A crowd watches a busker perform outside Ballantynes during the World Buskers Festival.
A crowd watches a busker perform outside Ballantynes during the World Buskers Festival.
A crowd watches a busker perform outside Ballantynes during the World Buskers Festival.
A photograph of a photographer standing under the walkway between The Crossing and Ballantynes.
A photograph of Mike Hewson's artwork, 'Deconstruction', on the walkway between Ballantyne's and the former bus exchange building. The photograph is taken from an angle such that the artwork gives the illusion that the walkway is transparent.
A photograph of Mike Hewson's artwork, 'Deconstruction', on the walkway between Ballantyne's and the former bus exchange building. The photograph is taken from beneath the walkway, so that the distorted perspective which enables the illusion can be seen.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "54 Lichfield Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "43 Lichfield Street. Panels fell off the car park of this building and fell to the street below killing a woman sitting in a parked car".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Cashel Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Crossing on Colombo Street with the pedestrian bridge to Ballantynes".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "146 Cashel Street, bridge across Colombo Street to 142 Cashel Street (Ballantynes)".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "146 Cashel Street, bridge across Colombo Street to 142 Cashel Street (Ballantynes)".
A video of people shopping on the opening day of Re:Start Mall. Re:Start Mall is a container mall set up in Cashel Street after the 22 February 2011 earthquake. It is made up of shipping-container shops, with the Ballantynes Department Store reopening as a retail anchor.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Inside Ballantynes, taken with a long lens from the doorway, Colombo Street".
Crowds outside Ballantynes at the opening of the Re:Start mall. The Grand Chancellor is visible in the background.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Inside Ballantynes, taken with a long lens from the doorway, Colombo Street".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Inside Ballantynes, taken with a long lens from the doorway, Colombo Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Cashel Mall Re:Start container mall".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The inside of Ballantynes taken with a long lens from the Colombo Street entrance".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The inside of Ballantynes taken with a long lens from the Colombo Street entrance".
Damage to the rear of the Ballantynes building, seen from Tuam Street. Bricks along the top of the wall have collapsed.
Mike Hewson's installation "Deconstruction" on the walkway between Ballantynes and The Crossing gives the illusion that the walkway has been removed.
A video of Mayor Bob Parker and Prime Minister John Key speaking at the opening of Re:Start Mall which has been set up on Cashel Street after the 22 February 2011 earthquake. Re:Start mall is made up of shipping-container shops, with the Ballantynes Department Store reopening as a retail anchor.
An aerial photograph of the Re:START mall.
Mike Hewson's installation "Deconstruction" on the walkway between Ballantynes and The Crossing. This artwork gives the illusion that the walkway has been removed.
Woolston Brass group getting ready to play at the Re:Start Mall, just outside the Contemporary Lounge, part of the Ballantynes department store.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Tai Tapu Hotel owners Tania Smith and Jacqui Ballantyne have been flat out since the earthquake to get it running again".
Group of people who have cycled in to Re:Start mall. Behind them is the Contemporary Lounge and the Ballantynes department store in the background.
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 vacant demolition site and a crane on Colombo Street. The overhead walkway that runs between the Crossing building and Ballantynes is visible in the background.