A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The corner of Victoria Street and Kilmore Streets, overlooking the demolition site of the Copthorne Hotel on Durham Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "CBD. Looking north along Manchester Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Colombo Street/Cashel Street intersection (north east view)".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "At the end of the day, these workers on the Hotel Grand Chancellor take a ride back to ground".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Clarendon Towers, Rydges Hotel and Municipal Chambers with the River Avon".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "At the end of the day, these workers on the Hotel Grand Chancellor take a ride back to the ground".
A view down the High Street Mall from Cashel Street, looking towards the Port Hills. Rubble from a collapsed building is visible on the right.
The top story of Fuze Restaurant and Cafe is dismantled by construction workers. The building formerly housed the Harbour Board offices, and was built in 1880.
A crane sits beside the damaged Cranmer Courts building. The stone cladding of a gable end of the building has collapsed, exposing the wooden framework beneath. The photographer comments, "A bike ride around the CBD. Cranmer Courts, Montreal St".
A view down Montreal Street where a section of the street has been cordoned off. On the right the Victoria Street clocktower has been blocked off with shipping containers, and a crane is in the front of the Strategy Building.
A photograph of a shipping container suspended from a crane. The photograph is captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The container is being placed against the end of the building being demolished to protect the building beneath it from falling debris".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A view looking west along Worcester Boulevard from Cathedral Square. On the left is the Clarendon Tower, the Rydges Hotel to the right, and the Grant Thornton building".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Cashel Mall looking towards the Whitcoulls site and the BNZ in the distance behind the centre tree".
A digitally manipulated image of a excavator claw tangled with reinforcing cable, with a damaged concrete building in the background. The photographer comments, "The monster destroying the earthquake broken buildings close to the Lyttelton tunnel".
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 team of Fire Service and Search and Rescue personnel using a crane to check the Forsyth Barr building for people trapped by the 22 February 2011 earthquake. A sign reading, "Help" has been stuck to a window in the floor below.
The Rolleston Avenue face of the Arts Centre. The building has been cordoned off with wire fencing and road cones. One of the spires has been removed from the building and is resting safely on the footpath. Above, a crane can be seen.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "St John's Church in Hororata is up for an expensive repair bill after it was badly damaged in the September 4 earthquake. Workers check out the damaged tower by crane as they decide where to start saving the church".
A crane dismantles the top storey of Fuze Restaurant and Cafe, which was formerly the Harbour Board Offices building. It was constructed in 1880 from brick and Quail Island stone. It stands on the corner of Oxford Street and Norwich Quay in Lyttelton.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Site of the old Press Building in Cathedral Square and from left to right, Novatel Hotel, Price Waterhouse Coopers Building, Isaac Theatre Royal (behind the crane), new Press Building, Tramway Junction with the Rendevous Hotel showing above".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "St John's Church in Hororata is up for an expensive repair bill after it was badly damaged in the September 4 earthquake. Workers check out the damaged tower by crane as they decide where to start saving the church".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "St John's Church in Hororata is up for an expensive repair bill after it was badly damaged in the September 4 earthquake. Workers check out the damaged tower by crane as they decide where to start saving the church".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "St John's Church in Hororata is up for an expensive repair bill after it was badly damaged in the September 4 earthquake. Workers check out the damaged tower by crane as they decide where to start saving the church".
Colombo Street looking south from Kilmore Street. Wire and concrete fencing has been used as a cordon. In the distance a drill and a crane can be seen, as well as the damaged tower of the Cathedral, the Forsyth Building and the BNZ Building.
A photograph of a cleared building site between Hereford Street and Cashel Street. Part of the site has been fenced off. In the distance there is an excavator behind a partially-demolished brick building, and there is a crane across the road on Hereford Street.
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".
The empty space where the Fishers' Building previously was, on the corner of Litchfield and Hereford Streets. In the background are cranes, and the Holiday Inn building (centre) with the Westpac building on the right. Also on the right is the 'Flour Power' artwork by Regan Gentry.
Demolition underway on the old Government Life building on a walk around the city September 7, 2014 Christchurch New Zealand.
A view down Colombo Street of a team of Fire Service and Search and Rescue personnel using a crane to check the Forsyth Barr building for people trapped by the 22 February 2011 earthquake. Behind them the broken tower of the Christ Church Cathedral can be seen.
Cordon fencing around the Arts Centre on Worcester Boulevard. A man with a hard hats and hi-vis vest on can be. Wooden bracing has been placed on the gable on the tower to limit further earthquake damage. There is a crane sitting inside the fenced area.