A photograph of the earthquake damage to a detail of Stanges Building.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the Stranges Building.
A photograph of three windows of the Stranges Building.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to a detail of the Stranges Building.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the Stranges Building.
A photograph of a detail of the Stranges Building.
A photograph of High Street, with the BNZ building in the background.
A photograph of an excavator on a demolition site on High Street.
A photograph of High Street, with the Westpac building in the background.
An aerial photograph of the Christchurch city central. The photograph is captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Provincial Council Chambers in the middle, with Brannigans on the lower left, the Central Library lower middle and the Farmers car park on the lower right".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "New reconstruction where it is planned to add a new ground floor to this basement in Lichfield Street and then build the building".
A photograph submitted by Jenny to the QuakeStories website. The description reads, "Hereford Street a couple of minutes after the quake. Dust from collapsed buildings visible in the background looking towards High Street.".
An aerial photograph of the Christchurch central city. The photograph has been captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The central city, with the Majestic Theatre in the centre of the photograph. Lichfield Street runs from bottom left diagonally up the photograph to the top right. The City Council building is prominent in the bottom left corner and Latimer Square in the top left corner".
A photograph of a member of an emergency management team standing in the middle of the intersection of Manchester, High, and Lichfield Streets. In the background an excavator is sitting on top of a pile of rubble from several earthquake-damaged buildings. Other emergency management personnel are also standing on the corner of High and Manchester Streets. Behind the excavator another excavator is working to clear rubble. To the right there is a block of earthquake-damaged buildings and more building rubble to be cleared.
An aerial photograph of Cathedral Square. Captions added by BeckerFraserPhotos identify the demolition sites of key buildings.
An aerial photograph of the Christchurch central city near Cashel and High Streets. The photograph has been captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The dense collection of buildings surrounding the Hotel Grand Chancellor with the two cranes being used for the demolition. What little of the street is visible running horizontally across the photograph is Hereford Street".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A collapsed building on High Street".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A collapsed building on High Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Demolition site in the foreground, and SOL Square in the background".
A photograph of a man watching the demolition of a building on High Street.
A photograph of damaged buildings on High Street, seen from the Hotel Grand Chancellor.
A photograph of damaged buildings on High Street, seen from the Hotel Grand Chancellor.
An aerial photograph of the Christchurch CBD. The photograph has been captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "This photograph shows the many tall CBD buildings, with the Hotel Grand Chancellor under demolition in the centre of the photograph. The street in the foreground running up the photograph from left to right is Lichfield Street with the old Bus Exchange clearly visible".
An aerial photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Gloucester Street looking west towards Latimer Square. The new Press Building and the Marque/Pacific Towers buildings are at the centre of the photo with the Cathedral in the lower right".
A photograph of a person in a high-visibility vest and hard hat taking a photo of the Craig's Investment Partners House on the corner of Oxford Terrace and Armagh Street.
View through the cordon fence, looking down High Street with the Grand Chancellor in the background.
A crane and truck next to a damaged building behind a cordon fence on High Street in Rangiora.
A crane and truck next to a damaged building behind a cordon fence on High Street in Rangiora.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The corner of Manchester and High Streets".
A photograph of a large trench at the entrance to a street in Christchurch. There is water and liquefaction in the trench. Road cones have been placed around it as a warning. In the background, two personnel from the New Zealand Army are guarding the entrance to the street. They are wearing their army uniforms and high-visibility vests.