
A photograph of Crack'd for Christchurch's partially-constructed armchair artwork. The armchair is on a pallet in Greening the Rubble's workshop. Jonathan Hall has moulded polystyrene, wood, mesh, and concrete over the steel frame to construct the armchair. Two cast-iron bath feet have been attached to the front legs.
A photograph of Crack'd for Christchurch's partially-constructed armchair artwork. The armchair is on a pallet in Greening the Rubble's workshop. Jonathan Hall has moulded polystyrene, wood, mesh, and concrete over the steel frame to construct the armchair. Two cast-iron bath feet have been attached to the front legs.
A photograph of the steel frame of Crack'd for Christchurch's armchair artwork. The frame is on a pallet in the Greening the Rubble workshop. Two cast-iron bath feet have been attached to the front legs. The bottom half of the frame has been covered with mesh, wood, polystyrene, and concrete by Jonathan Hall.
A photograph of the Durham Street Methodist Church on Durham Street. The church has almost completely collapsed and only a small section of the structure is still standing. Masonry and other rubble has spilled onto the footpath and street in front. To the right a plywood sign has been propped against the front fence. USAR codes have been spray-painted on the sign.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to St Paul's-Trinity-Pacific Church on the corner of Cashel and Madras Streets. Large sections of the church have collapsed and the bricks and other rubble have spilled onto the footpath and street in front. Sections of the scaffolding, constructed up the side of the building before the earthquake, have also collapsed.
A photograph of emergency management personnel walking down Manchester Street towards the intersection of High and Lichfield Streets. Many of the buildings on the left side of the road have been damaged by the earthquakes. In the distance rubble from the earthquake-damaged buildings has spilled onto the road. Steel fences have been placed along the footpath to the left.
A photograph of Jonathan Hall, Marie Hudson, and Jenny Cooper in Crack'd for Christchurch's workshop.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "It is August 2013, two and a half years since the big quake. We have a plan, we have a tiny bit of funding, and we have commissioned the chair framework. From left: Jenny Cooper, Marie Hudson, and Jonathan Hall (chair engineer of Greening the Rubble)."
A photograph of the earthquake damage to Munn's the Man store on Armagh Street. The outer wall of the top storey has collapsed, the bricks and other rubble spilling onto the car park below. Wire fences placed around the building have toppled over. Steel bracing has been set up inside the building to hold the roof up.
A photograph looking west down Cashel Street from the intersection of Colombo Street. A member of the New Zealand Police is sitting on an armchair near the intersection. Behind him is a HireQuip generator. Several signs from nearby businesses are on his left and right. In the background there are large piles of rubble from earthquake-damaged buildings on the street.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the Observatory tower at the Christchurch Arts Centre. The top two storeys of the tower collapsed during the 22 February 2011 earthquake and the rubble spilled into the courtyard in front. A digger was used to clear the rubble away from the building. A tarpaulin has been draped over the top of the broken tower and the roof behind.
A photograph looking south down Colombo Street from the intersection of Gloucester Street. In the distance a crane is hanging over Cathedral Square. Below the crane is a pile of rubble from the partially-demolished tower of ChristChurch Cathedral. To the right is a smaller crane and a steel structure which will be used to brace the front of the Cathedral.
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Linwood dairy, demolished March 2011".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Colombo and Brougham Street corner".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Brougham Street".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Linwood dairy, demolished March 2011".
Outdoor seating and the garden outside the Coffee Zone kiosk in Sydenham. This garden was a project supported by Greening the Rubble.
Members of the New Zealand and Chinese Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) teams clearing rubble on the site of the CTV Building.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Gloucester Street - did they find a better pair of shoes in the rubble or the bin?".
Members of the USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) searching through the rubble of a collapsed building in the Christchurch central city.
A house in Richmond being demolished. A crane dumps rubble into a truck. The photographer comments, "The end of 393 River Rd".
A digger and two workers on top of demolition rubble from the Volcano Cafe and Lava Bar on London Street in Lyttelton.
A view of Cashel Street looking through the Bridge of Remembrance. Rubble from a collapsed building can be seen in the distance.
A photograph of a sign advertising brick and rubble removal. The photograph is captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The new advertising, Lyttelton".
A digger and two workers on top of demolition rubble from the Volcano Cafe and Lava Bar on London Street in Lyttelton.
A digger and two workers on top of demolition rubble from the Volcano Cafe and Lava Bar on London Street in Lyttelton.
A photograph of a digger clearing rubble from the site of the Fisher's Building on the corner of Hereford and High Streets.
A photograph of a digger clearing rubble from the site of the Fisher's Building on the corner of Hereford and High Streets.
A house in Richmond being demolished. A crane dumps rubble into a truck. The photographer comments, "The end of 393 River Rd".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A large pile of concrete rubble on the site of Copthorne Hotel on Durham Street".
A member of the Chinese Urban Search and Rescue teamwatching as a digger clears rubble on the site of the CTV Building.