The Royal Commission into the Canterbury Earthquakes has heard the CTV building collapsed because of the incompetence of the man in charge of designing it.
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An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 20 May 2012 entitled, "Cloven Clocktower".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 5 August 2012 entitled, "Immense Implosion".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 1 January 2012 entitled, "Bucky Birthday".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 3 January 2012 entitled, "Routine Rambling".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 5 January 2012 entitled, "Sunny Seaside".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 26 December 2012 entitled, "Wet Weather".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 16 December 2012 entitled, "Memories of Mother".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Provincial Council Chambers, Durham Street".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Provincial Council Chambers, Durham Street".
A digitally manipulated image of a damaged wooden wall. The photographer comments, "And the walls came tumbling down".
A hand painted poster on the fence around the site where the CTV building use to be. On it is the word 'Faith'.
Detail of the backs of buildings on High Street, seen from St Asaph Street. A portaloo and road cones on the empty site.
A photograph of the Edmonds Clock on Oxford Terrace, protected with plastic wrapping and steel braces.
A photograph of the Edmonds Clock on Oxford Terrace, protected with plastic wrapping and steel braces.
An entry from Jennifer Middendorf's blog for 25 December 2012 entitled, "Merry Christmas".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Provincial Council Chambers, Durham Street".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Provincial Council Chambers, Durham Street".
The site of the demolished St. John's Anglican Church on Latimer Square. On the left is the former site of the CTV building.
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A PDF copy of The Star newspaper, published on Friday 28 September 2012.