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William Potter Townend owned Townend’s Chemist and Druggist Store in the Crystal Palace Building on Colombo Street, at the corner with what was Chester Street and across the road from the Oxf…

Fairfax Video, February 2011 (5)

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A video of the Christchurch central city recorded shortly after the 22 February 2011 earthquake. In the video, Press reporter Olivia Carville describes the experiences of people within the central city. There is also footage of a woman being rescued from the ChristChurch Cathedral, people trapped in the Press building, damaged buildings on Colombo Street and Manchester Street, people evacuating the Forsyth Barr building using a rope, and people gathering in Latimer Square.

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A photograph of the earthquake-damaged buildings and rubble on Colombo Street near the intersection of St Asaph Street. The walls of the top storey of the buildings to the left have crumbled, and bricks and other rubble have fallen onto the footpath and road below. Wire fencing and police tape have been placed across the street as a cordon. An excavator from Daniel Smith Industries Ltd is parked in front of the fence.

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A photograph of the earthquake damage to the Montgomery's Building on the corner of Colombo and Tuam Streets. Large sections of the façade have collapsed, exposing the inside of the building. The bricks and other rubble have mostly been cleared from the footpath and street in front. Wire fences have been placed around the building as a cordon. In the distance there is a large pile of bricks on a property where another building has collapsed.

Digger on the site of the former Union Centre Building

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A colour photograph of a digger beside the rubble of the former Union Centre Building, with the Colombo Street Copthorne Hotel in the background.

Christchurch Press Image: Carys Monteath, 2011:02:23 07:07:06

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Damage from the February 22nd earthquake in Christchurch. View north on Colombo Street in Sydenham. Damaged shops and cars".

Christchurch Press Image: Carys Monteath, 2011:02:23 07:07:20

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Damage from the February 22nd earthquake in Christchurch. View north on Colombo Street in Sydenham. Damaged shops and cars".

Christchurch Press Image: Carys Monteath, 2011:02:23 07:03:49

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Damage from the February 22nd earthquake in Christchurch. Damaged stone church on the corner of Colombo and Brougham Streets".

Christchurch Press Image: Carys Monteath, 2011:02:23 07:01:16

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Damage from the February 22nd earthquake in Christchurch. Damaged stone church on the corner of Colombo and Brougham Streets".

Christchurch Press Image: Carys Monteath, 2011:02:23 07:07:00

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Damage from the February 22nd earthquake in Christchurch. View north on Colombo Street in Sydenham. Damaged shops and cars".

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A photograph looking east down Hereford Street from the intersection of Colombo Street. The badly-damaged Fisher's building can be seen on the right.

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A view down the High Street Mall from Cashel Street, looking towards Colombo Street. Rubble from a collapsed building is visible on the right.

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A view down the High Street Mall from Cashel Street, looking towards Colombo Street. Rubble from a collapsed building is visible on the right.

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A photograph of workers spraying down a building that is being demolished. The photograph is captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "753-757 Colombo Street".

Christchurch Press Image: Carys Monteath, 2011:02:23 07:02:29

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Damage from the February 22nd earthquake in Christchurch. Damaged stone church on the corner of Colombo and Brougham Streets".

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A photograph of workers spraying down a building that is being demolished. The photograph is captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "753-757 Colombo Street".

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A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The MFL building on the corner of Gloucester and Colombo Streets which is being prepared for demoliton".

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A photograph of a digger on a pile of rubble. The photograph is captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The corner of Tuam and Colombo Streets".

Photograph of Gap Filler project 12 (12)

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Wayne Youle and volunteers painting his mural, 'I Seem to Have Temporarily Misplaced My Sense of Humour'.

Photograph of Gap Filler project 12 (13)

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Wayne Youle and volunteers painting his mural, 'I Seem to Have Temporarily Misplaced My Sense of Humour'.

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The entrance to TimeZone on Colombo Street with the door on the left boarded up, and damage to buildings across the street reflected in the window.

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Army personnel inside the city cordon on Colombo Street. In the background is a row of damaged buildings where the walls have crumbled on to the footpath.

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Intersection of Colombo and St Asaph Street, where road cones have been placed on the road to divert traffic from a demolition site in the background.

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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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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Laying shingle to protect the tram lines in Cashel Mall (looking west)".

Photograph of Gap Filler project 12 (11)

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Wayne Youle on a cherry picker, painting his mural, 'I Seem to Have Temporarily Misplaced My Sense of Humour'.

Photograph of Gap Filler project 12 (10)

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A house and spanners painted on Wayne Youle's mural, 'I Seem to Have Temporarily Misplaced My Sense of Humour'.

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Forsyth Barr building and Copthorne Central".

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A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A view looking into the central city from the banks of the River Avon just below the Colombo Street bridge".

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Lots of work going on in Cashel Mall including laying shingle to protect tram lines".