A view down Colombo Street of a team of Fire Service and Search and Rescue personnel using a crane to check the Forsyth Barr building for people trapped by the 22 February 2011 earthquake. Behind them the broken tower of the Christ Church Cathedral can be seen.
A video of a tour through the Christchurch central city Red Zone. The video includes footage of Victoria Square, the Town Hall, Oxford Terrace, Armagh Street, New Regent Street, Gloucester Street, Colombo Street, and Cathedral Square. It also includes footage of excavators demolishing the ChristChurch Cathedral.
A photograph of High Street, looking south east from the Colombo Street intersection.
A photograph of High Street, looking south-west from the Colombo Street intersection.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Copthorne Hotel on Colombo Street".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Copthorne Hotel on Colombo Street".
A photograph of High Street, looking south east from the Colombo Street intersection.
A photograph of High Street, looking south east from the Colombo Street intersection.
A photograph of High Street, looking south-west from the Colombo Street intersection.
Close up of damage to the City Court Motel building on Colombo Street.
A photograph of High Street, looking south-west from the Colombo Street intersection.
A photograph of an earthquake-damaged building on the corner of Colombo Street and St Asaph Street. The walls of the top storey of the building have crumbled, and bricks and other rubble have fallen onto the footpath and road below. In the background are many other earthquake-damaged buildings. Wire fencing and police tape have been placed across the street as a cordon.
A photograph looking south down Colombo Street from the intersection of Gloucester Street. In the distance a crane is hanging over Cathedral Square. Below the crane is a pile of rubble from the partially-demolished tower of ChristChurch Cathedral. To the right is a smaller crane and a steel structure which will be used to brace the front of the Cathedral.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to Café Valentino on Colombo Street. The façade of the closest section of the building has collapsed and the bricks have spilled onto the awning below. The same section of the awning has broken under the weight of the bricks and is resting against the ground. Bricks and other rubble cover the other sections of the awning and have spilled onto the footpath and street in the distance.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Looking in through a broken window of the Oxford On Avon, Colombo Street. It's really hard to see here in a 2 dimensional photo, but the floor has been pushed up into a huge mound about 60cm high".
A digger on the site of a demolished building on Colombo Street. Looking south towards the Square.
The growing permanence and sophistication of Christchurch, is evident in this photograph of Lichfield Street. Taken by the Burton Brother’s, the photograph shows us that the little frontier …
A colour photograph of a digger beside the rubble of the former Union Centre Building, with the Colombo Street Copthorne Hotel in the background.
An aerial photograph of the Copthorne Hotel on Colombo Street. The photograph has been captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "When the PricewaterhouseCoopers building is demolished, the Copthorne Central Hotel will be alone on the block".
813 Colombo Street looking south-ish, near the corner of Peterborough Street.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Every building in this street has been hard hit - and the trees".
A photograph of two people walking across the intersection of Colombo and Gloucester Streets.
A pile of bricks, mortar, concrete and rusty metal constituting the remains of Beckenham Baptist Church on Colombo Street. A white sign has been erected outside the church reading, "Our church is still meeting. Please join us on Sunday. We gather in the youth hall, access is from #7 Percival St. (Turn left on Tennyson then left again on Percival)".
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the south-west corner of the former Press Building.
The Office Max store at the corner of Colombo Street and Peterborough Street is closed and boarded up.
A photograph of a detail of the TSB Bank Building on the corner of Colombo and Hereford Street.
A photograph of a detail of the TSB Bank Building on the corner of Colombo and Hereford Street.
A photograph of a detail of the TSB Bank Building on the corner of Colombo and Hereford Street.
Windows of the Souvenir Store on the corner of Colombo Street and Gloucester Street have been boarded up.
Colombo Street looking south towards the Port Hills, taken from near the corner of Saint Asaph Street.