Colombo Street looking south towards the Port Hills, taken from near the corner of Saint Asaph Street.
A photograph of a demolition site on the corner of Tuam Street and Colombo Street.
A photograph of a man walking across the intersection of Tuam Street and Colombo Street.
A photograph of a demolition site on the corner of Tuam Street and Colombo Street.
A photograph of a damaged building on the corner of Colombo Street and Tuam Street.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Cashel Mall".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Looking south across Bealey Avenue and between Colombo and Durham Streets towards the CBD".
A photograph of street art on the wall of a building on Colombo Street. The artwork is by Otis Frizzell and depicts police officer Constable Nao Yoshimizu comforting the grieving relative of an earthquake victim. Constable Yoshimizu acted as liaison officer for the families of Japanese victims of the earthquake. The mural was commissioned by the New Zealand Police as a recruitment advertisement.
Shattered glass and boarded up windows on the corner of Colombo Street and Gloucester Street.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Union Centre Building on the corner of Colombo and Armagh Streets".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Armagh Street. The Colombo Street Copthorne Hotel is behind the digger arm".
A damaged building on Colombo Street, near the Tuam Street intersection. The brick facade has collapsed, exposing the wooden structure beneath.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Search and Rescue workers outside the Copthorne Hotel on Colombo Street".
A video of a tour through the Christchurch central city Red Zone. The video includes footage of the cordon checkpoint on Armagh Street, Oxford Terrace, Colombo Street, the Edmond's Band Rotunda, Manchester Street, Gloucester Street, Worcester Street, the Octagon Live restaurant, Hereford Street, Bedford Row, the Hotel Grand Chancellor, and High Street.
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.
A photograph of a woman hanging bunting at Gap Filler's 'Film in the Gap' project.
One of Christchurch’s most well known and successful chemist and druggist shops was on Colombo street and owned by George Bonnington.
A photograph of carved stonework lying on the ground at the corner of High Street, Hereford Street and Colombo Street.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the Montgomery's Building on the corner of Colombo and Tuam Streets. Large sections of the façade have collapsed, exposing the inside of the building. The bricks and other rubble have mostly been cleared from the footpath and street in front. Wire fences have been placed around the building as a cordon. In the distance there is a large pile of bricks on a property where another building has collapsed.
A photograph of carved stonework lying on the ground at the corner of High Street, Hereford Street and Colombo Street.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "New construction on the corner of Colombo and Kilmore Streets".
A photograph of traffic barriers on the corner of Colombo and Tuam Street in central Christchurch.
A video of a tour through the Christchurch central city Red Zone in July 2011. The video includes footage of Colombo Street, Gloucester Street, the ChristChurch Cathedral, Worcester Street, the Press Building, the Whitcoulls Building, Cashel Mall, and High Street. It also includes an interview with Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee.
A photograph of Wharetiki on Colombo Street. A temporary fence made out of wooden slats, plastic netting, and safety tape has been constructed in front of the property. USAR codes have been spray-painted on one of the front windows and a red sticker has been placed on the front door. The red sticker indicates that the building is unsafe to enter.
A photograph of the earthquake-damaged buildings and rubble on Colombo Street near the intersection of St Asaph Street. The walls of the top storey of the buildings to the left have crumbled, and bricks and other rubble have fallen onto the footpath and road below. Wire fencing and police tape have been placed across the street as a cordon. An excavator from Daniel Smith Industries Ltd is parked in front of the fence.
A demolition site on the corner of Welles and Colombo Streets. Road cones have been placed along the street to divert the traffic.
A demolition site on the corner of Welles and Colombo Streets. Road cones have been placed along the street to divert the traffic.
Damage to Bealey Pharmacy on the corner of Bealey Avenue and Colombo Street. The corner of the upper storey has collapsed into the shop below.
Damage to Bealey Pharmacy on the corner of Bealey Avenue and Colombo Street. The corner of the upper storey has collapsed into the shop below.
William Potter Townend owned Townend’s Chemist and Druggist Store in the Crystal Palace Building on Colombo Street, at the corner with what was Chester Street and across the road from the Oxf…