
A photograph looking west down Worcester Street towards the ChristChurch Cathedral. Fences surrounding damaged buildings and rubble can be seen in the distance.
File reference: CCL-2012-02-22- IMG_9639 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
File reference: CCL-2012-02-22-IMG_96624 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
File reference: CCL-2012-02-22-IMG_9638 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Merivale".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Merivale".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Merivale".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Cathedral".
Scaffolding that has been constructed on the Manchester Street face of the Octagon Live Restaurant (formerly Trinity Church), which is being repaired. Masonry has fallen from one of the building's gables, and the resultant gap has been weather proofed with plywood and a tarpaulin. The site has been enclosed in a safety fence that cuts off one lane of the road.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Merivale".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "St Mary's Edgeware. Earthquake 4th of September 2010".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "St Mary's Edgeware. Earthquake 4th of September 2010".
Unreinforced masonry churches in New Zealand, similarly to everywhere else in the word have proven to be highly vulnerable to earthquakes, because of their particular construction features. The Canterbury (New Zealand) earthquake sequence, 2010-2011 caused an invaluable loss of local architectural heritage and of churches, as regrettably, some of them were demolished instead of being repaired. It is critical for New Zealand to advance the data collection, research and understanding pertaining to the seismic performance and protection of church buildings, with the aim to:
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Former Trinity Congregational Church to be retained and rebuilt".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Octagon Live (formerly Trinity Congregational Church), 124 Worcester Street (corner of Manchester Street)".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Christ Church Cathedral with pallets of stone from the demolished tower ready to be stored".
A photograph of a sign post in Cathedral Square. A large pile of rubble lies next to the badly-damaged ChristChurch cathedral in the background.
A photograph looking east down Worcester Street from near the Regent Theatre. The badly-damaged ChristChurch Cathedral can be seen in the distance.
Damage to St John the Baptist Church in Latimer Square. The tower has collapsed, exposing its structure. The building's roof has been weather proofed with plywood.
Damage to St John the Baptist Church in Latimer Square. The tower has collapsed, exposing its structure. The building's roof has been weather proofed with plywood.
Bracing made of steel beams and concrete blocks that has been applied to the wall of St John the Baptist Church in Latimer Square.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Knox Church showing the diagonal cracking in the brick work by the front door".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Our Lady Star of the Sea, Catholic Church in Menzies Street, Sumner".
Stonework from St John's Anglican Church where it fell during the 4 September earthquake. It is October and the daffodils have almost died.
A photograph of fallen bricks at St. Luke's Anglican Church.
A photograph of Christ Church Cathedral, seen from Worcester Street.
A photograph of the front of the Richmond Methodist Church.
A photograph of the door of the Richmond Methodist Church.
A photograph of the door of the Richmond Methodist Church.
A photograph of salvaged building materials stacked behind Knox Church.