People look through the cordon fencing on the Bridge of Remembrance. The Grand Chancellor can be seen through the arch of the bridge.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Looking from Gloucester Street to Worcester Street (Heritage Hotel) with the Hotel Grand Chancellor in the background".
The Hotel Grand Chancellor seen over the top of a house. The slumping of the hotel to one side can be clearly seen.
The Hotel Grand Chancellor seen over the top of a house. The slumping of the hotel to one side can be clearly seen.
The Hotel Grand Chancellor seen over the tops of other buildings. The slumping of the hotel to one side can be clearly seen.
The Hotel Grand Chancellor seen over the tops of other buildings. The slumping of the hotel to one side can be clearly seen.
People look through the cordon fencing on the Bridge of Remembrance. The Grand Chancellor can be seen through the arch of the bridge.
The Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Canterbury Earthquakes will today begin to examine the failure of the building that's come to symbolise the damage to the central city.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Workers up high - working conditions most of us wouldn't want!".
A video of a tour through the Christchurch central city Red Zone. The video includes footage of the cordon checkpoint on Armagh Street, Oxford Terrace, Colombo Street, the Edmond's Band Rotunda, Manchester Street, Gloucester Street, Worcester Street, the Octagon Live restaurant, Hereford Street, Bedford Row, the Hotel Grand Chancellor, and High Street.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The partially-demolished Hotel Grand Chancellor viewed from Worcester Street, the lean on the left still visible".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The side view of the All Seasons Hotel which used to be obscured by the Hotel Grand Chancellor".
A black and white photograph of the damaged Hotel Grand Chancellor, seen behind power poles and street signs. The hotel is on a noticeable lean.
Dominating a once simpler Cathedral Square, are the formidable buildings – Government Life Insurance Building, the Grand Theatre, the Crystal Palace Theatre, the Reuters Telegram Company Buil…
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Looking down Cashel Mall to the Hotel Grand Chancellor and the Westpac Building, seen through the Bridge of Remembrance".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Three diggers artfully arranged at the Hotel Grand Chancellor site, aka Mummy Bear, Daddy Bear and Little Bear".
The sign outside the Lyttelton Petanque Club, reading, "Lyttelton Petanque Club est. 2011. Grand opening today 12pm, bring food to share, lonely pots plants welcome!".
A photograph of damaged buildings on High Street, seen from the Hotel Grand Chancellor. The photograph is captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "235-239 High Street".
A photograph of traffic barriers on the corner of Colombo and Tuam Street in central Christchurch.
Aerial footage of the Christchurch central city. The video includes footage of the Hotel Grand Chancellor, the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, Manchester Street, the former Press Building, Worcester Street, Cathedral Square, St Elmo Courts, Cashel Mall, St John the Baptist Church hall, the Regent Theatre, the Arts Centre, Woolsack Lane, and the Farmers car park.
Damage to the Hotel Grand Chancellor can be seen in the middle. At the bottom left is the lift shaft (now fully demolished) of the CTV building which claimed over 100 lives when it collapsed in the earthquake. Taken during a scenic flight over Christchurch, New Zealand, 3 months after the deadly earthquake of 22 February, 2011. Much of the inn...
Hotel Grand Chancellor - Leaning 1m to the east, demolition will start about mid June and is expected to take 10 months to complete at a cost of approx NZ$10m. It will be the biggest & tallest demolition project in New Zealand. Taken during a scenic flight over Christchurch, New Zealand, 3 months after the deadly earthquake of 22 February, ...
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Tramway Lane from Worcester Street".
High-rise buildings in the CBD seen over a concrete wall. From the left are the Hotel Grand Chancellor, the Westpac building and the Holiday Inn City Centre.
The Hotel Grand Chancellor seen through the arch of the Bridge of Remembrance. In the foreground is a One News vehicle, and a film crew are filming from the bridge.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "High Street from the intersection with Colombo and Hereford Streets".
A video of a tour through the Christchurch central city Red Zone. The video includes footage of Armagh Street, Madras Street, Latimer Square, St John's Anglican Church, Hereford Street, the Octagon Live restaurant, the Design and Arts building, the High Street mall, and the Grand Chancellor Hotel. It also includes footage of construction workers cutting up metal beams, and clearing rubble from a building on Manchester Street.
An aerial photograph of the Christchurch CBD. The photograph has been captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "This photograph shows the many tall CBD buildings, with the Hotel Grand Chancellor under demolition in the centre of the photograph. The street in the foreground running up the photograph from left to right is Lichfield Street with the old Bus Exchange clearly visible".
Much of the CBD is still cordoned off and without power (as you should be able to spot) as a result of the damage caused by February's deadly earthquake. This photo clearly shows the extent of the lean that the Hotel Grand Chancellor is now on. Apparently it is out by 1m at the top leaning east. Demolition will start about mid June and is expec...
More than ten weeks after being damaged beyond repair by the Christchurch earthquake, there is still no decision about how or when the Grand Chancellor Hotel will be demolished.