BeckerFraserPhotos November 2011 photograph 064

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Looking east from 788 Colombo Street (back to Victoria Square) across the site of the Allen McLean Building".

WEMO ERT Set 3 - February 2011 - Photograph 186

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A photograph of a member of the Wellington Emergency Management Office Emergency Response Team approaching the Crowne Plaza hotel from Victoria Square. Tape has been draped in front of the stairs as a cordon. Several tiles have come loose in front of the tape.

BeckerFraserPhotos December 2011 photograph 0315

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An aerial photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Victoria Park, the Town Hall and Convention Centre, Crowne Plaza Hotel, the Copthorne Hotel and the Casino".

BeckerFraserPhotos May 2011 photograph 0880

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "90 Armagh Street - this building and the Victoria Square Apartments next door (on the left) are leaning in opposite directions because of liquefaction".

WEMO ERT Set 1 - March 2011 - Photograph 92

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A photograph of the Crowne Plaza looking north from Hamish Hay Bridge. Liquefaction covers the courtyard in the foreground.

BeckerFraserPhotos December 2011 photograph 0313

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An aerial photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Victoria Square is at the centre of this picture with its green lawns and trees. The bare patch of earth in front s the demolition sites of the Allan McLean building, the Oxford on Avon, and Plunket House. The contract to demolish the Crowne Plaza Hotel has been let, while the fate of the Town Hall is still undecided. The Convention Centre is coming down. On the very bottom, slightly to the right is the Medlab building which is also to be demolished. In the bottom left corner is the PWC building which is also to be demolished".

BeckerFraserPhotos December 2011 photograph 0303

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An aerial photograph of the Farmers car park on Gloucester Street with Victoria Park to the north and the Canterbury Provincial Council Chambers to the west.

BeckerFraserPhotos December 2011 photograph 0320

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An aerial photograph of the Christchurch central city. The photograph has been captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "This photograph shows nearly all of the CBD. The two streets which are prominent in this photograph are Manchester Street on the left and Colombo Street on the right of the photograph. This photograph is from the north, looking towards the southern part of the city. Cathedral Square is about half way up, towards the right. It shows the extent of demolition that has happened already close to the river and near the Manchester/Gloucester Street intersection where there is a lot of bare land surrounding Radio Network House".

BeckerFraserPhotos October 2011 photograph 362

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Ferrier Fountain against a backdrop of broken steps and spring growth".

BeckerFraserPhotos December 2011 photograph 2062

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A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The intersection of Colombo and Armagh Streets, looking north west".

BeckerFraserPhotos October 2011 photograph 639

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Looking from north east to south west across the CBD".

BeckerFraserPhotos December 2011 photograph 0273

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An aerial photograph of the Christchurch Art Gallery, Christchurch City Council Civic Offices and surrounding buildings.

BeckerFraserPhotos December 2011 photograph 0168

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A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Fissure on the banks of the River Avon near the site of the demolished Plunket House".

BeckerFraserPhotos October 2011 photograph 632

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "CBD from Armagh Street to Cashel Street with the cathedral in the centre".

BeckerFraserPhotos September 2011 photograph 553

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "214 Oxford Terrace. This building was integral with the one on the north-east corner of Colombo and Armagh Streets".

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An aerial photograph of the Copthorne Hotel on Colombo Street. The photograph has been captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "When the PricewaterhouseCoopers building is demolished, the Copthorne Central Hotel will be alone on the block".

48 hour design challenge Team SoLA: 160 Gloucester Street

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The 48hr Design Challenge, run by the Christchurch City Council and held at Lincoln University, provided an opportunity for Council to gain inspiration from the design and architecture industry, while testing the draft Central City Plan currently being developed. The Challenge was a response to the recent earthquakes in Christchurch and brought together local and international talent. A total of 15 teams took part in the Challenge, with seven people in each including engineers, planners, urban designers, architects and landscape architects, as well as one student on each team. The four sites within the Red Zone included the Cathedral Square and BNZ Building; 160 Gloucester Street; the Orion NZ Building at 203 Gloucester Street; and 90 Armagh Street, including the Avon River and Victoria Square. The fifth site, which sits outside the Red Zone, is the former Christchurch Women’s Hospital at 885 Colombo Street. This is team SoLA's entry for 160 Gloucester Street.

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An aerial photograph of the Copthorne Hotel on Colombo Street. The photograph has been captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "When the PricewaterhouseCoopers building is demolished, the Copthorne Central Hotel will be alone on the block. Oxford on the Avon and Plunket House are also gone from Oxford Terrace, and on the other side of the river is the demolition site of the PGC building where 18 people died".