A Pitiable Case As a man was walking around Sumner road, in October 1901, a lady passed by and drew his attention to a small cave in the side of the hill where she said an old lady and her husband …
Christchurch Sept 4th Earthquake
In 1874 this modest two-storey farm house was built on the outskirts of Christchurch. It’s not the sort of house we normally see in Christchurch, in part because of its age, but also because it was built as a farm house, … Continue reading →
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Looking north east across the old City Council building, old Majestic Theatre, and IRD building".
Old CHristchurch Girls' High School.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Historic Post Office in Cathedral Square from the site of the Regent Theatre with the new Telecom building to the right".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The demolition site of the former Sydenham Post Office".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The demolition site of the former Sydenham Post Office".
A photograph of a plaque on a stone in Hagley Park which reads, "This stone was erected 16th Dec. 1908 by the Canterbury Old Colonists Assn to mark the spot where some of the first Canterbury settlers erected their huts 1851".
Building rubble and liquefaction on the footpath outside the former Public Library on the corner of Hereford Street and Cambridge Terrace.
A pipe from the outside the former Public Library on the corner of Hereford Street and Cambridge Terrace.
Building rubble and liquefaction on the footpath outside the former Public Library on the corner of Hereford Street and Cambridge Terrace.
Building rubble and liquefaction on the footpath outside the former Public Library on the corner of Hereford Street and Cambridge Terrace.
Liquefaction and building rubble on the damaged footpath outside the former Public Library.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The former Public Library on Hereford Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The spires on the former Public Library on Hereford Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The old city library under demolition, viewed from Hereford Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Old City Library being demolished".
A photograph of a stone in front of a tree in Hagley Park with a plaque. The plaque reads, "This stone was erected 16th Dec. 1908 by the Canterbury Old Colonists Assn to mark the spot where some of the first Canterbury settlers erected their huts 1851".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Old City Library being demolished".
Heavy steel bracing holding up the front facade of the Our City O-Tautahi Building on Worcester Street near Oxford Terrace.
Building rubble and liquefaction on the footpath outside the former Public Library on the corner of Hereford Street and Cambridge Terrace.
A colour photograph showing damage to the former City Council Civic Offices following the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
Thursday 3 May 2012. File reference: CCL-2012-05-03IMG_2341 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
Thursday 3 May 2012. File reference: CCL-2012-05-03IMG_2342 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
Thursday 3 May 2012. File reference: CCL-2012-05-03IMG_2340 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
File reference: CCL-2011-08-12-CanterburyPublic Library pre-demolition-039 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
Revisiting some of my images coming up to our one year anniversary of the 22 February 2011 Christchurch 6.3 earthquake. Blue Jean Cuisine (Old Sydenham Post Office) built in 1911 was badly damaged in the 2011 earthquakes was demolished 2012.
The Old Lyttelton Post Office, opened in 1874, showing damage after a series of earthquakes hit Christchurch and Lyttelton over the last 9 months. In the shadow of a broken house, Down a deserted street, Propt walls, cold hearths, and phantom stairs, And the silence of dead feet — Locked wildly in one another's arms I saw two lovers meet. ...
The old post office building in Kaiapoi.