Look from the cordon fences on to empty demolition sites Tuam Street. The Alice in Videoland building can be seen on left with the Wespac building and Holiday Inn in the background.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Corner High and Manchester Streets, viewed from Alice in Videoland".
Two badly damaged cars in an empty site on the corner of Tuam and Barbadoes Streets. In the background are the Hotel Grand Chancellor, the Holiday Inn City Centre, and the Westpac building.
For £55, reports The Press in 1909, an Antipodean may travel to London and back via the Cape, and secure a very pleasant holiday. For boarders and employees at Alfred and May Burn’s ‘Silver Grid’ b…
A couple sits in a Travel Agency discussing places to go for a holiday. The travel agent says 'Worried about holidaying in New Zealand - well how about...' and she turns to the display of countries to visit on the wall behind her. Each of the countries is illustrated with a very negative image; e.g. 'Japan' with a nuclear symbol, 'Thailand' with a pile of human ashes, 'Sth Africa' with two arms raised in desperate supplication... Context - The couple do not want to visit New Zealand because of the Canterbury earthquakes and there seem to be an awful lot of natural disasters or wars or high expense etc. recently. Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A pile of building rubble from the BNZ bank with the All Seasons Hotel (left) and Holiday Inn (right) in Cashel Street. Photo taken in Hereford Street".
The temperatures are heating up, there’s Christmas decorations in shops around the city and we’re on the countdown to summer holidays. In our penultimate blog post for the year we’re going to look back on some of our best artefacts … Continue reading →
The Gap Hunt booklet put together by Gap Filler in collaboration with KidsFest for the school holidays. The booklet challenged school children to find and enjoy Gap Filler projects around the central city.
An aerial photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "High, Lichfield, and Manchester Streets intersection".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "High Street looking towards Cathedral Square, viewed from Alice in Videoland".
A video of a tour of the Christchurch central city Red Zone. The video includes footage of Cambridge Terrace, the Copthorne Hotel on Colombo Street, Gloucester Street, the Government Life Building in Cathedral Square, the Grant Thornton Building in Cathedral Square, the ChristChurch Cathedral, the new Press Building on Gloucester Street, the Design and Arts College building on Worcester Street, the new Westende Jewellers Building, Hereford Street, the Westpac Trust Building, the BNZ Building, the Holiday Inn, Lichfield Street, High Street, and Cathedral Junction.
A PDF copy of a community newspaper published on Monday 30 December 2013. The newspaper is a combined holiday edition which replaces the normal editions of the Nor'West News, Western News and Selwyn Times.
A PDF copy of a community newspaper published on Monday 30 December 2013. The newspaper is a combined holiday edition which replaces the normal editions of the Bay Harbour News, Pegasus Post and Southern View.
A photograph of a crane working on the demolition of the Hotel Grand Chancellor. The photograph was taken from the car park of PAK'nSAVE on Moorhouse Avenue.
For a lot of us, Labour Day is celebrated in the same way as a lot of public holidays: not thinking about work, catching up the gardening and odd jobs around the house, going away for a long weekend, having … Continue reading →
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The intersection of Manchester, High, and Lichfield Streets, looking north-west".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A view from the BNZ building, looking south down High Street".
A PDF copy of the Community News community newspaper, published on Monday 9 January 2012. Community News is a combined holiday edition which replaces the normal editions of The Observer, News Advertiser, Pegasus Post and Western News.
A PDF copy of the Community News community newspaper, published on Monday 7 January 2013. Community News is a combined holiday edition which replaces the normal editions of The Observer, News Advertiser, Pegasus Post and Western News.
A PDF copy of the Community News community newspaper, published on Monday 31 December 2012. Community News is a combined holiday edition which replaces the normal editions of The Observer, News Advertiser, Pegasus Post and Western News.
A PDF copy of the Community News community newspaper, published on Monday 2 January 2012. Community News is a combined holiday edition which replaces the normal editions of The Observer, News Advertiser, Pegasus Post, Western News and Shore View.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "CBD. Looking north along Manchester Street".
A PDF copy of the Community News community newspaper, published on Sunday 2 January 2011. Community News is a combined holiday edition which replaces the normal editions of The Observer, News Advertiser, Pegasus Post, Western News and Shore View.
A PDF copy of the Community News community newspaper, published on Sunday 3 January 2010. Community News is a combined holiday edition which replaces the normal editions of The Observer, News Advertiser, Pegasus Post, Western News and Shore View.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A view of High Street from the top of Alice in Videoland".
A snapshot from GPS Boomerang's SmartBird flight over the Christchurch red zone on 23 December 2012, looking over Cashel Street where the Re:Start container mall now sits. The Holiday Inn and Westpac Trust Building have been demolished.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "CBD. Looking north between Colombo and Manchester Streets".
An aerial photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The central city looking east, with Latimer Square at the top".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "High Street viewed from Alice in Videoland".
A view down High Street from the corner of Colombo and Hereford Streets. In the distance, the Holiday Inn City Centre is being demolished. Taken on a day when a walkway was opened up between Re:Start Mall and Cathedral Square to allow temporary public access.