Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Remaining crushed concrete rubble on the site of the Hotel Grand Chancellor, Cashel Street".
The Canterbury earthquake's Royal Commission has heard that the Hotel Grand Chancellor was checked for earthquake damage - and cleared for use four times prior to the February 22nd earthquake.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "An unusual perspective on the partially-demolished Hotel Grand Chancellor. Taken from the top of the BNZ building".
A photograph looking north down Manchester Street. Coloured shipping containers are stacked on the corner of Lichfield Street and the Grand Chancellor building can be seen in the distance.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Remaining crushed concrete rubble on the site of the Hotel Grand Chancellor, Cashel Street. Te Waipounamu in the background (to be demolished)".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The rear of Te Waipounamu on Hereford Street viewed from over the rubble of the Hotel Grand Chancellor in Cashel Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A digger is casually parked between the planters on Cashel Street, just along from the mall".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Hotel Grand Chancellor".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Hotel Grand Chancellor".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Hotel Grand Chancellor".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "High Street with the remains of the Hotel Grand Chancellor and the Holiday Inn and Westpac building (both under demolition)".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "High Street with the remains of the Hotel Grand Chancellor and the Holiday Inn and Westpac building (both under demolition). Manchester Street on the left".
A photograph showing the Glassons building with the partly deconstructed Hotel Grand Chancellor beyond.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The east side of the Hotel Grand Chancellor".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Hotel Grand Chancellor, taken from Hereford Street".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Hotel Grand Chancellor behind the Heritage Apartments".
A photograph of damaged buildings in the central city.
A photograph of damaged buildings in the central city.
A photograph of excavators clearing rubble on High Street. In the background is the partially-deconstructed Hotel Grand Chancellor.
The Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Canterbury Earthquakes will today begin to examine the failure of the building that's come to symbolise the damage to the central city.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The side view of the All Seasons Hotel which used to be obscured by the Hotel Grand Chancellor".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Three diggers artfully arranged at the Hotel Grand Chancellor site, aka Mummy Bear, Daddy Bear and Little Bear".
Aerial footage of the Christchurch central city. The video includes footage of the Hotel Grand Chancellor, the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, Manchester Street, the former Press Building, Worcester Street, Cathedral Square, St Elmo Courts, Cashel Mall, St John the Baptist Church hall, the Regent Theatre, the Arts Centre, Woolsack Lane, and the Farmers car park.
An aerial photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "High, Colombo, and Hereford Streets intersection".
An aerial photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "High, Lichfield, and Manchester Streets intersection".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A view of High Street, looking across Cashel Street towards Te Waipounamu in Hereford Street with the huge pile of concrete rubble from the Hotel Grand Chancellor".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A view from the BNZ building, looking south down High Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The view from the top of Alice in Videoland".
A blog post from US Ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa, David Huebner, titled, "Tim Manning Remembers February 22nd".
A photograph taken from the top of the BNZ building. The photograph is captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Finally, the mess outside Coffee Culture on High Street has been cleared and demolition work will complete what the earthquake began. The red containers in the background are Fletchers containers, servicing the Hotel Grand Chancellor deconstruction".