The sign for Shand's Emporium at 88 Hereford Street. A plaque on the building reads, "Building in 1851 by John Shand, re-opened as Shand's Emporium, March 17th 1977".
A story submitted by Anonymous to the QuakeStories website.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A view from the BNZ building, looking south down High Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The site of the CTV Building on Madras Street where 118 people died. All that remains is the elevator shaft and stairwell to the right".
A view of the Worcester Street bridge from across the Avon River. In the background, the Our City O-Tautahi building is surrounded by scaffolding and bracing, the Rydges building behind.
The Edmonds Band Rotunda on the bank of the Avon River, Cambridge Terrace. The brickwork of the building has been damaged by the earthquake and wire fencing has been placed around the building to keep people away.
The badly damaged Cranmer Courts Building on the corner of Montreal and Kilmore Streets . The front window and archway has crumbled, rubble and debris littering the footpath below.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Demolition site of Allan McLean building, corner of Colombo Street and Oxford Terrace".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Looking south along Colombo Street towards the CBD".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Intersection of Gloucester and Manchester Streets (west view)".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Looking east along Worcester Street past the demolition site of the Press Building".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Cashel Street and High Street intersection used to be very dominated by buildings".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Looking along High Street with the Westpac Building on the left and Holiday Inn on the right".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Hotel Grand Chancellor, 165 Cashel Street, has moved sideways into the parking building at 161 Cashel Street".
An aerial photograph of the Christchurch central city with Gloucester Street running through the centre of the photograph, and Clarendon Towers in the middle.
Wooden bracing holds up the facade of The Loons Circus Theatre Company building on Canterbury Street in Lyttelton. Samo Coffee Lounge was run inside the Loons building by a group of former Lyttelton Coffee Company staff.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Street signs on the corner of Madras and Hereford Streets. In the background, the basement of the Arrow International building is exposed now the building has been demolished".
A photograph of members of the public standing in a section of walkway opened up to allow the public a view of Cathedral Square. The BNZ building is in the background.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The view across Victoria Square to the Forsyth Barr building with the statue of Captain James Cook in the foreground".
A photograph of a crack in between the stairway and a column of the Physics Building at the Canterbury Arts Centre. The crack formed during the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
Signs on the front window of the Union Centre Building on Armagh Street. The three signs read, "Danger, live wires", "Restricted Use", and "Danger, your building has a yellow placard, do not enter".
A building on Lichfield Street with damage to the top storey, revealing the walls underneath. The rubble has now been cleared, but the cordon fences are still up around the building to keep people away.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Damage to the Crichton Cobbers Youth and Community Club on Fitzgerald Avenue".
A photograph of the earthquake damage to a building on Lichfield Street. The brick wall of the top storey of the building has crumbled, exposing the wooden structure underneath. Many of the windows are broken.
A photograph of a corrugated-iron clad building on Oxford Street, which is all that remains standing after the buildings around it have been demolished. The photograph is captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "13 Oxford Street in Lyttelton".
A view down High Street, looking north-west from the Tuam Street intersection. On the left a line of shipping containers support the facade of a damaged building. Rubble from demolished buildings can be seen in the distance.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Intersection of Gloucester and Manchester Streets (north-west view)".
College of Education Academic Manager, Emma Newman, in the temporary office space set up in the NZi3 building. The photographer comments, "University of Canterbury administration all fits into one building! Emma Newman keeping the College of Education enrolments happening".
University of Canterbury IT staff members Malcolm Smeaton and Deborah Pearson in their temporary office in the NZi3 building. The photographer comments, "University of Canterbury administration all fits into one building! Well, sort of. Malcolm and Deborah dealing with business".
University of Canterbury staff working in temporary office space set up in the NZi3 building. The photographer comments, "University of Canterbury administration all fits into one building! Alan Hoskin and Alison McIntyre discuss, Jess Hollis sags".