Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Ching Gardens and Irene Street, Horseshoe Lake".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Ching Gardens and Irene Street, Horseshoe Lake".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Bexley Road and Waitaki Street".
A snapshot from GPS Boomerang's SmartBird flight over the Christchurch red zone on 23 December 2012, looking over Hereford Street with the Re:Start container mall visible in the bottom right, Oxford Terrace to the left. The buildings at the end of Cashel Street near Oxford Terrace have been demolished.
A notice on the fence outside the CTV site on Madras Street. The notice reads, "Please respect this site. In recognition of the special significance this site holds for the people of our city and all those affected by the earthquakes, the Christchurch City Council is working with Canterbury Museum to preserve aspects of our remembering. Tributes may be left at this site. Older tributes will be removed for archiving by the Canterbury Museum to become part of the city's memory of the Canterbury Earthquakes. Organic materials will be composted and used in the city's gardens. Canterbury Museum. Christchurch City Council".
A photograph looking east down Worcester Street from the Christchurch Arts Centre. In the distance, the earthquake-damaged Christ Church Cathedral can be seen, with a crane in front.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Shands Emporium, 88 Hereford Street. Shands Emporium is one of the oldest retail buildings in Christchurch, but is now very fragile".
View down a street in Christchurch with a crane in the background.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Archives New Zealand building in Christchurch".
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".
A photograph of installations being constructed on the corner of Gloucester Street and Colombo Street for the LUXCITY event. In the foreground is the installation titled "In Your Face", and to the right is the installation titled "Etch-a-Sketch".
A snapshot from GPS Boomerang's SmartBird flight over the Christchurch red zone on 5 June 2012, looking over the Westpac Trust Building towards the Holiday Inn.
A snapshot from GPS Boomerang's SmartBird flight over the Christchurch red zone on 23 December 2012, looking over Hereford Street with the BNZ Building almost demolished in the centre left.
A photograph of flowers in road cones. The photograph is captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Decorated cones for the February 22 anniversary outside the Christchurch Casino, Victoria Street".
A photograph of flowers in road cones. The photograph is captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Decorated cones for the February 22 anniversary outside the Christchurch Casino, Victoria Street".
one of Christchurch's abandoned suburbs. The land moved - bricks and block walls everywhere collapsed - two multi story buildings folded - 184 people died. Wooden framed houses largely stayed up, many concrete slabs cracked, power poles leaned in liquid ground, surface bubbled, services ruptured .... damage to the cbd still gets the most cover...
The front of the Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna O Waiwhetu on Montreal Street.
The Pacific Tower building on Gloucester Street, with repairs to cracks visible down one side. Constructed in 2010, the Pacific Tower was at the time the tallest building in Christchurch.
An entry from Jennifer Middendorf's blog for 23 December 2012 entitled, "Pallets and pop-up tearooms".
A photograph of crowds at the LUXCITY event. The photograph shows installations on the corner of Gloucester Street and Colombo Street. In the foreground is the installation titled "In Your Face", and to the right is the installation titled "Etch-a-Sketch".
A photograph of a placard tied to the cordon fence surrounding the Isaac Theatre Royal. The placard reads, "Why is this real not that".
Damage to a building on Colombo Street. Beside it is a sign that says 'Footpath closed Please use alternative route'. Ongoing demolition work and street cordons in Christchurch mean that gardens are left and becoming overgrown.
Mother and child walk past graffitied buildings on Peterborough St, Christchurch Central.
A photograph of a meeting being held in the Central Library Peterborough.
Staff of The Drawing Room on Manchester Street decorate road cones with flowers. File reference: CCL-2012-02-22- From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
Staff of The Drawing Room on Manchester Street decorate road cones with flowers. File reference: CCL-2012-02-22- From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
Christchurch's former railway station building on Moorhouse Avenue at the bottom of Madras Street.
Christchurch's former railway station building on Moorhouse Avenue at the bottom of Madras Street.
A photograph of a bell from the ChristChurch Cathedral, on display in the Canterbury Quakes exhibition at the Canterbury Museum.
Plant beds made out of corrugated iron, greening the empty building sites along Colombo Street. These were placed here by Greening the Rubble, a community project in Christchurch to create temporary public parks and gardens on the sites of demolished buildings.