Alfred Preece’s Cyclists’ Exchange, Cashel and Colombo Street Corner

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Alfred Ernest Lyttelton Preece was born in Christchurch, the only son of Hannah and Thomas, who ran a auctioneering and produce business. Hannah and Thomas, a native of Worcester, had come to New Z…

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Detail of the TimeZone window on Colombo Street. On it are posters from pre-quake, and damage is evident by the faded pink batts seen through the window. Damage to buildings across the street are also reflected in the window.

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An aerial photograph of the central city blocks bounded by Colombo Street, Hereford Street, Cashel Street, and High Street.

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Members of the community at the opening of Wayne Youle's mural, 'I Seem to Have Temporarily Misplaced My Sense of Humour'.

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Members of the community at the opening of Wayne Youle's mural, 'I Seem to Have Temporarily Misplaced My Sense of Humour'.

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Members of the community at the opening of Wayne Youle's mural, 'I Seem to Have Temporarily Misplaced My Sense of Humour'.

Edwardian and Elegant Working Class Sydenham c.1912

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Marking Time in Sydenham In 1912, the impressive Sydenham Post Office stood as a sentinel on the busy corner of Colombo and Brougham Streets. It was a huge post office which served a large communit…

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "CERA workers in the red zone".

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "214 Oxford Terrace. This building was integral with the one on the north-east corner of Colombo and Armagh Streets".

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A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Man in green snake skin shoes - Gough the Property Investor. Looking towards Southwark Street and Colombo Street".

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A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Man in green snake skin shoes - Gough the Property Investor. Looking towards Southwark Street and Colombo Street".

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A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Man in green snake skin shoes - Gough the Property Investor. Looking towards Southwark Street and Colombo Street".

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A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Man in green snake skin shoes - Gough the Property Investor. Looking towards Southwark Street and Colombo Street".

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A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Man in green snake skin shoes - Gough the Property Investor. Looking towards Southwark Street and Colombo Street".

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For the first time in November 2011, Christchurch residents finally had the opportunity to see the earthquake-damaged city centre on the Red Zone bus tours organised by CERA. Looking down the new Re:Start Mall as the bus goes down Colombo Street.

Community Chess Photograph 1

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A photograph of a man and a child laying concrete at the site of the Gap Filler Community Chess project.

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A view of Colombo Street, looking north from Kilmore Street. Many of the buildings on the left side have been demolished, and on the right they are badly damaged. Piles of gravel have been heaped on the side of the road.

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A photograph of workers spraying down a building that is being demolished. The photograph is captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "753-757 Colombo Street".

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A photograph of workers spraying down a building that is being demolished. The photograph is captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "753-757 Colombo Street".

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A photograph looking east down Lichfield Street from behind a cordon. Scaffolding erected around a building has collapsed during the 22 February 2011 earthquake and fallen onto the road.

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A graffiti-style advertisement for the NZ Police on the side of a building on Colombo Street, showing a police officer comforting a frightened woman. Text reads "You too can do something extraordinary. Become a cop".

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An aerial photograph of Armagh Street near New Regent Street with the Forsyth Barr building to the left.

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A photograph of a man with a cast on his arm resting on a car in the car park of the Bealey 24 Hour Surgery.

Forgotten Street Art

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Graffiti on a damaged building on Colombo Street. The photographer comments, "This street art has been unseen by the general Christchurch population as it was off limits in the Red Zone".

Christchurch Press Image: Carys Monteath, 2011:02:23 07:07:06

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Damage from the February 22nd earthquake in Christchurch. View north on Colombo Street in Sydenham. Damaged shops and cars".

Christchurch Press Image: Carys Monteath, 2011:02:23 07:07:20

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Damage from the February 22nd earthquake in Christchurch. View north on Colombo Street in Sydenham. Damaged shops and cars".

Christchurch Press Image: Carys Monteath, 2011:02:23 07:07:00

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Damage from the February 22nd earthquake in Christchurch. View north on Colombo Street in Sydenham. Damaged shops and cars".

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A worker clad in protective gear is dwarfed by the big trucks and diggers working on the demolition site of the building on the corner of Gloucester and Colombo Streets".

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Laying shingle to protect the tram lines in Cashel Mall (looking west)".

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Cambridge Terrace, near the Colombo Street Bridge. The melancholy air of this stretch of the river bank matches the sombre tone of the PGC site just across the road, where 18 people died".