A view down London Street in Lyttelton. The road has been closed to traffic because of the unstable and damaged buildings in the area. On the left is the Empire Hotel where bracing has been placed on the front of the building. On the right is a shipping container in front of the damaged Wunderbar. The word 'coffee' has been spray painted on the side.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Regent Theatre with its dome missing".
A photograph of stacks of wire fences in Cathedral Square. The former Post Office Building and the badly-damaged Regent Theatre can be seen in the background.
A photograph of the new Press Building on Gloucester Street under construction. To the right, the former Theatre Royal can be seen with wooden beams placed under the awning for support.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Looking north east across the old City Council building, old Majestic Theatre, and IRD building".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The skeleton of the DF Souvenirs building, formerly State Theatre, on the corner of Colombo and Goucester Streets".
A photograph of an excavator clearing the rubble from earthquake-damaged buildings on Lichfield Street. The rubble has been gathered from the street and piled up beside the Majestic Theatre.
A photograph of an excavator clearing the rubble from earthquake-damaged buildings on Lichfield Street. The rubble has been gathered from the street and piled up beside the Majestic Theatre.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The earthquake-damaged DF Souvenirs building (formerly the State Theatre)on Colombo Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Looking across to the Isaac Theatre Royal from the corner of Cathedral Square. The edge of Warners Hotel on the left".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "CBD. Looking north between Colombo and Manchester Streets".
A photograph of members of the Wellington Emergency Management Office Emergency Response Team clearing rubble from outside the Majestic Theatre on Lichfield Street.
A photograph of a projector set up in the Avonhead Baptist Church. The room is to be used as a temporary lecture theatre for the Department of Civil and Natural Resources Engineering, as lecture theatres on campus are inaccessible following the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
A view down Worcester Street towards the Regent Theatre building. Tiles have fallen away from the Regent Theatre's red dome. In the foreground the Clarendon Hotel can be seen, with a large crack where the facade has pulled away from the rest of the building.
Two workers in a cherry picker working on the Theatre Royal Building on Gloucester Street.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Regent Theatre in Cathedral Square under demolition".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Regent Theatre in Cathedral Square under demolition".
Construction workers working on the Loons Circus Theatre Company building on Canterbury Street in Lyttelton.
Two workers in a cherry picker working on the Theatre Royal Building on Gloucester Street.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Regent Theatre in Cathedral Square under demolition".
Construction workers working on the Loons Circus Theatre Company building on Canterbury Street in Lyttelton.
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An aerial photograph of the Christchurch central city. The photograph has been captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "High Street runs across this photograph in the top third from the old Majestic Theatre at the intersection of Manchester and Lichfield Streets to the intersection of Madras and St Asaph Street which is just beyond the edge of the photo".
One landscape colour digital photograph taken on 19 November 2011 showing part of the north side of London Street. The properties visible in the photograph are (from left to right) Tommy Changs Café, Canterbury Street, site of theatre erected for the Loons Circus Theatre Company production of Macbeth (being dismantled), Lyttel Arthouse (closed),...
The Harbourlight Theatre on London Street in Lyttelton. There is cracking along the side of the building and damage to the domes on top of the towers. Bracing has been placed at the top to limit further damage and to stop debris from falling on the road.
A photograph of members of the Wellington Emergency Management Office Emergency Response Team standing on Lichfield Street, outside the Majestic Theatre. A pile of rubble from the earthquake-damaged buildings is on the street to their right.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "One of the round windows in the dome of the Regent Theatre".
A crane is parked outside the former Theatre Royal building on Gloucester Street. Wooden bracing holds up the verandah.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The site of the Harbour Light Theatre on London Street in Lyttelton".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "One of the round windows in the dome of the Regent Theatre".