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Under the trees in the Botanic Gardens was a 'Road Cone Art Competition', to see what sculptures the public could make out of a road cone.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the footpath near the Montreal Street bridge over the Avon River.
A close-up photograph of the wheel from the worm gear drive of the Townsend Telescope.
A photograph of the timber section of the historic Provincial Council Chambers. The clock tower has collapsed onto the road.
A crack in the front lawn of a house in north-east Christchurch. Some liquefaction has pushed up through the crack.
The building at 128-130 Lichfield Street after the earthquake with a large crack visible in the middle of the building.
Colour photograph of the Stewart Dawson building on the corner of High and Cashel streets after the February earthquake.
A frontal view of the Hotel Grand Chancellor through the arc of the Bridge of Remembrance after the June aftershock.
A photograph of members of the New Zealand Army deconstructing a concrete block wall.
A photograph of a USAR code spray-painted on the window of a house on Gloucester Street.
A photograph of an SPCA vehicle from Wellington parked on Gloucester Street near the intersection with Montreal Street.
A photograph of a earthquake-damaged tree in Hagley Park which has fallen and crushed a shipping container.
Nick Draper playing one of Gap Filler's painted pianos on the site of a demolished building.
Nick Draper playing one of Gap Filler's painted pianos on the site of a demolished building.
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Peter Conway at CTU meeting, Hornby Working Men's Club, post 22 February earthquake".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Phil Goff at CTU meeting, Hornby Working Men's Club, post 22 February earthquake".
Members of the public bowl on the CPIT students' 1950s bowling alley in town.
Nick Draper playing one of Gap Filler's painted pianos on the site of a demolished building.
Furniture spray-painted with drawings and words as part of the Words of Hope project.
People listening to a reading at the site of the Think Differently Book Exchange.
People listening to a reading at the site of the Think Differently Book Exchange.
Wooden boards used as the base of each bowling alley in Gap Filler Bowling.