WEMO ERT Set 1 - March 2011 - Photograph 134

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A photograph of the earthquake damage to a building on Hereford Street. A column on the right side of the building has snapped and the side wall has pulled away from the building. USAR codes have been spray-painted on one of the windows on the bottom storey. In the foreground there is a police car.

New Zealand Defence Force photograph 466

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Members of the Chinese Urban Search and Rescue team wearing face masks and safety goggles while working on the site of the CTV Building. In the background, a member of the New Zealand Urban Search and Rescue guides a digger.

New Zealand Defence Force photograph 686

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The Ground Culinary Centre on the corner of London and Canterbury Streets. One of the side walls has crumbled, bricks lying on the footpath where they fell. Tape and cones have been used to create a cordon around the building.

Heritage versus demolition in Christchurch

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Anna Crighton, Chairperson, Canterbury Earthquake Heritage Building Trust Board.

Photograph of Piko Wholefoods, 359 Barbadoes Street (11)

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A photograph of a window of Piko Wholefoods on Barbadoes Street. A red sticker has been taped to the window, indicating that the building is unsafe to enter.

Photograph of 100 Bealey Avenue (6)

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A photograph of 100 Bealey Avenue. USAR codes can be seen spray painted on the front fence. A yellow sticker in the window indicates that entry to the building is restricted.

Photograph of 178 Ferry Road (1)

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A photograph of the sign next to the entrance of the Lancaster Hotel on Ferry Road. A red sticker on the door indicates that the building is unsafe to enter.

Fairfax Video, May 2011 (5)

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A video of an interview with Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee and Frank Delli Cicchi, the Grand Central Group Australian and New Zealand general manager, about the demolition of the Hotel Grand Chancellor. The Grand Chancellor is the tallest building in Christchurch, and was severely damaged during the 22 February 2011 earthquake. Fletcher Construction have been chosen to demolish the building.

Fairfax Video, February 2011 (1)

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A video of an interview with Mayor Bob Parker, recorded at the Civil Defence Headquarters in the Christchurch Art Gallery on the evening of the 22 February 2011. Parker talks about the fatalities and damage caused by the 22 February 2011 earthquake.

Christchurch Press Image: Richard Cosgrove, 2011:02:22 12:42:32

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake damage in central Christchurch after a 6.3 earthquake which destroyed The Press Building in Cathedral Square".

Christchurch Press Image: Richard Cosgrove, 2011:02:22 12:41:39

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake damage in central Christchurch after a 6.3 earthquake which destroyed the Press Building in Cathedral Square".

Christchurch Press Image: Richard Cosgrove, 2011:02:22 12:37:52

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake damage in central Christchurch after a 6.3 earthquake which destroyed The Press Building in Cathedral Square".

Christchurch Press Image: Kirk Hargreaves 2011:03:09 11:28:19

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Structural bracing being placed on the Our City building while a statue of Robert Scott lies face down".

Fairfax Video, March 2011 (5)

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A video of business owners outside the Christchurch Art Gallery protesting the lack of access to their buildings in the Red Zone.

Christchurch Press Image: Richard Cosgrove, 2011:02:22 12:36:04

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake damage in central Christchurch after a 6.3 earthquake which destroyed the Press Building in Cathedral Square".

Christchurch Press Image: Iain McGregor, 2011:02:22 04:55:35

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake damage in central Christchurch after a 6.3 earthquake. Workers are trapped in the Forsyth Barr building".

BeckerFraserPhotos February 2011 photograph 200

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A view across New Regent Street to several businesses. One of the building's verandahs has been propped up with steel bracing.

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A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The construction of a new building on the corner of Colombo and Kilmore Streets".

Performance of masonry buildings during the 2010/2011 Canterbury earthquak…

Research papers, The University of Auckland Library

Unreinforced masonry (URM) buildings have repeatedly been shown to perform poorly in large magnitude earthquakes, with both New Zealand and Australia having a history of past earthquakes that have resulted in fatalities due to collapsed URM buildings. A comparison is presented here of the URM building stock and the seismic vulnerability of Christchurch and Adelaide in order to demonstrate the relevance to Australian cities of observations in Christchurch resulting from the 2010/2011 Canterbury earthquake swarm. It is shown that the materials, architecture and hence earthquake strength of URM buildings in both countries is comparable and that Adelaide and other cities of Australia have seismic vulnerability sufficient to cause major damage to their URM buildings should a design level earthquake occur. Such an earthquake is expected to cause major building damage, and fatalities should be expected.

More damage to risky buildings in centre of Christchurch

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The Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority's manager of demolitions, Warwick Isaacs.

BeckerFraserPhotos December 2011 photograph 0355

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An aerial photograph of Cathedral Square with the sites of demolished buildings visible.

The Bank of New Zealand, corner of Cathedral Square, Hereford and Colombo …

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The impressive Bank of New Zealand building occupied a large corner of Cathedral Square and junction of Hereford and Colombo Streets. The Bank of New Zealand was first established in Auckland in 18…

BeckerFraserPhotos December 2011 photograph 0274

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An aerial photograph of Cathedral Square. The photograph has been captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Central city blocks bounded by Colombo Street, Hereford Street, Cashel Street and High Streets".

Canterbury Earthquake - Pip Ramby

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Pip Ramby was rescued from the top floor of the Canterbury televison building.

BeckerFraserPhotos September 2011 photograph 266

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "From Worcester Street looking north across The Press site to the Isaac Theatre Royal and the PricewaterhouseCoopers building in the distance".

Christchurch Press Image: Richard Cosgrove, 2011:02:22 12:41:39

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake damage in central Christchurch after a 6.3 earthquake which also destroyed The Press Building in Cathedral Square".

Christchurch Press Image: Richard Cosgrove, 2011:02:22 12:42:01

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake damage in central Christchurch after a 6.3 earthquake which also destroyed The Press Building in Cathedral Square".

Christchurch Press Image: Iain McGregor, 2011:02:23 00:57:58

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Damage from the February 22nd earthquake in Christchurch. PGG-Wrightson building on Cambridge Terrace where people are trapped".

Christchurch Press Image: Richard Cosgrove, 2011:02:22 12:51:18

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake damage in central Christchurch after a 6.3 earthquake which also destroyed The Press Building in Cathedral Square".

Christchurch Press Image: Richard Cosgrove, 2011:02:22 14:03:57

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake damage in central Christchurch after a 6.3 earthquake. Multi-story building collapsed in Cambridge Terrace, 36 trapped".