People walk down the newly re-opened Colombo Street. In the distance, Mike Hewson's installation "Deconstruction" can be seen on the walkway between Ballantynes and The Crossing. This artwork gives the illusion that the walkway has been removed.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Salvaged material from the Cathedral ready for storage".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A digger driver at the Brannigans Building".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A partially-demolished building on the corner of Gloucester and Colombo Streets".
A photograph of workers suspended in a crane basket beside a partially-deconstructed building at 728 Colombo Street.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Looking along Oxford Terrace with the demolition activity from the Brannigans building demolition in the foreground".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Nearly everyone in the vicinity of the Hotel Grand Chancellor is focused upon the demolition activities".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Demolition debris piled in front of the Brannigans building during the course of its demolition".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The machinery used in the demolitions keeps getting more sophisticated as the taller buildings are dealt with. This is the large crane put in place to work on the deconstruction and demolition of the BNZ Building".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The machinery used in the demolitions keeps getting more sophisticated as the taller buildings are dealt with. This is the large crane put in place to work on the deconstruction and demolition of the BNZ Building".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The corner of Victoria Street and Kilmore Streets, overlooking the demolition site of the Copthorne Hotel on Durham Street".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Workers deconstructing the Hotel Grand Chancellor. Panels are being detached and the crane is lowering them to the ground".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A worker tossing material out the window of Charles Luney House, into a skip on Armagh Street below".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Demolition of the Brannigans building. The container is being placed against the end of the building being demolished to protect the building below from falling debris".
A photograph of a shipping container suspended from a crane. The photograph is captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The container is being placed against the end of the building being demolished to protect the building beneath it from falling debris".
A photograph taken from the top of the BNZ building. The photograph is captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Finally, the mess outside Coffee Culture on High Street has been cleared and demolition work will complete what the earthquake began. The red containers in the background are Fletchers containers, servicing the Hotel Grand Chancellor deconstruction".
I am going away for a short time for a holiday and well get back to you all when I get home. Demotion of the Victoria Sq apartments on a walk around the city Feb 26, 2014 Christchurch New Zealand. www...