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".
Piles of rubble along Kilmore Street. A digger can be seen in the background as well as a construction worker in a hard hat and high-visibility vest. The rubble has been separated into different piles.
An aerial photograph of the Christchurch central city. The photograph has been captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The central city, with the Majestic Theatre in the centre of the photograph. Lichfield Street runs from bottom left diagonally up the photograph to the top right. The City Council building is prominent in the bottom left corner and Latimer Square in the top left corner".
A photograph of High Street, with the BNZ building in the background.
A photograph of an excavator on a demolition site on High Street.
A photograph of High Street, with the Westpac building in the background.
Workers placing road cones on a newly re-opened stretch of High Street.
A photograph submitted by Jenny to the QuakeStories website. The description reads, "Hereford Street a couple of minutes after the quake. Dust from collapsed buildings visible in the background looking towards High Street.".
A photograph of a member of an emergency management team standing in the middle of the intersection of Manchester, High, and Lichfield Streets. In the background an excavator is sitting on top of a pile of rubble from several earthquake-damaged buildings. Other emergency management personnel are also standing on the corner of High and Manchester Streets. Behind the excavator another excavator is working to clear rubble. To the right there is a block of earthquake-damaged buildings and more building rubble to be cleared.
A photograph of a composting workshop at Agropolis, as part of FESTA 2013. Agropolis is an urban farm on the corner of High Street and Tuam Street. Organic waste from inner-city hospitality businesses is composted and used to grow food.
A photograph of Liv Worsnop of Plant Gang and another person shovelling compost during a composting workshop at Agropolis. Agropolis is an urban farm on the corner of High Street and Tuam Street. The workshop was part of FESTA 2013.
A photograph of the beginnings of a shed at Agropolis. Agropolis is an urban farm on the corner of High Street and Tuam Street. Organic waste from inner-city hospitality businesses is composted and used to grow food.
An aerial photograph of Cathedral Square. Captions added by BeckerFraserPhotos identify the demolition sites of key buildings.
An aerial photograph of the Christchurch central city near Cashel and High Streets. The photograph has been captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The dense collection of buildings surrounding the Hotel Grand Chancellor with the two cranes being used for the demolition. What little of the street is visible running horizontally across the photograph is Hereford Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "New reconstruction where it is planned to add a new ground floor to this basement in Lichfield Street and then build the building".
A photograph of a building facade on High Street supported by shipping containers.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A collapsed building on High Street".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A collapsed building on High Street".
Road cones reflected in the dusty windows of Hanafin's Pharmacy on High Street.
The damaged McKenzie & Willis building on High Street. Scaffolding supports the facade.
A photograph of a man watching the demolition of a building on High Street.
A photograph of damaged buildings on High Street, seen from the Hotel Grand Chancellor.
A photograph of damaged buildings on High Street, seen from the Hotel Grand Chancellor.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "High Street. Sign from C1 Espresso".
Students from the newly opened Avonmore Tertiary Institute sit in the sunshine on High Street.
A sculpture on Poplar Lane visible from High Street after the surrounding buildings were demolished.
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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Demolition site in the foreground, and SOL Square in the background".
An aerial photograph of the Christchurch CBD. The photograph has been captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "This photograph shows the many tall CBD buildings, with the Hotel Grand Chancellor under demolition in the centre of the photograph. The street in the foreground running up the photograph from left to right is Lichfield Street with the old Bus Exchange clearly visible".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The reflection in the puddle and the sign with the words 'Just passing through' adds poignancy to this muddy and otherwise desolate scene".