A photograph of a digger demolishing a building. The photograph is captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "96 Gloucester Street".
An excavator being used to demolish a building on London Street in Lyttelton.
An excavator being used to demolish a building on London Street in Lyttelton.
From the time it opened in the 1920s, the Winter Garden ballroom was the place to go for debutante balls and big-band concerts in Christchurch. Queen Elizabeth II even dined there during her visit in 1954. But this special part of Christchurch's history is over and the Armagh Street building has been placed on the urgent demolition list because of earthquake damage. Tiny Kirk is the chairman of the Trade Union Centre which has owned the building since 1984.
More than ten weeks after being damaged beyond repair by the Christchurch earthquake, there is still no decision about how or when the Grand Chancellor Hotel will be demolished.
Hotel Grand Chancellor - Leaning 1m to the east, demolition will start about mid June and is expected to take 10 months to complete at a cost of approx NZ$10m. It will be the biggest & tallest demolition project in New Zealand. Taken during a scenic flight over Christchurch, New Zealand, 3 months after the deadly earthquake of 22 February, ...
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "128 Manchester Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "633-637 Colombo Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "239 Manchester Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Winnie Bagoes, 774 Colombo Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Remains of 51-53 Cathedral Square".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Parking area behind Cashel Mall".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Old City Library being demolished".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "628-636 Colombo Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "617-621 Colombo Street".
The empty site of No. 6 Cafe on London Street in Lyttelton.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Sumner Community Centre, Wakefield Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Joes' Garage, 194 Hereford Street".
A roof beam on the footpath outside the Durham Street Methodist Church.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "131-135 Worcester Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Holy Trinity Avonside".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Parking area behind Cashel Mall".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Old City Library being demolished".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Holy Trinity Avonside".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Holy Trinity Avonside".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Parking area behind Cashel Mall".
A photograph of diggers clearing a demolition site. The photograph is captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The intersection of Hereford Street and Liverpool Street".
A photograph of diggers clearing a demolition site. The photograph is captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The site of Kenton Chambers on Hereford Street".
A photograph of diggers clearing a demolition site. The photograph is captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The intersection of Hereford Street and Liverpool Street".
A photograph of a demolition site. The photograph is captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The south-west corner of Manchester Street and Lichfield Street".