An aerial photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "CBD".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Barbadoes Street/Tuam street. Earthquake 4th of September 2010".
The CTV collapse is the worst and most devastating, from what I saw of the CBD yesterday.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "South-facing cityscape looking east to west from the top of the BNZ building in Cathedral Square. Stitched together from nine images".
The ground floor of the BNZ Building, seen from High Street. The glass has been removed and the insides gutted. The Cathedral can be viewed through the other side.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Lights of Hope seen from the Cashmere Hills on a misty night".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Lights of Hope seen from the Cashmere Hills on a misty night".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "164 Gloucester Street, The Marque Hotel/Pacific Tower building".
A long-reach excavator on a demolition site in the central city.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Detail of the corner of Government Life Building".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Louis Vuitton Building being demolished, Colombo Street".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Lights of Hope seen from the Cashmere Hills on a misty night".
An aerial photograph looking south west over the CBD. Latimer Square can be seen in the centre right of the photograph. To the left, the Transitional Cathedral is being constructed.
A photograph submitted by Anonymous to the QuakeStories website. The description reads, "Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament (29-2-12), Barbadoes Street. What will become of this beautiful icon?".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Looking from Gloucester Street across the demolition site of the Coachman towards the Heritage Hotel in Cathedral Square with Hotel Grand Chancellor (left background)".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "North-facing cityscape looking from west to north-east from the top of the BNZ building in Cathedral Square. Stitched together from nine images".
A public walkway down Colombo Street to a viewing area in the Cathedral Square was opened up for a few weekends to allow the public to see inside the Red Zone.
A public walkway down Colombo Street to a viewing area in the Cathedral Square was opened up for a few weekends to allow the public to see inside the Red Zone.
A public walkway down Colombo Street to a viewing area in the Cathedral Square was opened up for a few weekends to allow the public to see inside the Red Zone.
Damage to the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament. Extensive damage can be seen on the north-west and south-west corners of the building, and cracking is visible underneath the dome.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Close up of the cranes working on the Clarendon Tower. Big Red behind is now the crane in Christchurch capable of lifting the largest load. The yellow crane is a tower crane which is still being assembled".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The rear of the old Telecom building at 95 Hereford Street".
A photograph of salvaged stained-glass windows from the demolished Warners Hotel.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Heritage Apartments with the Millennium Hotel behind".
An entry from Jennifer Middendorf's blog for 11 January 2013 entitled, "Only slightly loco".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Looking down Worcester Boulevard towards the Museum there's a plethora of cranes".
The cordon checkpoint at the intersection of Colombo and Gloucester Streets. In the background, people stand in a section of walkway opened up to allow the public a view of Cathedral Square.
An aerial photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "High, Colombo, and Hereford Streets intersection".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "View from Cashel Mall looking over the Whitcoulls site and the demolition of Wendy's in Hereford Street to the back of the ANZ bank in Cathedral Square".
A photograph of a trailor selling food in Cathedral Square. The photograph has been captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "This recognises how many demolition and other workers are working inside the cordon now".