A photograph of the former Trinity Church. The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "Central city, from Manchester Street".
A photograph of the former Trinity Church. The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "Central city, from Manchester Street".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Knox Church from Victoria Street".
A photograph of the Edmonds Clock on Oxford Terrace, protected with plastic wrapping and steel braces.
A photograph of the damaged Durham Street Methodist Church.
A photograph of the damaged Durham Street Methodist Church.
A photograph of the damaged Durham Street Methodist Church.
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Linwood House demolition".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Linwood House demolition".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Crichton Cobbers, Fitzgerald Avenue and Chester Street".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Crichton Cobbers, Fitzgerald Avenue and Chester Street".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Crichton Cobbers, Fitzgerald Avenue and Chester Street".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Crichton Cobbers, Fitzgerald Avenue and Chester Street".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "St Barnabas Church, Fendalton Road".
Damage to retail buildings on High Street. Shops shown include Burgers & Beers, as well as boutique clothing stores Embassy and Plush. All are cordoned off for safety. A collapsed ceiling is visible through the windows above Burgers & Beers.
Damage to a building on Lichfield Street. The parapet has crumbled, and what remains is unstable.
Damage to a building on High Street. Part of the wall has collapsed, exposing the room within.
A photograph of a damaged building in Lyttelton.
A photograph of a damaged building in Lyttelton.
A photograph of a damaged building in Lyttelton.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A view of Saint John the Baptist Anglican Church in Latimer Square. The church hall to the right of the church has been demolished. The empty site in the foreground is where the Arrow International building was before demolition".
Damage to the Christchurch School of Music building. The gable on the building has crumbled and bricks can be seen along the ground.
Damage to a building on Lichfield Street. The parapet is cracked and has pulled away from the adjoining wall.
Cracking in the plaster work of the side wall of a building in the central city. The bricks that make up the wall have shaken apart and are threatening to topple.
In the wake of the Canterbury earthquakes, one of the biggest threats to our heritage buildings is the risk of earthquakes and the associated drive to strengthen or demolish buildings. Can Small Town NZ balance the requirements of the EQPB legislation and economic realities of their places? The government’s priority is on safety of building occupants and citizens in the streets. However, maintaining and strengthening privately-owned heritage buildings is often cost prohibitive. Hence, heritage regulation has frequently been perceived as interfering with private property rights, especially when heritage buildings occupy a special place in the community becoming an important place for people (i.e. public benefits are larger than private). We investigate several case studies where building owners have been given green light to demolish heritage listed buildings to make way for modern developments. In two of the case studies developers provided evidence of unaffordable strengthening costs. A new trend that has emerged is a voluntary offer of contributing to an incentive fund to assist with heritage preservation of other buildings. This is a unique example where private owners offer incentives (via council controlled organisations) instead of it being purely the domain of the central or local governments.
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Rapaki Property Group building".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Rapaki Property Group building".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Rapaki Property Group building".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Rapaki Property Group building".
A photograph of the McKenzie & Willis building supported by steel bracing.