A photograph of a car on a pile of rubble from a demolished building on the corner of Bealey Avenue and Colombo Street.
A digital copy of a pen and ink and watercolour painting by Raymond Morris, titled, 'TSB Building, corner Colombo and Hereford Streets'.
A digital copy of a pen and ink and watercolour painting by Raymond Morris, titled, 'Ascot TV Building, Colombo and Wordsworth Streets'.
Painted lines and planters on Colombo Street, seen through the cordon fence. The decorations were part of a Christchurch City Council Transitional City project, in preparation for Colombo Street's re-opening.
Painted lines and planters on Colombo Street, seen through the cordon fence. The decorations were part of a Christchurch City Council Transitional City project, in preparation for Colombo Street's re-opening.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "78 Colombo Street. Demolition workers hand some salvaged pieces of the historic home over the fence".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Chloe's Bar, Oxford on Avon - viewed from Oxford Terrace, 794 Colombo Street".
An aerial photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "High, Colombo, and Hereford Streets intersection".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "658 Colombo Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "690 Colombo Street".
The September Canterbury earthquake. These pictures were taken of Colombo Street in Sydenham. A lot of masonry in this area has been damaged/fallen down. Angus Donaldson copy service. This has moved down the road on Colombo Street. It is now sharing the premises with Penny Lane Records. Note: these photos were taken on a cellphone; mind the qu...
The seating and garden area outside the Coffee Zone shack on Colombo Street. This is a Gap Filler space and the garden has been put together by Greening the Rubble.
A satirical sign for Tui Beer on the side of a bar in Sydenham reading, "Earthquake? We closed for renovations. Yeah right. Tui".
A colourful table outside the Coffee Zone kiosk in Sydenham.
Outdoor seating and the garden outside the Coffee Zone kiosk in Sydenham. This garden was a project supported by Greening the Rubble.
The path between two shipping container structures in Sydenham, leading to a colourful gate.
Plant beds made out of corrugated iron, greening the empty building sites along Colombo Street. These were placed here by Greening the Rubble, a community project in Christchurch to create temporary public parks and gardens on the sites of demolished buildings.
Coffee Zone, a cafe in a shack on a Gap Filler site in Sydenham.
A cascade of hanging baskets outside the Coffee Zone kiosk.
Shipping containers on the sites of demolished buildings in Sydenham.
A sign describing Gap Filler's temporary office in Sydenham.
The Gap Filler headquarters on a vacant lot on Colombo Street in Sydenham. Wheelbarrows full of new plants decorate the outside area. In the background is a mural with a poem reading, "The things which I have seen I now can see no more".
Lego bricks on the corner of the Coffee Zone kiosk. A hole has been left for a cable to pass through.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Cashel Mall to Cathedral Square walkway".
A blackboard on the side of the Coffee Zone shack in Sydenham with the opening hours and mobile number for text orders.
Workers eat lunch at an outdoor table next to the Gap Filler Community Chess Set on Colombo Street. The Chess Set was a collaboration between Gap Filler and students at the University of Canterbury. The project aimed to restore the iconic Christchurch Chess Set that used to be played in Cathedral Square.
Lego bricks in the cracks between the wooden planks of the Coffee Zone kiosk.
Moira Fraser talks to a staff member at Coffee Zone, a cafe in a shack on a Gap Filler site in Sydenham.
Moira Fraser talking to the staff at the Coffee Zone, a cafe in a shack on a Gap Filler site in Sydenham.
A photograph looking west down Armagh Street towards the intersection with Colombo Street. In the background, a crane is parked on the road next to the Forsyth Barr Building. In the foreground, the pavement has risen near the tram tracks.