A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A sign for a food outlet in Gloucester Street - signs that a wider range of activities are returning to the central city. The food is the kind that demolition workers like".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The car parking building on Manchester Street. This building has a question mark over its future".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Detail of the roof of ChristChurch Cathedral. Taken from up high in the BNZ Building".
Within four weeks of the September 4 2010 Canterbury Earthquake a new, loosely-knit community group appeared in Christchurch under the banner of “Greening the Rubble.” The general aim of those who attended the first few meetings was to do something to help plug the holes that had already appeared or were likely to appear over the coming weeks in the city fabric with some temporary landscaping and planting projects. This article charts the first eighteen months of Greening the Rubble and places the initiative in a broader context to argue that although seismic events in Christchurch acted as a “call to palms,” so to speak, the city was already in need of some remedial greening. It concludes with a reflection on lessons learned to date by GTR and commentary on the likely issues ahead for this new mini-social-environmental movement in the context of a quake-affected and still quake-prone major New Zealand city. One of the key lessons for GTR and all of those involved in Christchurch recovery activities to date is that the city is still very much in the middle of the event and is to some extent a laboratory for seismic and agency management studies alike.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Brannigans, Oxford Terrace".
A photograph of a sign protesting the red stickering of Avoca Valley houses. The sign reads, "459 days since being evicted from our Avoca Valley homes. Communities make a city. Decisions now! Let us go home. Facebook: Avoca Valley Earthquake Recovery Authority".
A photograph of a sign protesting the red stickering of Avoca Valley houses. The sign reads, "459 days since being evicted from our Avoca Valley homes. Communities make a city. Decisions now! Let us go home. Facebook: Avoca Valley Earthquake Recovery Authority".
A photograph of a sign protesting the red stickering of Avoca Valley houses. The sign reads, "459 days since being evicted from our Avoca Valley homes. Communities make a city. Decisions now! Let us go home. Facebook: Avoca Valley Earthquake Recovery Authority".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A view of Hereford Street, looking west from number 92".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "An unusual perspective on the partially-demolished Hotel Grand Chancellor. Taken from the top of the BNZ building".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The deconstruction of Brannigans, viewed from the top of the BNZ building in Cathedral Square".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Chalice in Cathedral Square viewed from the top of the BNZ building".
An aerial photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Hereford Street bridge (centre)".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Demolition of the Brannigans Building".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Provincial Council Chambers".
Helicopter Flight over Christchurch New Zealand
Helicopter Flight over Christchurch New Zealand
Helicopter Flight over Christchurch New Zealand
Helicopter Flight over Christchurch New Zealand
Helicopter Flight over Christchurch New Zealand
Helicopter Flight over Christchurch New Zealand
Helicopter Flight over Christchurch New Zealand
Helicopter Flight over Christchurch New Zealand
Helicopter Flight over Christchurch New Zealand
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Provincial Council Chambers".
Helicopter Flight over Christchurch New Zealand
Helicopter Flight over Christchurch New Zealand
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Demolition of the Brannigans building. The container is being placed against the end of the building being demolished to protect the building below from falling debris".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Holiday Inn hotel in High Street viewed from the top of the BNZ in Cathedral Square".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Looking along Oxford Terrace with the demolition activity from the Brannigans building demolition in the foreground".