A mural on the corner of Peterborough Street and Colombo Street reads "Isn't it wonderful that nobody need waste a single moment to improve the world".
The demolition site of the Methodist Church on the corner of Colombo and Brougham Street in Sydenham. Wire fencing has been placed around the site with a sign that reads, "Property of the Sydenham Heritage Trust".
A public walkway down Colombo Street to a viewing area in the Cathedral Square was opened up for a few weekends to allow the public to see inside the Red Zone. The Chalice sculpture and the Cathedral in Cathedral Square.
The September Canterbury earthquake. These buildings have since been demolished. Note: these photos were taken on a cellphone; mind the quality.
The September Canterbury earthquake. These buildings have since been demolished. Note: these photos were taken on a cellphone; mind the quality.
The September Canterbury earthquake. These buildings have since been demolished. Note: these photos were taken on a cellphone; mind the quality.
An aerial photograph looking south over the Christchurch CBD centred on Colombo Street. The Town Hall and beginnings of Gap Filler's Pallet Pavilion can be seen to the bottom left.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "214 Oxford Terrace. This building was integral with the one on the north-east corner of Colombo and Armagh Streets".
A view towards Cathedral Square from the corner of Hereford Street and High Street.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "CERA workers in the red zone".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Man in green snake skin shoes - Gough the Property Investor. Looking towards Southwark Street and Colombo Street".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Man in green snake skin shoes - Gough the Property Investor. Looking towards Southwark Street and Colombo Street".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Man in green snake skin shoes - Gough the Property Investor. Looking towards Southwark Street and Colombo Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Queen Victoria statue gazing at a digger on Colombo Street from her pedestal in Victoria Square".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Man in green snake skin shoes - Gough the Property Investor. Looking towards Southwark Street and Colombo Street".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Man in green snake skin shoes - Gough the Property Investor. Looking towards Southwark Street and Colombo Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Looking east along Armagh Street from Colombo Street. The PricewaterhouseCoopers building can be seen under demolition".
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.
A crane hanging over Oxford Terrace photographed from Cambridge looking south down Colombo. To the right is the Forsyth Barr Building, and the corner of the Copthorne Hotel is also visible on the left.
A photograph of workers spraying down a building that is being demolished. The photograph is captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "753-757 Colombo Street".
A photograph of workers spraying down a building that is being demolished. The photograph is captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "753-757 Colombo Street".
Colombo Street south from the Moorhouse Avenue overbridge. Plastic and wire fencing has been used to cordon off damaged buildings and make a path for cars.
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.
An aerial photograph looking south west over Armagh Street, with the Forsyth Barr Building and Victoria Apartments to the left, and Victoria Park to the right.
A photograph of street art on the wall of a building in Sydenham. The artwork is signed by 'Morpork'.
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".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "111 Gloucester Street, formerly the site of the MFL Building".
An aerial photograph of Armagh Street near New Regent Street with the Forsyth Barr building to the left.
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.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "One of the Army personnel who staff the cordon and check people and vehicles travelling in and out of the cordon standing in front of one of the cordon huts".