An aerial photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "High, Colombo, and Hereford Streets intersection".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The city looking south-east from the roof of the Ibis Hotel".
Look from the cordon fences on to empty demolition sites Tuam Street. The Alice in Videoland building can be seen on left with the Wespac building and Holiday Inn in the background.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Corner High and Manchester Streets, viewed from Alice in Videoland".
Two badly damaged cars in an empty site on the corner of Tuam and Barbadoes Streets. In the background are the Hotel Grand Chancellor, the Holiday Inn City Centre, and the Westpac building.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Major earthquake hits Christchurch. The Valley Inn in Heathcote gets demolished. Local Kerry McCarthy sits with daughter Maeve (4) and watches the pub get knocked down".
Pomeroy's Brewery Inn on Kilmore Street viewed across the Avon River. The bar is green stickered meaning it safe to enter. As a brick building in this condition is fairly rare.
Who would have thought a Bin Inn could have such a sacred past? But as is usually the case with archaeology, once the layers are peeled back, an entirely different story starts unveiling itself. In its glory days this bargain … Continue reading →
An aerial photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "High, Lichfield, and Manchester Streets intersection".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "All buildings in this view from Manchester Street (except the All Seasons Hotel) to be demolished".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "High Street looking towards Cathedral Square, viewed from Alice in Videoland".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A pile of building rubble from the BNZ bank with the All Seasons Hotel (left) and Holiday Inn (right) in Cashel Street. Photo taken in Hereford Street".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Major earthquake hits Christchurch. The Valley Inn in Heathcote gets demolished. Owner Dean Calvert rescues a couple of bar stools for his regulars before the pub get knocked down".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Major earthquake hits Christchurch. The Valley Inn in Heathcote gets demolished. Owner Dean Calvert rescues a couple of bar stools for his regulars before the pub get knocked down".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Major earthquake hits Christchurch. The Valley Inn in Heathcote gets demolished. Owner Dean Calvert rescues a couple of bar stools for his regulars before the pub get knocked down".
A video of a tour of the Christchurch central city Red Zone. The video includes footage of Cambridge Terrace, the Copthorne Hotel on Colombo Street, Gloucester Street, the Government Life Building in Cathedral Square, the Grant Thornton Building in Cathedral Square, the ChristChurch Cathedral, the new Press Building on Gloucester Street, the Design and Arts College building on Worcester Street, the new Westende Jewellers Building, Hereford Street, the Westpac Trust Building, the BNZ Building, the Holiday Inn, Lichfield Street, High Street, and Cathedral Junction.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The intersection of Manchester, High, and Lichfield Streets, looking north-west".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A view from the BNZ building, looking south down High Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "CBD. Looking north along Manchester Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A view of High Street from the top of Alice in Videoland".
A snapshot from GPS Boomerang's SmartBird flight over the Christchurch red zone on 23 December 2012, looking over Cashel Street where the Re:Start container mall now sits. The Holiday Inn and Westpac Trust Building have been demolished.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Men's undies are in high demand, while EFT-POS traffic is slow. Jill McDavitt, owner of Haydn's Menswear in the Bush Inn Centre, prices up some new undies to hit the shelves".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Men's undies are in high demand, while EFT-POS traffic is slow. Jill McDavitt, owner of Haydn's Menswear in the Bush Inn Centre, prices up some new undies to hit the shelves".
Christchurch moteliers say this has been the hardest winter since the Canterbury earthquakes - and they are blaming both AirBnB and a lack of events. RNZ Christchurch reporter Logan Church spoke with Comfort Inn motel owner, Bob Cringle, about the state of the sector.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "CBD. Looking north between Colombo and Manchester Streets".
An aerial photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The central city looking east, with Latimer Square at the top".
A photograph of a crane working on the demolition of the Hotel Grand Chancellor. The photograph was taken from the car park of PAK'nSAVE on Moorhouse Avenue.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "High Street viewed from Alice in Videoland".
A view down High Street from the corner of Colombo and Hereford Streets. In the distance, the Holiday Inn City Centre is being demolished. Taken on a day when a walkway was opened up between Re:Start Mall and Cathedral Square to allow temporary public access.
A photograph of members of Crack'd for Christchurch in the crowd during the launch of the Green Room on Colombo Street.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "From left: Alan Campbell, Shirley Walden, Helen Campbell, and Kathryn Innes."