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People viewing the badly-damaged Catholic Cathedral from behind a wire fence.
A sign on the badly-damaged Knox Presbyterian Church reading, " Fresh, new beginnings. Join us 10am Sunday".
The partially deconstructed Cranmer Centre (formally Christchurch Girls High School) on the corner of Armagh and Montreal Streets.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Majestic Theatre, north-east corner of Manchester and Lichfield Streets".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Sumner Cob Cottage on Main Road in Sumner.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Basement of the Arrow International site, Madras Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Basement of 127 Lichfield Street (The Travel Doctor)".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Concrete muncher".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "ChristChurch Cathedral, Cathedral Square".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "MedLab, Kilmore Street. Photograph taken from Peterborough Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Scaffolding collapsed at the Provincial Council Chamber, Durham Street".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Knox Church viewed from the corner of Bealey Avenue and Victoria Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Corner of Salisbury and Victoria Streets - Greening the Rubble".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Odeon Theatre and Real Groovy, Tuam Street".
The damaged Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament. The tower on the south-west corner of the building has collapsed, and a vehicle has been crushed by the falling stones.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Retour Restaurant in Edmonds Band Rotunda on Cambridge Terrace".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Highlight House, corner Manchester and Cashel Streets".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The remains of the bell tower of ChristChurch Cathedral".
A photograph of salvaged stained-glass windows from the demolished Warners Hotel.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Looking north-west along Cashel Mall from 95 Cashel Mall".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Sumner Cob Cottage on Main Road in Sumner".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Sumner Cob Cottage on Main Road in Sumner".
An aerial photograph of Victoria Square and the surrounding area.
An aerial photograph of High Street with the partially-deconstructed Hotel Grand Chancellor in the centre.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to 68-76 Manchester Street. Red stickers have been taped to the doors, indicating that the building is unsafe to enter.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "St John the Baptist, Latimer Square".
A view down an empty Lichfield Street. A small amount of building rubble still remains around the road, and some street cordons can be seen further down the road.
Mesh fencing around a residential property. A recyling and an organics bin have been used to support the fencing, and inside a pile of building rubble can be seen.