Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Christchurch Club, Worcester Street".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "St Joseph The Worker Catholic Church, Lyttelton".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "St Joseph The Worker Catholic Church, Lyttelton".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Knox Church, viewed from Victoria Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Christ Church Cathedral".
A view of the Worcester Street bridge from across the Avon River. In the background, the Our City O-Tautahi building is surrounded by scaffolding and bracing, the Rydges building behind.
The badly damaged Cranmer Courts Building on the corner of Montreal and Kilmore Streets . The front window and archway has crumbled, rubble and debris littering the footpath below.
The Manchester Courts building was a heritage building located in central Christchurch (New Zealand) that was damaged in the Mw 7.1 Darfield earthquake on 4 September 2010 and subsequently demolished as a risk reduction exercise. Because the building was heritage listed, the decision to demolish the building resulted in strong objections from heritage supporters who were of the opinion that the building had sufficient residual strength to survive possible aftershock earthquakes. On 22 February 2011 Christchurch was struck by a severe aftershock, leading to the question of whether building demolition had proven to be the correct risk reduction strategy. Finite element analysis was used to undertake a performance-based assessment, validating the accuracy of the model using the damage observed in the building before its collapse. In addition, soil-structure interaction was introduced into the research due to the comparatively low shear wave velocity of the soil. The demolition of a landmark heritage building was a tragedy that Christchurch will never recover from, but the decision was made considering safety, societal, economic and psychological aspects in order to protect the city and its citizens. The analytical results suggest that the Manchester Courts building would have collapsed during the 2011 Christchurch earthquake, and that the collapse of the building would have resulted in significant fatalities.
A photograph of the exposed side of the McKenzie & Willis building.
A photograph of the exposed side of the McKenzie & Willis building.
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Repertory Theatre, Kilmore Street. Earthquake 4th of September 2010".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Above the Bus Exchange, 71-75 Lichfield Street".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Repertory Theatre, Kilmore Street. Earthquake 4th of September 2010".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Repertory Theatre, Kilmore Street. Earthquake 4th of September 2010".
A photograph of the Heritage Hotel, taken from the site of a demolished building on Manchester Street.
An aerial photograph of the historic BNZ building on Williams Street in Kaiapoi.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Knowlescourt, a heritage house on Papanui Road, under demolition".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Knox Church, corner of Bealey Avenue and Victoria Street".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The former Trinity Congregational Church on Worcester Street".
The sign of the badly damaged Knox Presbyterian Church on the corner of Bealey Avenue and Victoria Street. The brickwork from the gable above has crumbled, exposing the inside of the building.
The south wall of Knox Presbyterian Church. The brickwork around the gables has crumbled into the street below, exposing the wooden bracing underneath. Wire fencing has been placed around the building to keep people away.
The door of Knox Presbyterian Church on Bealey Avenue. A red sticker has been taped to the door, indicating that the building is unsafe to enter. USAR codes have also been spray painted below.
The south wall of Knox Presbyterian Church. The brickwork around the gables has crumbled into the street below, exposing the wooden bracing underneath. Wire fencing has been placed around the building to keep people away.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "This building labelled Poplar Crescent was one of a group of buildings paid for by Thomas Edmonds and was initially used to store band instruments when the Edmonds Rotunda was used for band concerts. Cambridge Terrace".
Damaged retail stores on Cashel Street.
A photograph of the former Trinity Church. The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "Central city, from Manchester Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Typical damage caused to the Peterborough Apartments when the underground car park rose 40 cm".
A photograph of the former Trinity Church. The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "Central city, from Manchester Street".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Mattisons Pub, old Crown Hotel. Moorhouse Avenue. Earthquake 4th of September 2010".
A photograph of ribbons hanging from a cordon fence on Cashel Street. The ribbons were placed in protest at the proposed demolition of the Christ Church Cathedral.