
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A view looking south down Colombo Street from the Colombo Street bridge over the River Avon".
An aerial photograph looking south over the Christchurch City Council administration building on Worcester Street with the Christchurch Art Gallery in the foreground.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A view looking south-west from Tuam Street to the fly tower at the old Odeon Theatre".
A view of Colombo Street looking south towards Cathedral Square. The Chalice and the badly damaged Cathedral can be seen in the distance.
A view of High Street from the corner of Hereford Street.
The corner of Colombo Street and Hereford Street.
The corner of Manchester Street and Lichfield Street.
The intersection of Lichfield Street, High Street and Manchester Street. Shipping containers are reinforcing the facade of the Excelsior Sports Bar building.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The intersection of Colombo and Gloucester Streets, looking south down Colombo Street towards Cathedral Square. The soldiers are staffing the cordon as this is the main way through from one half of the central city red zone to the other half, which is now bisected by Gloucester Street".
Members of the University of Canterbury's E-Learning team admire the view from their temporary office in the James Hight building. The photographer comments, "First looks at our new temporary (maybe) office space. Our group will stay here until April or May 2011, then will move to another floor in the Central Library. South window of our office. Our view looks out to the Port Hills and around to the south west, towards Halswell and Lincoln".
A drilling rig on the south side of the Colombo Street Bridge. In the distance, the Victoria Apartments and Craigs building can be seen.
Damage to the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament. Extensive damage can be seen on the north-west and south-west corners of the building.
The Sumner cliffs photographed from the South Brighton spit. Shipping containers can be seen along Main Road to protect passing cars from rock fall.
Pipes from the Durham Street Methodist Church's historic and valuable organ, which workers from the South Island Organ Company have been dismantling for removal.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Gloucester/Manchester Street intersection (south-west corner) - containers are used to protect workers from debris falling in aftershocks".
A photograph of a demolition site. The photograph is captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The south-west corner of Manchester Street and Lichfield Street".
A photograph of a road cone decorated with tinsel, captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A view looking south along Bower Avenue in New Brighton".
An aerial photograph looking south west over the Christchurch CBD with the Avon River visible to the left and Hagley Park in the distance.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A view looking south along Manchester Street with the nearly cleared site of Manchester Courts in the foreground".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The south-west corner of Manchester and Gloucester Streets. Extensive further damage during the 13 June 2011 earthquake".
The city of Christchurch has experienced over 10,000 aftershocks since the 4th of September 2010 earthquake of which approximately 50 have been greater than magnitude 5. The damage caused to URM buildings in Christchurch over this sequence of earthquakes has been well documented. Due to the similarity in age and construction of URM buildings in Adelaide, South Australia and Christchurch (they are sister cities, of similar age and heritage), an investigation was conducted to learn lessons for Adelaide based on the Christchurch experience. To this end, the number of URM buildings in the central business districts of both cities, the extent of seismic strengthening that exists in both cities, and the relative earthquake hazards for both cities were considered. This paper will report on these findings and recommend strategies that the city of Adelaide could consider to significantly reduce the seismic risk posed by URM buildings in future earthquake.
A component of the Durham Street Methodist Church's historic and valuable organ, which workers from the South Island Organ Company have been deconstructing for removal.
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An aerial photograph looking south west over Armagh Street, with the Forsyth Barr Building and Victoria Apartments to the left, and Victoria Park to the right.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The remains of SBS House, on the south-east corner of Worcester and Manchester Streets. The Octagon Live is behind".
A photograph of rubble from the Observatory tower in the South Quad of the Christchurch Arts Centre. The tower collapsed during the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
Colombo Street south from the Moorhouse Avenue overbridge. Plastic and wire fencing has been used to cordon off damaged buildings and make a path for cars.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Looking South across Bealey Avenue, below centre, along Madras Street to Latimer Square. The CBD is at the top right".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Intersection of Colombo and Armagh".