A red-stickered building in Papanui, cordoned off with danger tape and a crowd barrier. The windows have been boarded up and spray-painted with USAR markings.
Detail of a building on the corner of Manchester Street and Struthers Lane. A room covered in grafitti has been exposed after the wall crumbled.
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The base of the tower on the right of this picture has sunk about 25cm so that the lower course of bricks have disappeared below ground level. Meanwhile the other end of the building has sunk about 50cm splitting the building into thirds. The sand you can see is what came bubbling up out of the ground due to liquifaction. Unfortunately the build...
The base of the tower on the right of this picture has sunk about 25cm so that the lower course of bricks have disappeared below ground level. Meanwhile the other end of the building has sunk about 50cm splitting the building into thirds. The sand you can see is what came bubbling up out of the ground due to liquifaction. Unfortunately the build...
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake hits Christchurch. Damage to buildings after the 7.1 earthquake which hit Christchurch in the very early hours".
Diggers work to clear the rubble from a demolished building on Victoria Street. The Victoria Clock Tower can be seen in the distance.
A crushed car on Lichfield Street. Bricks from the above building fell during the quake onto the parked car. Fortunately, nobody was inside.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Chris and Glenys Parker are starting up an antiques and jewellery business between quake destroyed buildings in Colombo Street".
A photograph of students gathered outside the UCSA building for a comedy show. The show was part of Orientation Week in February 2010.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to St Paul's Church on Gayhurst Road. The tiles towards the back of the building have lifted.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Andre Marchand at the site of the heritage building in Colombo Street that housed his business before the earthquake".
A collapsed wall above the windows of a brick house on Centaurus Road. Bricks have fallen into the building and left a hole.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Major earthquake hits Christchurch. A firefighter in a broken window of the 7 story MLC building on Manchester Street".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Andre Marchand at the site of the heritage building in Colombo Street that housed his business before the earthquake".
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the top of the Peaches and Cream building on the corner of Manchester and Tuam Streets.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Major earthquake hits Christchurch. Building inspectors look at the Octagon restaurant on corner of Worcester Street and Manchester Street".
A photograph of students gathered outside the UCSA building for a comedy show. The show was part of Orientation Week in February 2010.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Major earthquake hits Christchurch. Building inspectors look at the Octagon restaurant on corner of Worcester Street and Manchester Street".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake hits Christchurch. Damage to buildings after the 7.1 earthquake which hit Christchurch in the very early hours".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Illustrations Editor Richard Cosgrove returns from the The Press building with a computer to set up in 'the bunker'".
A photograph of the earthquake damage to St Paul's Church on Gayhurst Road. The tiles towards the back of the building have lifted.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "The Carlton pub open for business after some bricks fell off the top of the building closing the footpath".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake hits Christchurch. Damage to buildings after the 7.1 earthquake which hit Christchurch in the very early hours".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake hits Christchurch. Damage to buildings after the 7.1 earthquake which hit Christchurch in the very early hours".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake hits Christchurch. Damage to buildings after the 7.1 earthquake which hit Christchurch in the very early hours".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch Earthquake aftermath. Workers removing a brick chimney and tiles from an old building on the Sullivan Avenue Polytechic".