Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Looking down Cashel Mall to the Hotel Grand Chancellor and the Westpac Building".
A photograph of excavators clearing rubble on High Street. In the background is the partially-deconstructed Hotel Grand Chancellor.
A photograph of students from the Student Volunteer Army and Entré with University of Canterbury Vice-Chancellor Rod Carr.
A photograph of a detail of 230 High Street. The Hotel Grand Chancellor can be seen in the background.
A photograph of a detail of 230 High Street. The Hotel Grand Chancellor can be seen in the background.
Vice-Chancellor Rod Carr shakes Prime Minister John Key's hand at an event to thank the Student Volunteer Army.
A photograph of a detail of 230 High Street. The Hotel Grand Chancellor can be seen in the background.
Security checkpoint at the cordon on Manchester Street. In the background the Grand Chancellor is on a noticeable lean.
The top of the Hotel Grand Chancellor. The slumping of the hotel to one side can be clearly seen.
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Cashel Street".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Cashel Street".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Cashel Street".
A photograph of damaged buildings in the central city.
A photograph of damaged buildings in the central city.
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.
Earthquake Recovery Minister Jerry Brownlee, Prime Minister John Key, and Vice-Chancellor Rod Carr at the Community Engagement Awards 2011.
The acting Vice Chancellor, Professor Ian Town, speaks to Checkpoint about the massive losses sustained because of the Christchurch earthquake.
A photograph of University of Canterbury Vice-Chancellor Rod Carr writing a message on a brick pathway in Churchill Park.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The huge crane in action outside the Hotel Grand Chancellor on Cashel Street".
A video of a tour through the Christchurch central city Red Zone. The video includes footage of Colombo Street, ChristChurch Cathedral, Warners Hotel, the Hotel Grand Chancellor, Cashel Mall, the former Bus Exchange, Tuam Street, Manchester Street, the Mackenzie & Willis store, High Street, Plume, and The Globe café.
A panoramic photograph looking south out of a window of the PricewaterhouseCoopers Building. Notable landmarks include: New Regent Street and the Rendezvous Hotel on the left side of the photograph; the Novotel in the centre; the Lyttelton Times building and the Forsyth Barr building to the right; and the Hotel Grand Chancellor in the distance.
An aerial photograph of the Christchurch central city near Cashel and High Streets. The photograph has been captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The dense collection of buildings surrounding the Hotel Grand Chancellor with the two cranes being used for the demolition. What little of the street is visible running horizontally across the photograph is Hereford Street".
A video of a media tour inside the earthquake-damaged Hotel Grand Chancellor. The video includes footage of the eastern side of the ground floor of the hotel, the stairwells, some of the rooms, and the view through an opening in the side of the building. It also includes an interview with Jack Harris from Fletchers Construction about the work that is being done to support the structure.
Vice-Chancellor Rod Carr, holding up the sign for Intentcity 6.3, the tent cafe on Campus during the progressive restart.
John Key shakes the hand of Pro-Vice-Chancellor Lynn McClelland at an event to thank the Student Volunteer Army.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Two giant nibblers demolishing the last of the Hotel Grand Chancellor car park, Cashel Street".
The Hotel Grand Chancellor seen from Cashel Street, near Clarkson Avenue. The left side of the hotel has a noticable slump.
Mayor Bob Parker shaking hands with Pro-Vice-Chancellor Lynn McClelland at an event to thank the Student Volunteer Army.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "134 Hereford Street".
A photograph of the partially-demolished Hotel Grand Chancellor with the Holiday Inn to the left as well as two large cranes.