Bird droppings on the windows of the Town Hall, and weeds growing in the fountain bed below.
A weather-damaged Chinese lantern fallen to the ground in Victoria Square. The Chinese New Year Lantern Festival was to be held on Saturday 26 February and Sunday 27 February 2011 but was cancelled due to the earthquake. The lanterns hung in Victoria Square until they fell.
An aerial photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "High Street and Unlimited School (centre)".
A worker entering The Frame Workshop through a window on the second storey via a ladder. Fencing has been placed around the entrance to the building.
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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 cars parked on the site of a demolished building on the corner of Hereford Street and Colombo Street.
A mural on the corner of Peterborough Street and Colombo Street reads "Isn't it wonderful that nobody need waste a single moment to improve the world".
An aerial photograph of the Copthorne Hotel on Colombo Street. The photograph has been captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "When the PricewaterhouseCoopers building is demolished, the Copthorne Central Hotel will be alone on the block. Oxford on the Avon and Plunket House are also gone from Oxford Terrace, and on the other side of the river is the demolition site of the PGC building where 18 people died".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A partially-demolished building on the corner of Gloucester and Colombo Streets".
A damaged building on Colombo Street, near the Tuam Street intersection. The brick facade has collapsed, exposing the wooden structure beneath.
Christmas decorations on the cordon fence on Colombo Street, near Re:Start.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A view looking east from the intersection of Colombo Street and Gloucester Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Lego Coffee sign. Colombo Street".
The Forsyth Barr Building on the corner of Colombo and Armagh Streets.
An aerial photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Around 60 Colombo Street".
A photograph of fallen building rubble inside a shop on Colombo Street.
A photograph of workers clearing rubble on Colombo Street, near Cashel Mall.
A photograph of fallen shop mannequins in a window on Colombo Street.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Colombo Street, Sydenham, car sales office".
A photograph of a Yellow Pages directory lying abandoned in Colombo Street.
A photograph of the site of a demolished building on Colombo Street.
An excavator clearing the site of a demolished building on Colombo Street.
A photograph showing the air bridge above Colombo Street at The Crossing.
Damaged stores on Colombo Street with a cleared building site in front.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Looking South across Bealey Avenue, below centre, along Madras Street to Latimer Square. The CBD is at the top right".
The gutted and partially demolished Crowne Plaza Hotel viewed from Victoria Park.