Damage to the northwest corner of the Cathedral, with the Millenium Hotel in the background.
The spire of the ChristChurch cathedral, reflected in the windows of the Millennium hotel.
Damage to the Lyttelton Hotel on Norwich Quay. The top of the building has crumbled, bringing the roof down with it. Bricks have fallen on the awning and all along the footpath. Wire fencing and road cones have been used to create a cordon around the building.
Damage to the Royal Hotel on the corner of Norwich Quay and Canterbury Street in Lyttelton. The columns next to the windows have cracked, indicating that there is major structural damage to the building. Wire fencing and cones have been used to create a cordon around the building.
A photograph of Red Cross NZ volunteers putting All Right? corflute signs on cordon fence. Hotel Ibis is in the background. The All Right? corflute signs are from phase 2 of the All Right? campaign, which sought to promote the 'Five Ways To Wellbeing' by asking simple, open-ended questions related to wellbeing.
An aerial photograph of the central city blocks bounded by Colombo Street, Hereford Street, Cashel Street, and High Street.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Pieces of iron fretwork from the entrance to the Warners Hotel carefully laid on the ground in front of the building. Thisshows the careful salvaging which has taken place during the demolistion of many heritage building in order to be able to re-use significant pieces later".
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the Provincial Hotel on the corner of Barbadoes and Cashel Streets. The second storey walls have crumbled, and the bricks have fallen onto the ground below. Scaffolding erected in front of the building is now on a lean. Wire fencing has been placed around the building as a cordon.
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.
A photograph of a piece of plywood sitting on top of a pile of bricks from the Carlton Hotel. USAR codes have been spray-painted on the wood. In the foreground, metal fencing, cordon tape and a road cone have been used to cordon off the building.
A photograph of the site of the Crowne Plaza Hotel on the corner of Kilmore and Durham Streets. The hotel has been demolished into large piles of rubble which two excavators are working to clear. A sign on the cordon fence indicates that the demolition is being carried out by Grant Mackay Demolition Co. and Leigh Construction.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "London Street showing the cleared site of the Empire Hotel".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Rydges Hotel, 170-174 Oxford Terrace viewed from Worcester Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "52 Armagh Street, the former site of Windsor Private Hotel".
The Rolleston Statue with the Bridge of Remembrance and the Hotel Grand Chancellor in the background.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Hotel Grand Chancellor from Worcester Street looking down Tramway Lane".
A photograph of the top part of Hotel Rendezvous, with workers attending to windows at bottom.
A photograph of window details on the Excelsior Hotel, taken after the 4 September 2010 earthquake.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Hotel Grand Chancellor viewed through the Bridge of Rembrance".
Panoramic photograph of Gap Filler's Pallet Pavilion, on the former site of the Crowne Plaza hotel.
Panoramic photograph of Gap Filler's Pallet Pavilion, on the former site of the Crowne Plaza hotel.
Damaged building on Colombo Street, with the Copthorne Hotel and Forsyth Barr buildings in the background.
Exposed side of the Cathedral Junction building, with the Heritage and Millenium Hotels in the background.
The badly-cracked facade of the Empire Hotel in Lyttelton is supported by large steel bracing.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The front wall of the I-Stay Hotel on Cashel Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The front wall of the I-Stay Hotel on Cashel Street".
A photograph of the former main entrance to the Crown Plaza Hotel, showing deconstruction work in progress.
A photograph of the former main entrance to the Crowne Plaza Hotel, showing deconstruction work in progress.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Diggers working at the site of Copthorne Hotel on Durham Street".
A photograph of the former main entrance to the Crowne Plaza Hotel, showing deconstruction work in progress.