Fire Eats Out Best Block of Christchurch 1908

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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…

New Zealand Defence Force photograph 594

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Aerial image of the Christchurch central city taken by the Royal New Zealand Air Force for the Earthquake Commission. High Street can be seen in the middle of the image.

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Central city with the cathedral at the bottom right and the Hotel Grand Chancellor, Westpac Building and Holiday Inn clustered in the bottom right".

WEMO ERT Set 1 - February 2011 - Photograph 13

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A photograph of a member of the Wellington Emergency Management Office Emergency Response Team using a sledgehammer to break open the window of a building in the Christchurch central city.

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A photograph of the earthquake damage to a house in the Christchurch central city. The bricks walls of the building have collapsed and the bricks have spilt into the garden.

Eating Away Slowly

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Demolition work on Christchurch's "distinctive" former civic building and the Front Runner store. On a walk around Christchurch May 9, 2013 New Zealand. Demolition work on Christchurch's "distinctive" former civic building is under way. The category-2 heritage building was designed by G A J Hart and opened in 1939 as the Miller's department s...

Christchurch: The Transitional City Pt IV, pages 76-77: Bag-O-Love

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A PDF copy of pages 76-77 of the book Christchurch: The Transitional City Pt IV. The pages document the transitional project 'Bag-O-Love'. Photo: Reuben Woods

BeckerFraserPhotos September 2011 photograph 567

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "160 Gloucester Street. New Press Building".

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Glassons. Preparing for demolition, Cashel Street".

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "ChristChurch Cathedral, Cathedral Square".

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Shooters Bar, 144 Manchester Street".

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Manna Christian Stores, Manchester Street".

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Concrete munching jaws in Madras Street".

Nisbet, Alistair, 1958- :'CBD Red Zone Tours'. 22 October 2011

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Depicts huge elderly woman with 'CERA' on her dress scolding smaller adult dressed as schoolboy near bustop with sign 'CBD red zone tours' Text reads 'And don't talk to strangers and don't cross the road and remember to eat your lunch..' Context: After the 22 Feburary 2011 earthquake in Christchurch, the central business district (CBD) was marked as a red zone. Red zone areas were deemed unsuitable for habitation due to significant damage and at high risk of further damage from low levels of earth shaking. CERA (Christchurch Earthquake Recovery Authority) ran public bus tours of the Christchurch CBD from November to December 2011. For safety reasons the public was not allowed off the buses as it was a dangerous and active demolition site. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A sculpture on the Cambridge Terrace side of the River Avon which marks 15 years of the Seattle-Christchurch Sister City Association".

Review of transect of Christchurch CBD following 22 February 2011 earthqua…

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Two days after the 22 February 2011 M6.3 earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand, three of the authors conducted a transect of the central city, with the goal of deriving an estimate of building damage levels. Although smaller in magnitude than the M7.1 4 September 2010 Darfield earthquake, the ground accelerations, ground deformation and damage levels in Christchurch central city were more severe in February 2011, and the central city was closed down to the general public. Written and photographic notes of 295 buildings were taken, including construction type, damage level, and whether the building would likely need to be demolished. The results of the transect compared favourably to Civil Defence rapid assessments made over the following month. Now, more than one year and two major aftershocks after the February 2011 earthquake these initial estimates are compared to the current demolition status to provide an updated understanding of the state of central Christchurch.

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A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Long summer grass surrounds the fallen stone on the south side of ChristChurch Cathedral".

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A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The PricewaterhouseCoopers, Building, Forsyth Barr Building, and the Copthorne Hotel viewed from Cambridge Terrace".

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Hereford Street - foundation stone from the building known as Kenton Chambers".

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A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A view of Armagh Street looking towards Cathedral Square".

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Line of containers protecting the Cathedral from demolition of surrounding buildings".

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Oxford Terrace/Hereford Street corner (The Boulevard) to Cashel Street".

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Louis Vuitton Building (in the process of being demolished) Gloucester Street".

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Demolition site in the foreground, and SOL Square in the background".

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A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The intersection of Colombo and Gloucester Streets, looking north east".

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A plaque for an artwork on the corner of High Street and Tuam Street reads "'Corgis on High'. A Christchurch City Council Public Artwork. Artist David Marshall. Proudly Sponsored by Central City Revitalisation Project, Christchurch City Council, Lion Foundation, McKenzie and Willis Ltd. Supported by South Island Welsh Corgi League. 6 December 2003." The photographer comments, "The corgis have been removed. Temporarily??".

Bromhead, Peter, 1933-:'The Christchurch Blueprint'. 2 August 2012

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Shows a couple (representing the suburbs) under a large blue umbrella (representing the Christchurch Blueprint) in a rain storm. Refers to the blueprint for central Christchurch developed by the Christchurch Central Development Unit, which was unveiled on 30 July 2012. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Cathedral Junction".

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Novotel".

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Armagh Street".