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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Scaffolding collapsed at the Provincial Council Chamber, Durham Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Corner of Salisbury and Victoria Streets - Greening the Rubble".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Looking north-west along Cashel Mall from 95 Cashel Mall".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Oxford on Avon - viewed from Oxford Terrace, 794 Colombo Street".
A man takes a photograph over the top of the cordon fence by the viewing windows into the Red Zone at the east end of the Re:Start mall.
A man takes a photograph over the top of the cordon fence by the viewing windows into the Red Zone at the east end of the Re:Start mall.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Bexley Road and Waitaki Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "641 Colombo Street - Benson Restaurant No 1".
An entry from Deb Robertson's blog for 3 February 2013 entitled, "This and that...".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Kensington House, 179-187 Manchester Street with Grand Chancellor Hotel behind".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Manchester Street with the cathedral behind and Press Building to the right".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "From Manchester Street looking west along Worcester Street towards the cathedral".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Detail of the windows in Alice in Videoland. The building was designed with permanence and strength in mind and the new owner intends the fit out to have the same feel of permanence. His aspiration is to build the best coffee house in the world and the largest in Christchurch".
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the entrance of a driveway on Glenarm Terrace. A large hole in the foreground has had a road cone placed inside it. Other large cracks and liquefaction can bee seen. A man in overalls has parked his van next to the damage.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Avon River is at this point on Avonside Drive 10 km from the estuary. At high tide the river now overflows its banks showing that the ground has sunk by about 40 cm".
A view down the High Street Mall from Cashel Street, looking towards Colombo Street. Rubble from a collapsed building is visible on the right.
A view down High Street from Cashel Street, looking towards the Port Hills. Rubble from collapsed buildings litters the street.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Training and Development Centre for Christchurch Casino, 338 Durham Street and Vidpro, 340 Durham Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Hotel Grand Chancellor, 165 Cashel Street, has moved sideways into the parking building at 161 Cashel Street".
Detail of damage to the Hotel Grand Chancellor, showing how the building has crushed against the car park structure beside it.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Lift shaft, Radio NZ House, 51 Chester Street West, viewed from Durham Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Chloe's Bar, Oxford on Avon - viewed from Oxford Terrace, 794 Colombo Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Chloe's Bar, Oxford on Avon - viewed from Oxford Terrace, 794 Colombo Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "An aerial view of the city with the River Avon looping towards the sea".
An aerial photograph looking south west over the Christchurch CBD with the Avon River visible to the left and Hagley Park in the distance.