A view down Hereford Street, with a cordoned-off demolition site on the left.
A picnic bench on an empty site left after the demolition of a building.
Awaiting demolition. Blue pipes are water supply to anyone still living on Hulverstone Drive.
A long reach excavator demolishes the Crowne Plaza Hotel. The photographer comments, "The Crowne Plaza Hotel being demolished".
A video showing part of the demolition of the Ozone Hotel in New Brighton. Steve Taylor comments "She put up a good fight. The Ozone in New Brighton was damaged in the February earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand. Here is the main corner of the structure being, as they say, deconstructed. At the end there is a reverent bow by the excavator. Just before this the claw had caught on the floor/ceiling and the whole building shook from side to side, but it still stayed in place."
Two workers look on as a long reach excavator demolishes the Crowne Plaza Hotel. The photographer comments, "The Crowne Plaza Hotel being demolished".
Two workers look on as a long reach excavator demolishes the Crowne Plaza Hotel. The photographer comments, "The Crowne Plaza Hotel being demolished".
A water jet sprays over the rubble of the Crowne Plaza Hotel to prevent dust. The photographer comments, "The Crowne Plaza Hotel being demolished".
Two workers look on as a long reach excavator demolishes the Crowne Plaza Hotel. The photographer comments, "The Crowne Plaza Hotel being demolished".
Two workers look on as a long reach excavator demolishes the Crowne Plaza Hotel. The photographer comments, "The Crowne Plaza Hotel being demolished".
A view 4 weeks after the 7.1 magnitude earthquake in Christchurch. Corner of Colombo and Byron Streets. Given a bit of a HDR process to add some of what I was "feeling" at the time.
Of what many in Christchurch know as the Millers building, but for many recent years was the home to the Christchurch City Council, till just a week or two before the first earthquake of 2010. Now, in mid-2014 it is finally being demolished after nearly 45 months empty. A bus is leaving the new (temporary) bus exchange onto Tuam Street. But n...
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Peter Majendie's installation '185 Empty Chairs', which remembers the 185 who died as a result of the 22nd February earthquake. The site is the demolition site of the Oxford Terrace Baptist Church".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Peter Majendie's installation '185 Empty Chairs', which remembers the 185 who died as a result of the 22nd February earthquake. The site is the demolition site of the Oxford Terrace Baptist Church".
A photograph of a paste-up on the cordon fence surrounding the Crowne Plaza demolition site. The paste-up is in the shape of an awards ribbon, and reads, "Voted Chch best demo 2012".
Christchurch-based social enterprise transforms wood waste from residential demolition in Christchurch into useful objects.
A page banner promoting an article about the demolition of ChristChurch Cathedral being halted.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Demolition of the BNZ building in Armagh Street".
A photograph of a police officer and photographers watching the demolition of the PGC Building.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Police and crowds watching the demolition of the Manchester Courts building".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Bedford Row viewed across demolition sites from Cashel Street".
A claws of an excavator and a digger on a demolition site on Kilmore Street.
Flowers blooming in a vacant site left by the demolition of a building in Edgeware.
An infographic illustrating the results of a poll about the demolition of ChristChurch Cathedral.
A page banner promoting an article about the proposed demolition of the ChristChurch Cathedral.
A demolition vehicle drilling a hole in the side of a building on Victoria Street.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Demolition of the Mexican Cafe viewed from Manchester Street".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Progress on the demolition of the Manchester Courts building is slow".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Progress on the demolition of the Manchester Courts building is slow".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Progress on the demolition of the Manchester Courts building is slow".