A photograph of the exterior of Smash Palace. Scaffolding and plastic sheeting has been used to create walls around the site.
A photograph of the exterior of Smash Palace. Scaffolding and plastic sheeting has been used to create walls around the site.
A cracked and broken footpath on Galbraith Avenue. Blue pipes carrying temporary water supplies to the neighbourhood can just be seen running beside the footpath.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "8 Meadow Street, Kaiapoi. This side of the street is red zoned, the opposite side blue-green (Technical Category 3)".
One pair of eyeglasses with LensCrafters cleaning cloth in blue case retrieved from the CTV building. Stored in a plastic New Zealand Police exhibit bag.
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. Two blocks of buildings have been outlined in dark-blue felt-tip pen. Numbers and messages have been written on the map with biro.
Revisiting some of my images coming up to our one year anniversary of the 22 February 2011 Christchurch 6.3 earthquake. Blue Jean Cuisine (Old Sydenham Post Office) built in 1911 was badly damaged in the 2011 earthquakes was demolished 2012.
A photograph of people walking along the Worcester Street bridge on the night of Canterbury Tales. Blue tarpaulin flags have been strung across the bridge behind them.
Damage to a building on Colombo Street. Scaffolding has been constructed against the wall and it has blue and yellow tarp to protect it from the rain.
Workers repairing water mains along Galbraith Avenue in Avonside. A blue pipe carrying a temporary water supply to the neighbourhood can be seen running across the park.
A photograph of the interior of Smash Palace. A bus parked in the centre of the site is being used as a bar, and tarpaulins provide a roof over a seating area.
A photograph of the interior of Smash Palace. A bus parked in the centre of the site is being used as a bar.
A PDF copy of pages 198-199 of the book Christchurch: The Transitional City Pt IV. The pages document the transitional project 'Smash Palace'. Photos: Irene Boles
A photograph of the interior of Smash Palace. A bus parked in the centre of the site is being used as a bar.
An abandoned residential property at 12A Waygreen Avenue in New Brighton. The section is overgrown with weeds and the garage door has been vandalised with blue graffiti.
Damage to a building on Colombo Street. Scaffolding has been constructed across the front and it has a blue and yellow tarp to protect it from the rain.
Fabric butterfly with wings of mesh with wire skeleton decorated with silver and blue glitter and sequins. The polystyrene body of the butterfly has a magnet attached underneath.
An abandoned residential property at 24 Seabreeze Close in Bexley. The backyard is over grown with weeds. A blue folding chair has been left in one of the rooms.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, " A blue pipe supplies water to the few homes left occupied at Tasman Place. The orange pump is used for the sewage".
A photograph of a blue moon painted on a concrete block in a retaining wall. The photograph is captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Decorated retaining wall in Cunningham Terrace, Lyttelton".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Looking north-east from Alice in Videoland. IRD Building in the centre distance".
Professional and personal partners Victoria Flight and John Drew about the nutritional benefits of coconut oil, and the decision to develop their business 'Blue Coconut' after experiencing a deeply traumatic event in Christchurch's earthquake of February 2011.
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A photograph of Terry Chung's project 'Smile for Christchurch'. The project consists of hundreds of photographs of people smiling. The photographs are stuck to a painted blue wall in Re:START Mall.
Damage to one of the front towers of the Durham Street Methodist Church. Some masonry from the corner of the tower has collapsed, and the structure has been secured by blue straps.
A photograph of a portaloo on the side of Kingsford Street in the Horseshoe Lake district. Behind the portaloo is a blue pipe which is carrying water temporarily to houses along the street.
A Japanese Disaster Relief Team Lock-Ritlite Safety Belt made from blue webbing with red stitching, silver powder coated buckle, carabiner on running safety belt and a red fabric emergency kit with contents.
Picture this. A summer’s day: clear blue skies and the heat of the afternoon sunshine, just the hint of a breeze. You might be in a garden, sheltering from the sun in the shade of the tree or under a … Continue reading →
Bright and blue Redwood Library. Photos taken in Redwood Library on April 8 following the February 22 earthquake. File reference: CCL-2011-04-08-Redwood-After-The-Earthquake-IMG_0445 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A blue water pipe snakes along the pile of liquefaction on the footpaths of Tasman Place. The pipe is delivering water to the few homes still occupied".