A photograph of the south side of High Street, taken from near the intersection of Manchester Street. The outer wall of the top storey of the Stranges Building has collapsed and the rubble has spilled onto the footpath below.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Strange's building, 219 High Street".
A photograph of the earthquake damage to a detail of Stanges Building.
Strange sign when the building it refers to is no longer there. Earthquake damage.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A view looking along High Street towards Cathedral Square. Strange's building can be seen on the left".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The site of Strange's building on the north-west corner of Lichfield and High Streets".
Damage to the Strange's Building on High Street. The stone facade of the upper storey has collapsed onto the awnings below.
Damage to the Strange's Building on High Street. The stone facade of the upper storey has collapsed, exposing the wooden and brick structures beneath.
Damage to the Strange's Building on High Street. The stone facade of the upper storey has collapsed, exposing the wooden and brick structures beneath.
Damage to the Strange's Building on Lichfield Street. The stone facade of the upper storey has collapsed, exposing the wooden and brick structures beneath.
A digitally manipulated image of demolition machinery, with the Hotel So in the background. The photographer comments, "Strange things happen when you use technicolor film".
An aerial photograph of the intersection of High, Lichfield and Manchester Streets. The site of the Strange's building is in the bottom-left quadrant of the photo.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Corner of Lichfield and High Street, viewed from Alice in Videoland".
Spray-painted writing on the side of a car parking building reads "0 cars". The photographer comments, "Strangely and appropriately this graffiti was on a car park. In fact the graffiti was 100% correct as the car park is in the Christchurch earthquake red zone and there should be zero cars now inside it. It may have been put on by an anti car protester or just an indication that the car park is empty. One of the suggestions for the City plan for the rebuilt Christchurch was for a pedestrian and cycle only area, which also fits in with 0 CARS".
A woman takes a photograph over the top of the cordon fence at the east end of Re:Start mall. The photographer comments, "The new temporary city mall has been open in Christchurch now for a week. Buildings damaged in the earthquake have been demolished and replaced with cargo containers to create a new, temporary, Cashel Mall. I visited the mall yesterday and was quite impressed with what they have done. The cargo containers have been nicely converted, brightly painted and smartly branded to create some good looking stores ... You'd think it would be strange to stand where my old office used to be and view these cargo-container-stores, but the reality was that it was so far removed from what used to be there that it was actually quite difficult to make the connection. It was only when straying to the attractive wooden boundary fences and peering over that you're suddenly taken back to the time running right up to, and shortly after, the earthquake".