Ruth Gardner's Blog 31/03/2011: Day 38 - inside the red zone

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An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 31 March 2011 entitled, "Day 38 - inside the red zone".

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Cracks in the brickwork around one of the windows of the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament on Barbadoes Street.

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Inside the Sumner electrical sub-station which was severely damaged by rock fall from the cliffs above during the 22 February 2011 earthquake.

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Inside the Sumner electrical sub-station which was severely damaged by rock fall from the cliffs above during the 22 February 2011 earthquake.

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Detail of damage to a building on Ferry Road. The side walls have partially collapsed, and part of the brick wall is bowing outwards in danger of further collapse.

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Damage to a building on Ferry Road. The side walls have partially collapsed, and bricks are scattered on the ground below. The building is cordoned off with security fencing.

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Damage to a building on Ferry Road. The side walls have partially collapsed, and bricks are scattered on the ground below. The building is cordoned off with security fencing.

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Damage to Weston House on Park Terrace. The front wall of those house has crumbled into the garden below. USAR codes have been spray-painted on the brick wall.

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Damage to a house in Redcliffs. The chimney is still intact, but is leaning away from the house at an extreme angle, and concrete blocks have fallen from the walls.

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Damage to a residential building near Bealey Avenue. The brick frontage has completely collapsed exposing the interior, and the roof is supported by jacks. A red sticker has been placed on the door.

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Damage to a building on Ferry Road. The side walls have partially collapsed, and bricks are scattered on the ground below. The building is cordoned off with security fencing.

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A photograph of a woman digging in the garden of a property with a damaged side fence. In the background, the house next door has its side wall missing.

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A view down Tuam Street. Road cones and cordon fencing have been placed around damaged buildings. In the background is a building where the walls have crumbled, exposing the interior of the building.

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Damage to the Country Theme shop on St Asaph Street. The upper storey of the building has collapsed. The photographer comments, "A bike ride around the CBD. St Asaph St".

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A view down Cashel Mall, which has been cordoned off from the public. Damaged buildings and rubble can be seen down the street. The Grand Chancellor Hotel can be seen in the background.

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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. Looking into Cathedral Square.

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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. Looking into Cathedral Square.

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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. Looking into Cathedral Square.

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A wall on the former site of Piko Wholefoods. A damaged part of the wall is covered with a graffiti paste-up of an elastoplast, with a speech bubble reading, "You poor thing".

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Army and fire service personnel looking on from beside cordon fencing on Kilmore Street as a digger demolishes the Piko Wholefoods building. Behind the fencing is another badly damaged building.

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Damage to the Cathedral. The Cathedral Square Police Station is on the right, and in the background are MFL House (left), the Forsyth Barr building (right) and the Camelot Cathedral Square Hotel (centre).

NZ Raw blog post 12 March 2011 'Earthquake Damage Photos from the Cordon'

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A post on the NZ Raw blog written by Mark Lincoln on 12 March 2011. Mark says, "Took these photos while wandering around the cordon".

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The city cordon on Colombo Street. People are looking into the City red zone from the street cordon. Inside the cordon is a row of damaged buildings the upper storeys have partially collapsed..

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A photograph of a woman digging in the garden of a property with a damaged side fence. In the background, the house next door has its side wall missing.

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People look through the cordon fence at the badly damaged Stone Chamber of the Provincial Council Buildings. The photographer comments, "A bike ride around the CBD. Provincial Chambers, Durham St".

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The intersection on the corner of Colombo and Bealey Avenue. In the background, the demolition site where the Bealey Pharmacy was. A damaged car sits on top of the pile of building rubble.

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Detail of damage to a building on Ferry Road. The side walls have partially collapsed, and part of the brick wall is bowing outwards in danger of further collapse.

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The intersection of Kilmore Street and Fitzgerald Ave. Damaged buildings in the background have been cordoned off with fencing and road cones. Plastic road barriers have been placed to divert the traffic.

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A view down Cashel Mall, which has been cordoned off from the public. Damaged buildings and rubble can be seen down the street. The Westpac building can be seen in the background.

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A photograph of the badly-damaged Press building. The top storey of the building has collapsed into the floor below, and bricks and other rubble have fallen onto the ground below.