Two workers look on as a long reach excavator demolishes the Crowne Plaza Hotel. The photographer comments, "The Crowne Plaza Hotel being demolished".
The gutted and partially demolished Crowne Plaza Hotel viewed from Victoria Park.
View of the former Corpthorne Hotel at the intersection of Victoria, Durham and Kilmore Street, seen from Victoria Street.
A photograph of workers repairing the Rendezvous Hotel. The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "Central city, from Manchester Street".
A photograph of workers repairing the Rendezvous Hotel. The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "Central city, from Manchester Street".
A photograph of workers repairing the Rendezvous Hotel. The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "Central city, from Manchester Street".
A photograph of the damaged Hotel Grand Chancellor on Cashel Street taken shortly after the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
Two workers look on as a long reach excavator demolishes the Crowne Plaza Hotel. The photographer comments, "The Crowne Plaza Hotel being demolished".
Two workers look on as a long reach excavator demolishes the Crowne Plaza Hotel. The photographer comments, "The Crowne Plaza Hotel being demolished".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Looking south along Tramway Lane and Tattersalls Lane with the Hotel Grand Chancellor at the end (note the concrete truck delivering concrete being pumped into the ground floor of the hotel)".
A photograph taken from the top of the BNZ building. The photograph is captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A group of people on top of the Millennium Hotel with the Pacific tower to the left of the photo".
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 time-lapse video of New Regent Street, taken from The Press building, which accidentally captured the collapse of the Copthorne Hotel. A cloud of dust from the collapsing building can be seen in the top of the video. The hotel collapsed while it was being demolished.
A photograph of the partially-collapsed Winnie Bagoes building on Colombo Street, with the Copthorne Hotel to the left.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Copthorne Hotel reflected in the Avon River".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The site of Warners Hotel at 36-50 Cathedral Square".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Cathedral".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The site of Warners Hotel at 36-50 Cathedral Square".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The demolition of the Grand Chancellor Hotel from Cashel Street near Colombo Street".
A photograph of a worker repairing the Rendezvous Hotel. The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "Central city, from Manchester Street".
A digital copy of a pen and ink and watercolour painting by Raymond Morris, titled, 'Carlton Hotel, Bealey Avenue'.
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 3 October 2012 entitled, "Hopeful Hotel".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Hotel Grand Chancellor car park with steel casing to stabilise a collapsed column".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The leaning Grand Chancellor Hotel viewed over shops along Manchester Street".
A crane on London Street in Lyttelton, lifting a platform outside the Empire Hotel.
A crane on London Street in Lyttelton, lifting a platform outside the Empire Hotel.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Heritage Hotel, old Government Buildings (Ministry of Works), Cathedral Square".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Warners Hotel entrance iron work, Cathedral Square".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Hotel Grand Chancellor, Cashel Street".