A photograph of the partially-demolished Crowne Plaza hotel, seen from Durham Street.
A photograph of the partially-demolished Crowne Plaza hotel, seen from Durham Street.
A photograph of the partially-demolished Crowne Plaza hotel, seen from Durham Street.
A colour photograph of shipping containers stacked in front of the Excelsior Hotel.
A written history of 78 Worcester Street, the Clarendon Hotel and Clarendon Towers.
A photograph of the partially-demolished Crowne Plaza hotel, seen from Durham Street.
A photograph of the partially-demolished Crowne Plaza hotel, seen from Durham Street.
A photograph of the partially-demolished Crowne Plaza hotel, seen from Durham Street.
Damage to the British Hotel on Oxford Street. The top of the building has crumbled bringing the roof down with it. Bricks lay along the footpath where they landed. Wire fencing has been used to create a cordon around the building.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to a stairwell in the Crowne Plaza Hotel on the corner of Kilmore and Durham Streets. Large sections of the concrete wall behind the stair rail have broken away to reveal the steel reinforcement underneath.
Crack repairs on the Rendezvous Hotel in Gloucester Street. Cracks have been injected with epoxy resin using syringes. The epoxy resin leaves a peak around each hole which will be ground down to a smooth surface. The wall will then be repainted. This process actually makes the wall stronger than it was originally.
An aerial photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Colombo Street beginning at the Copthorne on the left and ending just past the Christchurch Cathedral".
A photograph of the site of a demolished building on Gloucester Street, near the intersection of Colombo Street. A Southern Demolition excavator is being used to clear the rubble away. In the background are the Forsyth Barr building, the Copthorne Hotel and the PricewaterhouseCoopers building.
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Grosvenor Hotel reconstruction. Corner of Madras and Moorhouse".
A photograph of damaged buildings on High Street, seen from the Hotel Grand Chancellor.
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Grosvenor Hotel reconstruction. Corner of Madras and Moorhouse".
A photograph of damaged buildings on Cashel Street, seen from the Hotel Grand Chancellor.
A photograph of damaged buildings on High Street, seen from the Hotel Grand Chancellor.
Clarendon Towers. The old facade of the original hotel has separated during the earthquake.
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Grosvenor Hotel reconstruction. Corner of Madras and Moorhouse".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Grosvenor Hotel reconstruction. Corner of Madras and Moorhouse".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Grosvenor Hotel reconstruction. Corner of Madras and Moorhouse".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Grosvenor Hotel reconstruction. Corner of Madras and Moorhouse".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Grosvenor Hotel reconstruction. Corner of Madras and Moorhouse".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Grosvenor Hotel reconstruction. Corner of Madras and Moorhouse".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Grosvenor Hotel reconstruction. Corner of Madras and Moorhouse".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Hotel Grand Chancellor from Tuam Street".
The damaged Carlton Hotel. The parapet and part of the upper storey has collapsed.
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Grosvenor Hotel reconstruction. Corner of Madras and Moorhouse".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Grosvenor Hotel reconstruction. Corner of Madras and Moorhouse".