A video showing engineers removing the latticework from the top of the Press Building in Cathedral Square. The latticework is being removed after engineers discovered it was being held onto the building by only two bolts. The bolts are no bigger than a little finger.
A photograph of the site of a demolished building in the city centre. Remnants of the building can be seen on the side of the building to the left. A Wilson Parking sign indicates that the space is going to be used for parking.
A photograph of a building on Lichfield Street near Poplar Lane. The facade on the top storey of the building crumbled during the earthquake to reveal the walls underneath. Wire fencing has been placed around the building to keep people from entering.
A dairy on the corner of Gloucester and Woodham Streets. The top wall of the building has crumbled onto the street. A tarpaulin has been placed over the hole to prevent weather damage inside the building. Fencing and road cones cordon off the building along the street.
Damaged Christchurch building (old Para Rubber building - see earlier photo from just after quake), partially demolished, after Sept 4th 2010 Christchurch earthquake. Has been sitting on 666 views for a while!
A photograph of the Westpac Trust building on Cashel Street with several removal trucks parked outside.
Damaged buildings on Manchester Street. Cordon fencing has been placed in front to keep the public away from the dangerous buildings.
The Provincial Chambers Buildings with scaffolding erected up the side. Road cones and fencing have been placed around the buildings.
Detail of a building on Tuam Street. A large crack runs down the side of the building where the facade has separated.
Detail of a building on Tuam Street. A large crack runs down the side of the building where the facade has separated.
A photograph of the Westpac Trust Building photographed from near Hotel Sol on Cashel Street.
A photograph of the damaged Cranmer Courts buildings. The damaged gables are supported by straps and bracing.
Shipping containers protecting the street from an unstable building on Madras Street. Cracks can be seen in the wall of the building.
Unstable buildings on Tuam Street behind a barrier of shipping containers placed to protect the street in the event of the buildings' collapse.
Damaged buildings on Manchester Street. Cordon fencing has been placed in front to keep the public away from the dangerous buildings.
An entrance to the Provincial Chambers Building with a red sticker on the door. This means the building is unsafe to enter.
An entrance to the Provincial Chambers Building with a red sticker on the door. This means the building is unsafe to enter.
The Christchurch City Council says it needs Government money to help repair its earthquake damaged heritage and character buildings.
View down an alley between two buildings, where the brick wall on the left building has partially toppled, blocking the alley with rubble.
The entrance to the Provincial Chambers Building with a red sticker on the door. This means the building is unsafe to enter.
The entrance to the Provincial Chambers Building with a red sticker on the door. This means the building is unsafe to enter.
A photograph of the partially-demolished Westende Jewellers Building on the corner of Manchester and Worcester Streets. The building was severely damaged during the 4 September 2010 earthquake and had to be demolished. In the foreground, an excavator has been parked between the building and a wire fence.
A photograph of the partially-demolished Westende Jewellers Building on the corner of Manchester and Worcester Streets. The building was severely damaged during the 4 September 2010 earthquake and had to be demolished. In the foreground, an excavator has been parked between the building and a wire fence.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Historic building owner John Phillips wants the red tape to go so he can pull his very badly damaged heritage building down and start again so the businesses in the premises can start again. Phillips owns the former Nurse Maude building on Madras Street".
A scorched building on Worcester Street. An electrical fire started in this building after the 4 September earthquake.
A colour photograph of the north side of the Lyttelton Times Building on Gloucester Street, taken after the 4 September 2010 earthquake.
Earthquake prone buildings in Christchurch are to be strengthened to new, higher standards. The new code was passed at an extraordinary council meeting today.
Fletcher Construction has won the largest building contract in New Zealand history to repair half of the Canterbury homes damaged in last month's earthquake.
The Provincial Chambers Buildings with scaffolding erected up the side. Road cones and fencing have been placed around the buildings.
The Nurse Maude Association Building on Madras Street behind a barrier of shipping containers placed to protect the street in the event of the building's collapse.