. The top storey of the shops has collapsed and the bricks and other rubble have spilled onto the street.
Vacuuming the Drains
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Workers use a large water-blasting pipe to clear blocked drains. The photographer comments, "The Australian company Barry Bros Turned up very late at night to clean out our street drains of liquefaction".
WEMO ERT Set 1 - March 2011 - Photograph 43
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A photograph of the earthquake damage to a block of shops on Colombo Street. The top section of the shops have collapsed and the bricks have spilled onto the footpath and road below.
Wish You Were Here 2013: Painting 4
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A digital copy of a painting by Julia Holden. The painting is of an excavator parked on a cleared block of land. The land is on Colombo Street, near the corner of Armagh Street.
BeckerFraserPhotos May 2013 photograph 032
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A view from Colombo Street looking towards the overhead walkway that runs between the Crossing building and Ballantynes. A 'No entry' sign stands between orange barriers that are blocking off the road. To the right is a vacant demolition site.
Photograph by Neil Macbeth 575
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A view looking south down Wakefield Avenue in Sumner. The road has been blocked off with cones and a fire engine has been parked behind them. In the background the arm of a crane can be seen.
Photograph by Neil Macbeth 347
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Codes spray-painted by the North Shore City Council rescue team on the driveway of a house in Dallington. The cement blocks of the driveway have lifted in the background, creating a cracked and uneven surface.
BeckerFraserPhotos April 2011 photograph 016
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Plastic barriers and fencing around a demolition site at the corner of Cranford and Westminster Streets. Different types of building rubble have been sorted into piles, and a concrete block still remains on-site.
BeckerFraserPhotos June 2011 photograph 381
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Large boulders which have fallen among houses at the base of the cliffs in Redcliffs. In the foreground a shipping container blocks access to the driveway. The photographer comments, "Now this is one very huge rock to have land in your front yard".
BeckerFraserPhotos February 2011 photograph 223
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A view of the Medway Street footbridge through a safety fence that is blocking access to it. The bridge links Avonside Drive and River Road. It was damaged in the 4 September 2010 earthquake.
The Not So Grand Entrance to the Grand Plaza in Christchurch
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A view through a gap in the partially-demolished Crowne Plaza Hotel to the Forsyth Barr building.
Double Glazing Can Keep More Than the Warmth In
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Building rubble from a partially-demolished building is piled behind and partly against a large display window.