The destruction of the Royal Hotel on the corner of Norwich Quay and Canterbury Street.
The damaged Chateau Blanc Suites Apartment Hotel at the corner of Kilmore and Montreal Streets.
A photograph of earthquake damage above a window of the Lancaster Hotel on Ferry Road.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to details of the Lancaster Hotel on Ferry Road.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Hotel Grand Chancellor car park now demolished, Cashel Street".
The spire of the ChristChurch cathedral, reflected in the windows of the Millennium hotel.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "View from HSBC Tower".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Crowne Plaza from the cordon".
A photograph of a demolition site on Gloucester Street".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Workers checking out Novotel - such a surprise to see people in a building!".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "London Street showing the cleared site of the Empire Hotel".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Rydges Hotel, 170-174 Oxford Terrace viewed from Worcester Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "52 Armagh Street, the former site of Windsor Private Hotel".
The Rolleston Statue with the Bridge of Remembrance and the Hotel Grand Chancellor in the background.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Hotel Grand Chancellor from Worcester Street looking down Tramway Lane".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Hotel Grand Chancellor viewed through the Bridge of Rembrance".
Damaged building on Colombo Street, with the Copthorne Hotel and Forsyth Barr buildings in the background.
Damage to the Lyttelton Hotel on Norwich Quay. The top of the building has crumbled, bringing the roof down with it. Bricks have fallen on the awning and all along the footpath. Wire fencing and road cones have been used to create a cordon around the building.
Damage to the Royal Hotel on the corner of Norwich Quay and Canterbury Street in Lyttelton. The columns next to the windows have cracked, indicating that there is major structural damage to the building. Wire fencing and cones have been used to create a cordon around the building.
An aerial photograph of the central city blocks bounded by Colombo Street, Hereford Street, Cashel Street, and High Street.
A video of a tour through the Christchurch central city Red Zone. The video includes footage of the Hotel Grand Chancellor, Victoria Square, the Forsyth Barr building, Colombo Street, Gloucester Street, Cathedral Square, the BNZ building, Cashel Mall, and the Kathmandu store on High Street.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Pieces of iron fretwork from the entrance to the Warners Hotel carefully laid on the ground in front of the building. Thisshows the careful salvaging which has taken place during the demolistion of many heritage building in order to be able to re-use significant pieces later".
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the Provincial Hotel on the corner of Barbadoes and Cashel Streets. The second storey walls have crumbled, and the bricks have fallen onto the ground below. Scaffolding erected in front of the building is now on a lean. Wire fencing has been placed around the building as a cordon.
A photograph of a member of the Wellington Emergency Management Office Emergency Response Team approaching the Crowne Plaza hotel from Victoria Square. Tape has been draped in front of the stairs as a cordon. Several tiles have come loose in front of the tape.
A photograph of a piece of plywood sitting on top of a pile of bricks from the Carlton Hotel. USAR codes have been spray-painted on the wood. In the foreground, metal fencing, cordon tape and a road cone have been used to cordon off the building.
One landscape colour digital photograph taken on 14 July 2011 showing the demolition of the former Canterbury Hotel on the corner of Norwich Quay and Oxford Street. At the time of demolition the ground floor was occupied by the Magma Gallery. Also visible in the photograph are the Old Post Office, Lyttelton Takeaways (corrugated iron walls) and ...
One landscape colour digital photograph taken on 14 July 2011 showing the demolition of the former Canterbury Hotel on the corner of Norwich Quay and Oxford Street. At the time of demolition the ground floor was occupied by the Magma Gallery. Also visible in the photograph are 'Tin Palace' and a former office building which shows repairs made by...
One landscape colour digital photograph taken on 15 June 2011 showing earthquake damage to the former Canterbury Hotel and adjoining row of shops on Oxford Street. This photograph was taken on Oxford Street and shows the collapsed façade of the row of shops behind safety fencing, the interior of the building is exposed. Shadbolt House is visib...
One landscape colour digital photograph taken on 15 June 2011 showing earthquake damage to the former Canterbury Hotel and adjoining row of shops on Oxford Street. This photograph was taken on Oxford Street and shows the collapsed façade of the row of shops behind safety fencing, the interior of the building is exposed. The design of many older...
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Diggers working at the site of Copthorne Hotel on Durham Street".