Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Cathedral".
A photograph of damaged buildings, captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Lichfield Street".
A photograph of an excavator parked on a demolition site on Hereford Street.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Rydges Hotel on Oxford Terrace".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The partially-demolished Hotel Grand Chancellor".
A photograph of wooden bracing on an earthquake-damaged building on Tuam Street.
A photograph of shipping containers supporting the facade of the Excelsior Hotel on Manchester Street.
A photograph of shipping containers supporting the facade of the Excelsior Hotel on Manchester Street.
A video of journalist Charlie Gates introducing the 2012 World Buskers Festival. Gates revisits the performance venues for the festival in the Christchurch central city to show how the city has changed since the 2010 and 2011 earthquakes.
A video of an address by Antony Gough, Managing Director of Hereford Holdings Ltd, at the 2014 Seismics and the City forum. This talk was part of the Building Opportunities section, and explored commercial development opportunities in Central Christchurch, the constraints, and what needs to be done.
An aerial photograph looking north-west over the central city with Phillipstown in the lower corner and Fitzgerald Avenue running diagonally in the upper left.
When the earthquake demolished Christchurch's central business district, some business owners had no option but to pack up and start again in a different city.
Cracking in the brickwork of an archway on Manchester Street. This type of cracking was common in the Central City after the 4 September earthquake.
A photograph of the NewstalkZB building. The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "Looking down Oxford Terrace, River Avon to right, towards Central City".
A photograph of a map of the Christchurch central city. Greed, red, and yellow dots have been used to indicate the status of inspected buildings
A photograph taken inside an office in the Christchurch central city. Documents have fallen off many of the desks and are lying on the floor.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Our City, O-Tautahi (former Municipal Chambers) on Worcester Street".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Materials salvaged from Our City, O-Tautahi on pallets out front".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The City Council building in Tuam Street viewed from the top of the BNZ building in Cathedral Square".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Our City, O-Tautahi (former Municipal Chambers) on Worcester Street".
A photograph of a plaque dedicate to those who lost their lives in City Mall during the earthquake of 22 February 2011. The plague is located under a tree in Re:START mall.
20131228_6787_1D3-82 Twelve Days of Christmas (part 2) The NG building on Madras Street was given the go ahead to repair earthquake damage, which the owners did at some expense, Now, the government want this land to build a central city stadium, so there is a protest on the windows set to the Christmas song the Twelve Days of Christmas. 12 mi...
20131228_6786_1D3-97 Twelve Days of Christmas (part 1) The NG building on Madras Street was given the go ahead to repair earthquake damage, which the owners did at some expense, Now, the government want this land to build a central city stadium, so there is a protest on the windows set to the Christmas song the Twelve Days of Christmas. 12 mi...
Appendix Two to the submission of the then New Zealand Historical Places Trust to the Canterbury Earthquakes Royal Commission. The appendix is titled, "Damage to Significant Buildings in Central Christchurch (as at 13 October 2011)".
A PDF copy of pages 28-29 of the book Christchurch: The Transitional City Pt IV. The pages document the transitional project 'Infogap'. Photos: Barnaby Bennett
The decontamination area inside the city cordon. The area was set up after the 22 February 2011 earthquake in order to decontaminate equipment used in Operation Christchurch Quake.
Warwick Isaacs is director of planning and transition for Civil Defence and as such has issued demolition orders for 128 buildings, 37 in the city. Gerry Brownlee has chosen the Government's 'demolition man' Warwick Isaacs to head the rebuild of central Christchurch. The buildings were damaged in the earthquakes of 2010 and 2011. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
A photograph of the Salvation Army building on Durham Street.
A photograph of the earthquake-damaged Christ Church Cathedral.
A photograph of an earthquake-damaged brick building, with demolition equipment in the foreground.