File reference: CCL-2011-04-08-Lyttelton-Library-P1110826 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries Photos of Lyttelton Library on Friday 8 April, the day it re-opened after the February 22 earthquake.
File reference: CCL-2011-04-08-Lyttelton-Library-P1110822 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries Photos of Lyttelton Library on Friday 8 April, the day it re-opened after the February 22 earthquake.
File reference: CCL-2011-04-08-Lyttelton-Library-P1110825 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries Photos of Lyttelton Library on Friday 8 April, the day it re-opened after the February 22 earthquake.
A sign outside a community showering facility set up at the Burwood Primary School. The sign reads, "Community Shower. Open 7am to 7pm".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The intersection of Colombo and Gloucester Streets, looking east along Gloucester Street, which has been newly opened for public access".
Diggers on the former site of St Paul's School, now demolished. A sign reads "St Paul's School, open at our temporary site, 102 Champion St, Edgeware".
Damaged pavement on the Williams Street bridge in Kaiapoi. The concrete abutment has risen during the earthquake, forcing its way through the pavement of the footpath into the open.
Damaged pavement on the Williams Street bridge in Kaiapoi. The concrete abutment has risen during the earthquake, forcing its way through the pavement of the footpath into the open.
A photograph submitted by Sam Langley to the QuakeStories website. The description reads, "Cracks on the floor of my local supermarket. Amazingly they were open within 36 hours of both big quakes.".
Damage to the front of the Cathedral. A walkway from Gloucester Street to the Square was opened up for a few days to allow the public a closer look at the Cathedral.
A photograph of a shop window with large letters stating, "Yes we are open". The window also bears a red sticker and spray painted notes from 26 February 2011 stating "Rear collapsed".
The cordon checkpoint at the intersection of Colombo and Gloucester Streets. In the background, people stand in a section of walkway opened up to allow the public a view of Cathedral Square.
An aerial photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The RSA (red roof and three skylights) and electrical substation (red front with the door open) very badly damaged by the rock falls".
A photograph of a section of Oxford Terrace which has been cut open. In the background, police tape has been draped around the footpath as a cordon.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Otakaro Place, Bexley. A great hole has opened up between the deck and the garden with fissures all over the garden".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Lyttelton Sea Foods shop has re-opened in a portacom on the cleared site in Norwich Quay, Lyttelton after their shop was demolished".
The MedLab building on Kilmore Street. Many of the windows are open or have been broken. Inside, ceiling tiles are missing and swaths of fabric hang from concrete beams.
A photograph submitted by Tim Kerr to the QuakeStories website. The description reads, "Mannequins suspended in an open frontage gently twisting in the breeze – unmolested for weeks. Bottom of High St and Manchester St".
A photograph of a sign on a shop window reading, "We're open! Spruce up underway, not quake related! Exciting new paint job coming soon!". The photograph is captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "New Regent Street".
Christmas decorations hanging on the cordon fence on Colombo Street. A walkway from Gloucester Street to the Square was opened up for a few days to allow the public a closer look at the Cathedral.
A photograph of an open sign for CIRA Coffee & Wares on a residential street in the Christchurch central city. The café was set up in a house after the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
Damage to the Cathedral. A public walkway through to a small viewing area in the Square was opened up for a few weekends to allow the public to see inside the Red Zone.
Damage to the Cathedral. A public walkway through to a small viewing area in the Square was opened up for a few weekends to allow the public to see inside the Red Zone.
Damage to the north side of the Cathedral. A walkway from Gloucester Street to the Square was opened up for a few days to allow the public a closer look at the Cathedral.
The soon-to-be demolished ANZ building in Cathedral Square. A walkway from Gloucester Street to the Square was opened up for a few days to allow the public a closer look at the Cathedral.
Weeds growing around the war memorial in Cathedral Square. A walkway from Gloucester Street to the Square was opened up for a few days to allow the public a closer look at the Cathedral.
People in Cathedral Square on a day when a walkway was opened up between Re:Start Mall and Cathedral Square to allow temporary public access. The plinth where the statue of John Robert Godley, Canterbury's founder, once stood.
A view down Cashel Street, with the Crossing building and the Westpac building in the background. Taken on a day when a walkway was opened up between Re:Start Mall and Cathedral Square to allow temporary public access.
Damage to the north side of the Cathedral. A walkway from Gloucester Street to the Square was opened up for a few days to allow the public a closer look at the Cathedral.
Christmas decorations hanging on the cordon fence on Colombo Street. A walkway from Gloucester Street to the Square was opened up for a few days to allow the public a closer look at the Cathedral.