A worker grinding off the peaks left by the gel injected into the cracks in the James Hight Library walls.
A worker grinding off the peaks left by the gel injected into the cracks in the James Hight Library walls.
Members of the public take photographs of the deconstruction of the Price Waterhouse Coopers building (left) and the Forsyth Barr building (right).
A worker grinding off the peaks left by the gel injected into the cracks in the James Hight Library walls.
New research suggests about half the Christchurch businesses which left the central city after the Canterbury earthquakes are unlikely to return.
The Christchurch Casino opens again tonight for the first time since February's earthquake left about 500 people out of work.
A photograph of the front door of 273 Montreal Street. A red sticker can be seen on the left hand side.
The vacant lot left after the demolition of the Churchills Club Tavern on the corner of Colombo and Battersea Streets.
The Manchester Securities House being demolished on Glouchester Street. Seen over a vacant site left after the demolition of a building.
A demolition site. In the background is the former Christchurch City Council building, cranes and the Westpac Building on the left.
The vacant lot left after the demolition of the Churchills Club Tavern on the corner of Colombo and Battersea Streets.
View through the cordon fence of the vacant lot left by the demolition of the Copthorne Hotel on Durham Street.
The vacant lot left after the demlition of Latimer Hotel. Some foundations has be laid down to rebuild the hotel.
Empty spaces down a street in Christchurch Central. The sites on the right are left by the demolition of buildings.
View down Colombo Street. Some damage to buildings can be seen to the left and a demolition site on the right.
A worker grinding off the peaks left by the gel injected into the cracks in the James Hight Library walls.
A vacant lot left by the demolition of a building on Latimer Square. In the background is the Newstalk ZB building.
A worker grinding off the peaks left by the gel injected into the cracks in the James Hight Library walls.
A view down Victoria Street, with the Christchurch Casino on the left and the Crowne Plaza Hotel at the end.
A vacant site left after the demolition of a building. Around the site are some damaged walls and old fencing.
A view towards the Isaac Theatre Royal on Gloucester Street. In the background is the PWC building and the Forsyth Barr building (left).
Security fences surround the Santorini Greek Ouzeri restaurant and bar on Gloucester Street. Some of the windows have been broken and left open.
The former post office building in Cathedral Square. In the background is the Ibis Hotel. Chairs and tables have been left abandoned outside Starbucks.
An exposed brick wall left after the demolition of the adjoining building. The internal wooden structure and cabling can now be seen.
Flowers blooming in a vacant site left by the demolition of a building at the corner of Worcester Street and Stanmore Road.
Flowers blooming in a vacant site left by the demolition of a building at the corner of Worcester Street and Stanmore Road.
View down Victoria Street, some buildings fenced off on the left and the Crown Plaza Hotel at the end of the street.
View down Armagh Street, a sign on the left says 'Road close ahead' indicating to the cordoned off road in the background.
The Avon river, with some cordon fence visible on the left and the central Police station in the background between the trees.
A fallen chimney on Derby Street has left a pile of bricks on the roof of the house and damaged the fence.