A panel being lowered by a crane during the deconstruction of the Hotel Grand Chancellor.
A panel being lowered by a crane during the deconstruction of the Hotel Grand Chancellor.
A photograph of the steel bracing which is holding up one side of St John the Baptist Church.
A photograph of the steel bracing which is holding up one side of St John the Baptist Church.
A panel being lowered by a crane during the deconstruction of the Hotel Grand Chancellor.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Demolition workers up high on the Hotel Grand Chancellor".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Aerial view of the Arts Centre".
New Zealand’s first skyscraper was built on the corner of Manchester and Hereford Streets between 1905 – 06 for the New Zealand Express Company. This state of the art seven storey buil…
A large collection of human bones were uncovered on the corner of Cambridge Terrace and Hereford Street during the 1850s. They belonged to the early Waitaha inhabitants (1000 – 1500 AD) who h…
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The rear of Te Waipounamu on Hereford Street viewed from over the rubble of the Hotel Grand Chancellor in Cashel Street".
Food cabinets in Man's Bakery and Cafe on Hereford Street. Food abandoned on 22 February 2011 can still be seen inside. Broken plates also litter the floor.
Food cabinets in Man's Bakery and Cafe on Hereford Street. Food abandoned on 22 February 2011 can still be seen inside. Broken plates also litter the floor.
Damage to St John's Anglican Church on Hereford Street. The brickwork around the entranceway to the church has crumbled inwards. Tape around the property reads, "Danger, keep out".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "6th SCAPE biennial of art in public space. Mounted on the end wall of the City Council building in Hereford Street".
A planter on Hereford Street, made out of a painted truck tyre. A sign on the planter shows the Rotary International logo, and the words "Colour me Christchurch".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The demolition site of Avonmore House".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "IRD building, viewed across the empty site where the CTV building was".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Basement of the Arrow International site, Madras Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A demolition worker up high on the Hotel Grand Chancellor".
An aerial photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Arts Centre and Botanic Gardens at the top".
An aerial photograph of High Street with the partially-deconstructed Hotel Grand Chancellor in the centre.
A photograph of St John the Baptist Church. The side of the building is being held up by steel bracing.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "St John the Baptist, Latimer Square".
An aerial photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Hotel Grand Chancellor".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Looking north east across the IRD building".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The gay colours of the Cashel Mall Re:Start viewed from the roof of the Ibis Hotel".
A photograph of fence art in Cathedral Square. The artwork shows different types of flowers.
A digitally manipulated image of a shop window. A vase is visible in the window, and the sillhouette of a mannequin in the background. The photographer comments, "The title came from the pot and the E on the window. This is a building that has been off limits since the Christchurch earthquake. The E was sprayed on the window by rescue teams after searching the building and finding it was empty. This is a very old wooden building that looks OK from the front, but terrible from the side as the previously adjoined building has been demolished.
A video of a tour through the Christchurch central city Red Zone. The video includes footage of Armagh Street, Madras Street, Latimer Square, St John's Anglican Church, Hereford Street, the Octagon Live restaurant, the Design and Arts building, the High Street mall, and the Grand Chancellor Hotel. It also includes footage of construction workers cutting up metal beams, and clearing rubble from a building on Manchester Street.
A photograph of the south end of Latimer Square near Hereford Street. A generator has been hooked up to a power board which has several power plugs attached to it. A crate of supplies is sitting behind the power board. Wire fencing has been set up in the background as a cordon, and emergency tape has been draped between the trees. Behind this there are earthquake-damaged buildings, excavators and their parts, and rubble on Madras Street.