A photograph of a sitting area on the ground floor of the Crowne Plaza Hotel. A plate and magazines has fallen off the coffee table and a chair has toppled over. In the background, a piece of the ceiling under the stairs is hanging loose.
A photograph of the earthquake-damaged Stone Chamber of the Canterbury Provincial Council Buildings on Durham Street North. Large sections of the Chamber have collapsed and the masonry and other rubble has spilled onto the footpath in front. To the left scaffolding constructed up the side of the building has also collapsed and twisted out of shape. Wire fences have been placed along the side of the building as a cordon.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A large pile of concrete rubble on the site of Copthorne Hotel on Durham Street".
USAR codes and notices of restricted use and power removal can be seen on the door of the Guardian Trust building, Durham Street.
Detail of building rubble and bits of furniture that have been left in an empty site on the corner of Armagh and Durham Street.
Detail of building rubble and bits of furniture that have been left in an empty site on the corner of Armagh and Durham Street.
A photograph of the front desk of the Crowne Plaza Hotel. The windows behind the desk have smashed, and the glass has scattered across the courtyard and foyer.
A photograph looking into the basement of the Copthorne Hotel. Rolls of carpet and chairs are sitting in a pool of water.
A photograph of members of the Wellington Emergency Management Office walking down Kilmore Street near the intersection with Durham Street. To the left "no go" has been spray-painted on the Copthorne Hotel. A red sticker has been placed above this, indicating that the building is unsafe to enter.
A photograph of the damaged Canterbury Provincial Council buildings supported by steel bracing and shipping containers.
Detail of building rubble, road cones and bits of furniture that have been left in an empty site on the corner of Armagh and Durham Street.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Heritage materials from the Provincial Council Chambers, removed from the building, and stored in a shipping container".
A photograph of members of the Wellington Emergency Management Office entering the foyer of the Crowne Plaza Hotel. Debris from above is scattered over the floor around them.
A photograph of a cabinet which has toppled on the ground floor of the Crowne Plaza Hotel. The ground and furniture is also covered in plaster from above.
A photograph of members of the Wellington Emergency Management Office entering the foyer of the Crowne Plaza Hotel. Debris from above is scattered over the floor around them.
A photograph of flooding in the car park in the basement of the Copthorne Hotel. Several cars parked in the car park are submerged in the water.
The Canterbury Provincial Council buildings on Durham Street. The word "Clear" has been spray painted on one section of the building in pink spray paint.
A cordon check point on Durham Street. The demolition site was a building that housed Laycock Collision Repairs. The Christchurch Casino can be seen in the background.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "People at the cordon on the corner of Durham and St Asaph Street, soldiers watching by. In the background is the Environment Court building at 83 Armagh Street, formerly the Canterbury Society of Arts. This building was added to the CERA demolitions list on 5 March 2012".
A photograph of the earthquake damage to a beam inside the basement of the Copthorne Hotel. A section of the concrete beam has crumbled to reveal the steel reinforcement underneath.
Detail of building rubble, road cones and bits of furniture that have been left in an empty site on the corner of Armagh and Durham Street. A digger sits in the background.
A photograph of the entrance of the Crowne Plaza Hotel taken from inside the hotel. The front windows have smashed, the glass scattering across the courtyard and foyer. Sections of the ceiling have collapsed, the panels fallen onto the floor in front of the rotating doors.
Aerial footage of Christchurch recorded the day after the 22 February 2011 earthquake. The footage shows damage to the Smith City car park, the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, the CTV Building, the PGC Building, the Durham Street Methodist Church, the Lyttelton Timeball Station, the roads alongside the Avon River, and the ChristChurch Cathedral. It also shows New Zealand Army road blocks outside the hospital, crushed buses on Colombo Street, a Royal New Zealand Navy vessel in Lyttelton Harbour, rock fall on the Summit Road, collapsed cliffs in Sumner and Redcliffs, tents set up in a park, flooding in New Brighton, and liquefaction in QEII Park.
A photograph of members of the Wellington Emergency Management Office examining earthquake damage on the outside of the Copthorne Hotel. A section of the outer wall has broken away, and pieces are scattered onto the footpath below.
A photograph of members of the Wellington Emergency Management Office examining the car park in the basement of the Copthorne Hotel. The car park has flooded, and water has risen to where they are standing.
A photograph looking into the basement of the Copthorne Hotel. Rolls of carpet and chairs are sitting in a pool of water. To the left there is damage to one of the concrete beams. A section of the concrete has crumbled, exposing the steel reinforcement underneath.
A photograph of a member of the Wellington Emergency Management Office on the ground floor of the Crowne Plaza Hotel. Sections of the ceiling and plaster dust have fallen onto the ground and there is a large crack in the wall to the right.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the Canterbury Provincial Chambers. The top section of the building has crumbled, taking the scaffolding with it. Wire fencing has been placed around the building as a cordon.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the Canterbury Provincial Chambers. The top section of the building has crumbled, the masonry spilling onto the footpath. Wire fencing has been placed around the building as a cordon.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Damaged pavement in the alley between the Salvation Army Citadel and the Crowne Plaza on Durham Street. The paving tiles have separated in a pattern reminiscent of a zip".