A view of Colombo Street looking south towards Cathedral Square. The Chalice and the badly damaged Cathedral can be seen in the distance.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "National Bank building, corner Gloucester and Colombo Streets".
A photograph of a partially-demolished building, captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The partially-demolished Winnie Bagoes Building on Colombo Street".
A crane parked outside the Forsyth Barr Building on the corner of Colombo and Armagh Streets.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to a store on Colombo Street. The front wall of the top two storeys has collapsed into the street, exposing the inside.
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…
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Cordoned off pavement on Colombo Street.
772 Colombo Street, opposite Victoria Square.
Colombo Street between Moorhouse and Brougham.
Colombo Street between Moorhouse and Brougham.
Colombo Street between Moorhouse and Brougham.
A satirical sign for Tui Beer on the side of a bar in Sydenham reading, "Earthquake? We closed for renovations. Yeah right. Tui".
A colourful table outside the Coffee Zone kiosk in Sydenham.
Outdoor seating and the garden outside the Coffee Zone kiosk in Sydenham. This garden was a project supported by Greening the Rubble.
The path between two shipping container structures in Sydenham, leading to a colourful gate.
Plant beds made out of corrugated iron, greening the empty building sites along Colombo Street. These were placed here by Greening the Rubble, a community project in Christchurch to create temporary public parks and gardens on the sites of demolished buildings.
Coffee Zone, a cafe in a shack on a Gap Filler site in Sydenham.
A cascade of hanging baskets outside the Coffee Zone kiosk.
Shipping containers on the sites of demolished buildings in Sydenham.
A sign describing Gap Filler's temporary office in Sydenham.
The Gap Filler headquarters on a vacant lot on Colombo Street in Sydenham. Wheelbarrows full of new plants decorate the outside area. In the background is a mural with a poem reading, "The things which I have seen I now can see no more".
Lego bricks on the corner of the Coffee Zone kiosk. A hole has been left for a cable to pass through.