A photograph of a volunteer from the Wellington Emergency Management Office ordering at a temporary café. The café was set up in a house in the Christchurch central city.
A photograph of a volunteer from the Wellington Emergency Management Office ordering at a temporary café. The café was set up in a house in the Christchurch central city.
A photograph of a member of the Wellington Emergency Management Office Emergency Response Team using a crowbar to open the door of a building in the Christchurch central city.
Aspects of Christchurch life after the earthquakes of 2010 and 2011, modelled on acts performed at the Buskers' Festival being held in Christchurch. Include `Silt walking'through liquefaction; 'Orange zone', representing the paralysis of homeowners whose properties were classified as 'orange', or of undecided status; 'Jugglers "Marryatt" and "Red Zone"': the Christchurch CEO, Tony Marryatt, juggles with money, his large pay rise, while the red-zoned householder juggles with unattractive options; 'The boy [CBD] with red tape all over him', referring to the cordon which was strangling the Central Business District; the columnist Joe Bennett with his dog, refusing to move from his house in Lyttelton, a cause celebre of resistance to the earthquake authorities in those days. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Signs in Colombo Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "148 Manchester Street".
A PDF copy of pages 156-157 of the book Christchurch: The Transitional City Pt IV. The pages document the transitional project 'Ortszeit/Local Time'. Photos: Gap Filler
A video of journalist Charlie Gates introducing the 2014 World Buskers Festival. Gates visits former festival venues in the Christchurch central city and the new performance venues for the 2014 festival, to show how the city has changed since the 2010 and 2011 earthquakes.
Damage to Christchurch city following the 22 February earthquake 2011. A crack in the road where the asphalt has lifted, possibly due to liquefaction. Cones have been placed along the crack to warn drivers of the irregular surface.
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".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Lichfield Street is a hive of demolition activity".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Worcester Street - cleaning up the remains of Pedros restaurant".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "MFL Building (to be demolished) 111 Gloucester Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A view from Madras Street towards Armagh Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Community Law Canterbury building at 281 Madras Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Part of the tower fell through the Cathedral roof".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Stretch of High Street from Mondo to CPIT".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The demolition site of St John the Baptist Church on Latimer Square".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The demolition site of St John the Baptist Church on Latimer Square".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Workers emerging from Te Waipounamu House, a building being demolished in Hereford Street".
A compilation video of footage about the 4 September 2010 earthquake. The video includes footage of the damage to the central city, members of the police guarding cordons, residents at a Civil Defence Emergency Centre, a fire on Worcester Street, and aerial footage of New Brighton, the central city, and Homebush. It also includes an interview with local resident Quentin Garlick, and a press conference with Mayor Bob Parker outside the Christchurch Art Gallery.
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A PDF copy of pages 104-105 of the book Christchurch: The Transitional City Pt IV. The pages document the transitional project 'SCAPE'. Image: Ash Keating, Gardensity, 2010/11, commissioned by SCAPE with generous support from Leighs Construction and Portabuild, installed outside Christchurch Art Gallery. Photo used with permission: SCAPE.
Survivors of February's devastating earthquake in Christchurch are astounded the Royal Commission won't investigate whether anyone should be held liable for the collapse of so many central city buildings.
On the evening of February 7th, 1908 the headlines in the Star ‘screamed out’ A DISASTROUS FIRE, HUGE OUTBREAK IN THE CITY, CENTRAL BLOCK DEVASTATED, DAMAGE AMOUNTS TO HUNDREDS OF THOUS…