
A section of the Cranmer Courts, facing Kilmore Street. Several windows have been broken and much of the cornice has fallen off. The apex of the roof has been reinforced with timber bracing.
A view down Manchester Street looking north from Tuam Street. To the left is Peaches and Cream with bracing above the windows and in the distance collapsed buildings can be seen.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The west wall of the Christ Church Cathedral where the rose window fell during the 23 December 2011 earthquake. Steel bracing has been used to hold up the front of the church".
Signs on the front window of the Union Centre Building on Armagh Street. The three signs read, "Danger, live wires", "Restricted Use", and "Danger, your building has a yellow placard, do not enter".
A photograph of a Christmas message written on the wall of a house at Cannon Hill Crescent in Mt Pleasant. Paper Christmas decorations have been stuck on the window above the wall.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to a house in Christchurch. A view through the window reveals that the side wall has crumbled. A pile of bricks can be seen in the car port.
Scaffolding and bracing on stores in New Regent Street. Plywood has been used to cover up the damaged windows. In front, the paving around the tram tracks has separated in places and liquefaction can be seen.
A photograph of an earthquake damaged house in Christchurch. USAR codes have been spray painted on the front wall. A red sticker in the window indicates that the building is unsafe to enter.
For the first time in November 2011, Christchurch residents finally had the opportunity to see the earthquake-damaged city centre on the Red Zone bus tours organised by CERA. Damage to the Odeon Theatre can be seen out the window.
For the first time in November 2011, Christchurch residents finally had the opportunity to see the earthquake-damaged city centre on the Red Zone bus tours organised by CERA. Damage to the Odeon Theatre can be seen out the window.
For the first time in November 2011, Christchurch residents finally had the opportunity to see the earthquake-damaged city centre on the Red Zone bus tours organised by CERA. Damage to buildings on Cashel Street can be seen out the window.
A photograph of cracks in the back of St Elmo Courts. The cracks have formed between the windows both horizontally and vertically. Scaffolding has been constructed on the side nearest the street.
An residential property at 7 Waygreen Avenue in New Brighton. The section and footpath is overgrown with weeds and silt from liquefaction. A green sticker on the front window can be seen through the trees.
Bob Brown's Hi-Fi on the corner of Armagh and Manchester Streets. Many of the windows have broken and tape and road cones have been placed around the building as a cordon.
A section of the Cranmer Courts, facing Kilmore Street. Several windows have been broken and much of the cornice has fallen off. The apex of the roof has been reinforced with timber bracing.
A photograph of volunteers from the Wellington Emergency Management Office checking in at the Crowne Plaza on Kilmore Street. In the background, a broken window has been boarded up with plywood.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "25 Seabreeze Close, Bexley. View through the window shows the crack in the floor slab, and a pile of silt in the corner of the room".
A photograph of the front door of the O-Cha Thai Cuisine restaurant in the former Canterbury Times Building on Gloucester Street. USAR codes have been spray-painted on one of the windows.
A photograph of a member of the Wellington Emergency Management Office Emergency Response Team taking photograph through a car window. In the distance is the earthquake-damaged tower of the ChristChurch Cathedral.
A photograph of a stepladder resting on a wall. Artwork on the wall shows kowhai flowers and other native plants. There are broken windows on the wall to the side of the ladder.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Octagon Live Restaurant (formerly Trinity Congregational Church) on the corner of Worcester and Manchester Streets".
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.
A woman looking in though the window of an empty house on Avonside Drive. The overgrown lawn indicates that the house has been unoccupied for some time as a result of the 4 September 2010 earthquake.
Yellow stickers on the window of 164 Victoria Street. The sticker on the left readings, "Danger, your building has a yellow placard, do not enter". The sticker on the right indicates that the building is restricted to essential business.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The light shines through these stained glass windows in ChristChurch Cathedral in a way that used to be seen only from the inside of the Cathedral".
The north-west corner of the Cranmer Courts on Montreal Street. Wooden bracing has been placed against the brickwork near the window to hold it together. In front, a street light has been knocked on a lean by the earthquake.
Windows of the Durham Street Methodist Church that have been braced and weather proofed with timber. The plaster around them is badly cracked, and a section has fallen away, revealing the brick work underneath.
Structural damage to St Elmo Courts with diagonal cracks between the windows of the building. These cracks show that there has been rocking of the masonry piers which means there is no vertical reinforcement provided in the walls.
A photograph of an earthquake-damaged house in Christchurch. The walls on the side of the house have crumbled and the bricks have damaged the fence. A red sticker on the front window indicates that the building is unsafe to enter.
A photograph of an earthquake-damaged house in Christchurch. The bricks on the side of the house have crumbled and damaged the fence. A red sticker on the front window indicates that the building is unsafe to enter.