A view down Worcester Street towards Cathedral Square. To the left is the Municipal Chambers Building with steel bracing holding up the front.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake damage in central Christchurch after a 6.3 earthquake which also destroyed The Press Building in Cathedral Square".
A photograph of the partially-deconstructed Hotel Grand Chancellor viewed from Cashel Mall.
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The Chalice in Cathedral Square with a crane and the BNZ building in the background. A pile of rubble can be seen on the left.
The walkway from Cathedral Square, looking down Colombo Street towards The Crossing bus exchange building on the left, and the Ballantynes building on the right.
Christchurch people will be allowed to walk through the heart of the city this weekend for the first time since February's devastating earthquake.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "CERA workers in the red zone".
On this summer’s day in 1906, the ten o’clock morning tram to Sumner is about to depart from outside the Royal Exchange in Cathedral Square. An excursion to Sumner was a popular outing …
Paving stones and building materials piled on the road in Cathedral Square. In the background, the windows of the ANZ building have been boarded up.
A police car next to the Cathedral Square Police Station. In the background are MFL House, the Forsyth Barr building, and the Price Waterhouse Cooper building.
A long-reach excavator on a demolition site in the central city.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Detail of the corner of Government Life Building".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Louis Vuitton Building being demolished, Colombo Street".
A stone cairn that was erected in Cathedral Square during a public protest against the sacking of Environment Canterbury councillors and the appointment of commissioners in their place
Looking down Worcester Boulevard from Cathedral Square. The Claredon Tower is on the right with some windows boarded up and the Grant Thornton building is on the right.
A view down the High Street Mall from Cashel Street, looking towards Colombo Street. Rubble from a collapsed building is visible on the right.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Looking across to the Isaac Theatre Royal from the corner of Cathedral Square. The edge of Warners Hotel on the left".
An aerial photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Central city blocks bounded by Colombo Street, Hereford Street, Cashel Street, and High Streets".
A photograph of salvaged stained-glass windows from the demolished Warners Hotel.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Heritage Apartments with the Millennium Hotel behind".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Site of the old Press Building in Cathedral Square and from left to right, Novatel Hotel, Price Waterhouse Coopers Building, Isaac Theatre Royal (behind the crane), new Press Building, Tramway Junction with the Rendevous Hotel showing above".
A photograph looking east down Worcester Street towards the Regent Theatre. The walls around the dome of the theatre have crumbled, exposing the inside.
A photograph of the ANZ building in Cathedral Square. The windows on the second storey have been boarded up with plywood, and shattered glass is visible on the paving outside.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Looking from Gloucester Street across the demolition site of the Coachman towards the Heritage Hotel in Cathedral Square with Hotel Grand Chancellor (left background)".
Church bells toll and thousands stand in silence to commemorate the Christchurch earthquake. Petrol prices go up, but the quake damaged city is spared and what was found under a statue in Cathedral Square?