A truck on Warden Street in Shirley waits to be loaded with liquefaction silt, which a digger in the background is scraping off the road. The photographer comments, "Liquefaction clean-up".
Damage to TJ's Kazbah in New Brighton. The tower and east end of the building have collapsed onto two parked cars. The photographer comments, "The occupants of the business and rooms all managed to escape alive. A digger was used to make the building safe and then used to sift through the rubble for any surviving belongings. It was a very emotional time for the ex-occupants. The damaged cars were removed before the digger demolished the building".
Damage to the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament. The upper part of the corner structure has collapsed, and the cross on the roof is on a lean.
Damage to the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament. The upper part of the corner structure has collapsed, and the cross on the roof is on a lean.
The destruction of the Ground Culinary Centre on London Street. A digger is sitting on top of a pile of rubble. This site will soon be made into the Lyttelton Petanque Club.
Detail of building rubble, road cones and bits of furniture that have been left in an empty site on the corner of Armagh and Durham Street. A digger sits in the background.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Hotel Grand Chancellor, viewed from Hereford Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Looking west along Hereford Street from the Manchester Street corner".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Community Centre at 141 Hereford Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Deconstruction of National Library Building, corner of Salisbury and Manchester Streets".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Concrete muncher".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Oxford Terrace from Cashel Street (Bridge of Remembrance)".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A view looking into Cathedral Square from Gloucester Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Lichfield car parking building viewed from Madras Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Cashel Mall/Oxford Terrace intersection".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Isaac Theatre Royal in the background".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Community Centre, 141 Hereford Street".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "This mannequin is one of several that move around the CBD appearing in a diverse range of places, here on the monster digger in Hereford Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Cashel Mall/Plymouth Lane".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Demolition site of National Library building, corner of Salisbury and Manchester Streets".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Lichfield Street car parking building, viewed here from Bedford Row".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Our Lady Star of the Sea, Catholic Church in Menzies Street, Sumner".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Large and small excavators on a demolition site on Gloucester Street".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The partially-demolished Hotel Grand Chancellor".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Demolition site of National Library building, corner of Salisbury and Manchester Streets".
A digger clearing rubble from the demolished Strategy House on Montreal Street. Part of the road has been cordoned off with wire fences and the Victoria Clock Tower can be seen in the distance.
A group people walking on the street carrying their luggage, in the days following the February 2011 earthquake. On the street, brick fences have crumbled and a digger can be seen in the background.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Armagh Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The final piece of demolition of 143-151 Worcester Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Aerial view of ChristChurch Cathedral and Cathedral Square".