Demolition of a building on the corner of Chester and Madras Streets, with the Edmonds Clock Tower in the foreground.
Photo of damage of Aoraki Building taken by Marcus Langman, 10 March 2011.
Photo of damage of Aoraki Building taken by Marcus Langman, 10 March 2011.
Page 6 of Section C of the Christchurch Press, published on Saturday 16 April 2011.
Page 15 of Section A of the Christchurch Press, published on Wednesday 16 March 2011.
Page 4 of Section A of the Christchurch Press, published on Thursday 24 February 2011.
Page 2 of Section A of the Christchurch Press, published on Wednesday 16 March 2011.
Page 5 of Section A of the Christchurch Press, published on Tuesday 1 March 2011.
The first stone structure built in Cathedral Square was the small Gothic stone Torlesse building. Situated in the south-west corner of the square, the two storey, three gable dormer windowed buildi…
Buildings on Oxford Terrace.
A photograph of a map used by emergency management personnel to inspect buildings after the 22 February 2011 earthquake. The map is of the block bordered by Barbadoes Street, Worcester Street, Gloucester Street, and Fitzgerald Avenue. Many of the buildings have been highlighted in blue, with some smaller buildings highlighted in orange. Numbers and messages have been written on the map with biro. One of the messages reads, "forced entry to garage at back". A few of the buildings have also been crossed off with pen.
An aerial photograph of the Christchurch CBD. The photograph has been captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "This photograph shows the many tall CBD buildings, with the Hotel Grand Chancellor under demolition in the centre of the photograph. The street in the foreground running up the photograph from left to right is Lichfield Street with the old Bus Exchange clearly visible".
Damage to TJ's Kazbah in New Brighton. The tower and east end of the building have collapsed onto two parked cars. The photographer comments, "The occupants of the business and rooms all managed to escape alive. A digger was used to make the building safe and then used to sift through the rubble for any surviving belongings. It was a very emotional time for the ex-occupants. The damaged cars were removed before the digger demolished the building".
A photograph of badly-damaged buildings on Tuam Street. The buildings have been cordoned off with wire fencing and fallen bricks lie on the footpaths below.
A photograph of the badly-damaged Press building, viewed from Worcester Street. Windows have been boarded up with plywood and straps are being used for reinforcement.
A Saint John's medic treating a man rescued from the collapsed Pyne Gould Corporation building in the aftermath of the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
A colour photograph of a digger beside the rubble of the former Union Centre Building, with the Colombo Street Copthorne Hotel in the background.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Manchester Street with the cathedral behind and Press Building to the right".
A photograph of the former Government Life building in Cathedral Square. Shop windows on the ground level have been boarded up with plywood.
Damage to the A and T Burt building on Ferry Road in Woolston. Masonry has collapsed from the top section of the building's front wall, exposing its ceiling.
A fence has been spray painted after the building was cleared by a USAR team. This system was used following the February earthquake to mark buildings that have been checked.
Damage to the Music Centre of Christchurch building on Barbadoes Street. Tarpaulins have been used to weather proof gaps in the building's gables from where masonry has fallen.
Damage to the Music Centre of Christchurch building on Barbadoes Street. Tarpaulins have been used to weather proof gaps in the building's gables from where masonry has fallen.
A property manager has been questioned at the Royal Commission investigating the Canterbury earthquakes about why he didn't tell tenants the building they worked in was unsafe.
An American engineer has told the Canterbury Earthquakes Royal Commission he was shocked at the failure of builders to properly fix the floors of the PGC building to its walls.
Detail of the partially-demolished Henry Africa's building. The photographer comments, "A building housing a restaurant and a great little neighbourhood bar is finally coming down because of earthquake damage. Windows".
Photo inside of Level 2 of Pegasus Building taken by Angela Dean, 5 January 2011.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "McKenzie & Willis building on Tuam Street".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The partially-demolished La Boheme building on Bedord Row".
A story submitted by Suzanne Carter to the QuakeStories website.