A panoramic photograph looking south out of a window of the PricewaterhouseCoopers Building. Notable landmarks include: New Regent Street and the Rendezvous Hotel on the left side of the photograph; the Novotel in the centre; the Lyttelton Times building and the Forsyth Barr building to the right; and the Hotel Grand Chancellor in the distance.
A photograph looking west down Armagh Street towards the Forsyth Barr and PricewaterhouseCoopers buildings. A shipping container is situated on the left side of the road and two people in high-visibility vests and hard hats can be seen crossing the road.
A member of the Fire Service entering the Forsyth Barr building through a window in order to check for people trapped by the 22 February 2011 earthquake. A sign reading, "Help" has been stuck to one of the windows and a window above has already been broken by the team.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Cranes dominating the sky in the central city".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Now that the grass has been mown in Victoria Square, this view is almost the way we remember it".
A member of the Fire Service using an axe to break one of the Forsyth Barr building's windows in order to check for people trapped by the 22 February 2011 earthquake. A sign reading, "Help" has been stuck to one of the windows and a window above has already been broken by the team.
A member of the Fire Service using an axe to break one of the Forsyth Barr building's windows in order to check for people trapped by the 22 February 2011 earthquake. A sign reading, "Help" has been stuck to one of the windows and a window above has already been broken by the team.
A team of Fire Service and Search and Rescue personnel using a crane to check the Forsyth Barr building for people trapped by the 22 February 2011 earthquake. A sign reading, "Help" has been stuck to one of the windows and a window above has already been broken by the team.
A photograph of a partially-demolished building, captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The partially-demolished Winnie Bagoes Building on Colombo Street".
Army personnel at a cordon checkpoint on Colombo Street, north of Cathedral Square. The Forsyth Barr building is in the background.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "111 Gloucester Street, formerly the site of the MFL Building".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Cathedral".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The intersection of Colombo and Gloucester Streets looking north".
Members of the USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) hoisted on the platform of a crane, next to the Forsyth Barr Building on the corner of Armagh and Colombo Streets. Some of the windows below have been broken open by Urban Search and Rescue workers looking for trapped people.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The intersection of Colombo and Armagh Streets looking east".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Looking across the Ferrier Fountain and Victoria Square".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Looking across the demolition site of the Press Building towards Warners and Novatel Hotels. New Press Building on the right rear".
An aerial photograph looking west down Armagh Street, with the Forsyth Barr Building and Victoria Apartments to the left, and Victoria Square to the right.
A photograph of the badly-damaged Canterbury Provincial Council buildings, taken from Durham Street.
A snapshot from GPS Boomerang's SmartBird flight over the Christchurch red zone on 5 June 2012, looking over Victoria Square with the Forsyth Barr Building, the Victoria Apartments and the PriceWaterHouseCoopers Building visible.
A large crane in front of the Forsyth Barr Building on Armagh Street. In the background, the Victoria Apartments can be seen, with a noticeable lean.
An aerial photograph looking south west over Armagh Street, with the Forsyth Barr Building and Victoria Apartments to the left, and Victoria Park to the right.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Badly damaged buildings viewed from yard behind 746 - 750 Colombo Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Badly damaged buildings viewed from yard behind 746 - 750 Colombo Street".
The Forsyth Barr building stands alone, the buildings around it demolished. The photographer comments, "High-rise buildings look totally out of proportion when there's nothing around them to give them context. The jutting out part of this one makes it look unbalanced".
A truck for carrying demolition rubble parked on Colombo Street, with the Forsyth Barr building visible in the background. Decorations from Christmas 2010 are still hanging from lamp posts.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The intersection of Colombo and Armagh Streets looking south-east".
An aerial photograph of Victoria Square and the surrounding area.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "121-125 Gloucester Street (the former site of State Theatre - later DFS Souvenirs)".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Looking south along Colombo Street towards the CBD".