More well known as the Government Life building - too be demolished.
An aerial photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Cathedral Square looking north-west".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The south face of the Grant Thornton building".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Christ Church Cathedral".
The former Government Life building in Christchurch's Cathedral Square will be demolished. On my walk around the city May 21, 2014 Christchurch New Zealand. www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/christch...
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Looking across the demolition site of Brannigans towards Cathedral Square".
Dominating a once simpler Cathedral Square, are the formidable buildings – Government Life Insurance Building, the Grand Theatre, the Crystal Palace Theatre, the Reuters Telegram Company Buil…
A close up of a broken window of the former Government Life building in Cathedral Square.
A close up of a large crack in the former Government Life building in Cathedral Square.
A video of a tour of the Christchurch central city Red Zone. The video includes footage of Cambridge Terrace, the Copthorne Hotel on Colombo Street, Gloucester Street, the Government Life Building in Cathedral Square, the Grant Thornton Building in Cathedral Square, the ChristChurch Cathedral, the new Press Building on Gloucester Street, the Design and Arts College building on Worcester Street, the new Westende Jewellers Building, Hereford Street, the Westpac Trust Building, the BNZ Building, the Holiday Inn, Lichfield Street, High Street, and Cathedral Junction.
Detail of the artwork 'Tony De In The Door (Government Life Building Studio Series' by Mike Hewson. These were installed on damaged buildings, this one being a building opposite the Cranmer Courts.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Cathedral".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Damaged interface between 97 Worcester Street and old Government Life Building".
An aerial photograph looking north-east over Cathedral Square with the Government Life building in the centre.
An aerial photograph of Cathedral Square.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Grant Thornton building at 97 Cathedral Square, and the Government Life building, 69 Cathedral Square, with the empty sites of 53-57 Cathedral Square between".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Grant Thornton building at 97 Cathedral Square, and the Government Life building, 69 Cathedral Square, with the empty sites of 53-57 Cathedral Square between".
Detail of the artwork 'Homage To The Lost Spaces (Government Life Building Studio Series' by Mike Hewson. These were installed on damaged buildings, this one being the Cranmer Courts.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The intersection of Gloucester and Colombo Streets, looking west".
A photograph of an artwork by Mike Hewson. The mural is a reflection of the Government Life building in the background.
A photograph of an artwork by Mike Hewson. The mural is a reflection of the Government Life building in the background.
A photograph of an artwork by Mike Hewson. The mural is a reflection of the Government Life building in the background.
A photograph of an artwork by Mike Hewson. The mural is a reflection of the Government Life building in the background.
A photograph of an artwork by Mike Hewson. The mural is a reflection of the Government Life building in the background.
A photograph of an artwork by Mike Hewson. The mural is a reflection of the Government Life building in the background.
A photograph of an artwork by Mike Hewson. The mural is a reflection of the Government Life building in the background.
A photograph of an artwork by Mike Hewson. The mural is a reflection of the Government Life building in the background.
A photograph of an artwork by Mike Hewson. The mural is a reflection of the Government Life building in the background.
A photograph of an artwork by Mike Hewson. The mural is a reflection of the Government Life building in the background.
A photograph of an artwork by Mike Hewson. The mural is a reflection of the Government Life building in the background.