The base of the tower on the right of this picture has sunk so that the lower course of bricks have disappeared below ground level. The sand you can see is what came bubbling up out of the ground due to liquifaction.
The Edmonds clock tower, on the corner of Madras St and Oxford Tce.
The Edmonds clock tower, on the corner of Madras Street and Oxford Terrace.
A photograph of the bell tower on the roof of St Saviours Church.
The Victoria Clock tower stopped at the time of the 22 February earthquake.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Southern Demolition pull down St Pauls Church Dallington bell tower".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Southern Demolition pull down St Pauls Church Dallington bell tower".
A montage of photographs of the Forsyth Barr building, Clarendon Tower, and Hotel Grand Chancellor.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "New Brighton clock tower showing the time that the earthquake struck".
Damage to Cranmer Courts, formerly the Normal School. The tower has collapsed, exposing interior walls.
Detail of the Edmonds clock tower, on the corner of Madras St and Oxford Tce.
Detail of the Edmonds clock tower, on the corner of Madras St and Oxford Tce.
Clock tower on Victoria St stopped at the time of the 22nd February earthquake.
The clock face on the left is showing the correct time. The clock face on the right stopped at the moment of the big earthquake in CHCH on Sept 4th at 4.25am. It stayed like that for a week until fixed. Interestingly that face has not shown the correct time since.
Workers working on the deconstruction of Clarendon Towers from the corner of Worcester Boulevard and Oxford Terrace.
Clock Tower at old ChCh central Train station (Now movie theatre and science alive activity centre)
Clock Tower at old ChCh central Train station (Now movie theatre and science alive activity centre)
The base of the tower on the right of this picture has sunk about 25cm so that the lower course of bricks have disappeared below ground level. Meanwhile the other end of the building has sunk about 50cm splitting the building into thirds. The sand you can see is what came bubbling up out of the ground due to liquifaction. Unfortunately the build...
Sticky Fingers Restaurant & Bar, on the ground floor of the Clarendon Tower, seen from across from the Avon river.
A view down Worcester Boulevard, with the HSBC Tower on the left and the Harley Building on the right.
Damage to St John the Baptist Church in Latimer Square, where the tower has crumbled revealing the inner structure.
Damage to St John the Baptist Church in Latimer Square, where the tower has crumbled revealing the inner structure.
Clock Tower at old ChCh central Train station (Now movie theatre and science alive activity centre) Cracked.. Badly
Haha! This is the day before Mainzeal (see sign on fence at left) announced they had gone into receivership owing millions to the banks and sub-contractors like Smiths whose equipment is here.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake and demolition destruction in Christchurch CBD. Rydges Hotel, Brannigans building and Clarendon Towers, Oxford Terrace".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Major earthquake hits Christchurch. Clock tower on Victoria Street stopped at the time of the earthquake".
View over the Avon River through some trees. Our City O-Tautahi and the Claredon Tower can be partially seen.
The corner tower of Cranmer Court has crumbled. Cordons have been seen up around the area to divert the traffic.
The corner tower of Cranmer Court has crumbled. Cordons have been seen up around the area to divert the traffic.
The corner tower of Cranmer Court has crumbled. Cordons have been seen up around the area to divert the traffic.