Badly damaged in both the September and February quakes and over 6000 aftershocks the Point Pleasant yacht club had started to sink into the Avon estuary before being demolished in July 2011 after the June 6.3 earthquake
A photograph looking south down Madras Street towards Latimer Square. Remains of a partially-demolished building can be seen on the right.
A photograph looking south down Colombo Street from near the Cashel Street intersection. Rubbish skips line the right side of the road.
A photograph looking south down Chancery Lane from Gloucester Street. Shops on either side are closed and dead leaves litter the footpath.
A photograph looking south down Chancery Lane from Gloucester Street. Shops on either side are closed and dead leaves litter the footpath.
An aerial photograph looking south-east over Cathedral Square with Rydges Hotel in the bottom centre, and the site of Clarendon Towers.
A photograph of damaged buildings. The photograph is captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A view of the south side of Lichfield Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Looking from north-east to south-west across the Arts Centre, Christ's College and Hagley Park".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Crossing on the south-east corner of Cashel and Colombo Streets (formally Beath's department store)".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Long summer grass surrounds the fallen stone on the south side of ChristChurch Cathedral".
A photograph of damaged buildings. The photograph is captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A view of the south side of Lichfield Street".
Liv Kivi sitting outside the UC QuakeBox container in New Brighton. The container was parked south of the New Brighton Library.
A digital photograph in PDF format with caption, of two spectators watching a Red Zoned home be demolished. Image looking south-west.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Holiday Inn Hotel on the south-east corner of High and Cashel Streets, under deconstruction".
A photograph of damaged buildings. The photograph is captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A view of the south side of Lichfield Street".
A photograph looking south down Montreal Street, taken from the intersection of Worcester Street. In the distance, the street has been cordoned off.
A photograph looking south-east down High Street towards the intersection of Madras Street. The road has been cordoned off with wire fencing.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Eleven merged images of Christchurch looking south from the roof of the Ibis Hotel in Hereford Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The south-west corner of Lichfield and Manchester Streets with the site of Reuben Blades Hairdressing School".
A photograph submitted by Ross Williamson to the QuakeStories website. The description reads, "Halberg Street looking south, liquefaction carted out from properties".
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.
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.