A view after the 6.3 magnitude earthquake in Christchurch 22 February 2011. Corner of Barbadoes and Kilmore Streets. So sad to see history die - both buildings and business.
Ryan Reynolds from Gap Filler at the opening of the Think Differently Book Exchange.
An aerial photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Town Hall and Convention Centre".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Crowne Plaza Hotel".
People listening to a reading at the site of the Think Differently Book Exchange.
People listening to a reading at the site of the Think Differently Book Exchange.
A digitally manipulated image of three arched windows in a damaged stone building.
An aerial photograph of the Crowne Plaza Hotel.
People listening to a reading at the site of the Think Differently Book Exchange.
People listening to a reading at the site of the Think Differently Book Exchange.
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Army and fire service personnel looking on from beside cordon fencing on Kilmore Street as a digger demolishes the Piko Wholefoods building. Behind the fencing is another badly damaged building.
A map showing the location of sites for a design competition to be judged by Prince Charles.
A graphic illustrating a comment by Dame Kiri Te Kanawa about the Christchurch Town Hall.
The Think Differently Book Exchange fridge, now decorated with paper cut outs and filled with books.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Crowne Plaza Hotel in the process of de-construction".
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The partially demolished Crown Plaza Hotel on the corner of Durham and Kilmore Streets. A crowd of people can be seen out front, watching a long-reach excavator demolishing the building.
Pomeroy's Brewery Inn on Kilmore Street viewed across the Avon River. The bar is green stickered meaning it safe to enter. As a brick building in this condition is fairly rare.
The intersection of Kilmore Street and Fitzgerald Ave. Damaged buildings in the background have been cordoned off with fencing and road cones. Plastic road barriers have been placed to divert the traffic.
The intersection of Kilmore Street and Fitzgerald Ave. Damaged buildings in the background have been cordoned off with fencing and road cones. Plastic road barriers have been placed to divert the traffic.
A photograph of a garden area on the former site of Piko Wholefoods.
A photograph of a garden area on the former site of Piko Wholefoods.
An aerial photograph of the Peterborough Apartments on the corner of Peterborough and Montreal Streets.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to a section of the ceiling of the Crowne Plaza Hotel.