The statue of Queen Victoria overlooks a pile of demolition rubble on Colombo Street.
The damaged Provincial Chambers, seen through the cordon fence.
Temporary covering protecting the Provincial Chambers from further damage.
Protective coverings on the damaged Provincial Chambers.
The Kate Shepard memorial and Our City O-Tautahi seen through the cordon fencing.
Damage to the north side of the Cathedral. A walkway from Gloucester Street to the Square was opened up for a few days to allow the public a closer look at the Cathedral.
Weeds growing around the war memorial in Cathedral Square. A walkway from Gloucester Street to the Square was opened up for a few days to allow the public a closer look at the Cathedral.
People viewing the Cathedral from the walkway from Gloucester Street to the Square that was opened up for a few days to allow the public a closer look.
Damage to the north side of the Cathedral. A walkway from Gloucester Street to the Square was opened up for a few days to allow the public a closer look at the Cathedral.
Community leaders in Christchurch are angry to learn the Earthquake Recovery Authority spent more than three-and-a-half million dollars on communications in the past financial year.
Site of a fund that exists to provide financial assistance to owners of earthquake damaged qualifying heritage buildings so that the buildings can be saved if they are repairable.
The Heritage and Millenium Hotels viewed from a cleared site on Worcester Street.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A digger working on the remains of Gough House with the fragile remains of the wooden heritage building, Shands Emporium (one of Christchurch's oldest retail buildings), still standing on Hereford Street".
The Catholic Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament is a category 1 listed heritage building constructed largely of unreinforced stone masonry, and was significantly damaged in the recent Canterbury earthquakes. The building experienced ground shaking in excess of its capacity leading to block failures and partial collapse of parts of the building, which left the building standing but still posing a significant hazard. In this paper we discuss the approach to securing the building, and the interaction of the structural, heritage and safety demands involved in a dynamic seismic risk environment. We briefly cover the types of failures observed and the behaviour of the structure, and investigate the performance of both strengthened and un-strengthened parts of the building. Seismic strengthening options are investigated at a conceptual level. We draw conclusions as to how the building performed in the earthquakes, comment on the effectiveness of the strengthening and securing work and discuss the potential seismic strengthening methods.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The digger is working on the remains of Gough House, with the fragile remains of the wooden heritage building Shands Emporium (one of Christchurch's oldest retail buildings) still standing on Hereford Street".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Riccarton House".
A photograph of the former Trinity Church. The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "Central city, from Manchester Street".
A photograph of the partly-demolished Sydenham Post Office building.
A photograph of the partly-demolished Sydenham Post Office building.
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Riccarton House".
A photograph of the partly-demolished Sydenham Post Office building.
A photograph of the Heritage Hotel. The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "Central city, from Manchester Street".
A photograph of the former Trinity Church. The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "Central city, from Manchester Street".
A photograph of the partly-demolished Sydenham Post Office building.
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Riccarton House".
A photograph of the partly-demolished Sydenham Post Office building.
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Riccarton House".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Riccarton House".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Riccarton House".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Riccarton House".