Damage to the former Sumner Borough Council building. The brickwork is badly cracked, and parts of the wall have collapsed, exposing the interior. Shipping containers below the building protect the street from falling masonry.
The Surreal Hair & Beauty store on Victoria Street has been given a yellow sticker. This was a building assessment system used following the February earthquake and indicates that this building has limited access and needs further evaluation.
The Surreal Hair & Beauty store on Victoria Street has been given a yellow sticker. This was a building assessment system used following the February earthquake and indicates that this building has limited access and needs further evaluation.
A brick fence has been spray painted after the building was cleared by a USAR team. This system was used following the February earthquake to mark buildings that have been checked. Seen through the cordon fence.
The "Lyttelton Review" newsletter for 19 September 2011, produced by the Lyttelton Harbour Information Centre.
An entry from Deb Robertson's blog for 19 October 2011 entitled, "One more quilt to show...".
Page 4 of Section A of the Christchurch Press, published on Monday 14 March 2011.
Page 1 of Section A of the Christchurch Press, published on Friday 25 February 2011.
Page 5 of Section A of the Christchurch Press, published on Thursday 24 February 2011.
Page 3 of Section A of the Christchurch Press, published on Thursday 31 March 2011.
Page 10 of Section A of the Christchurch Press, published on Tuesday 12 April 2011.
Page 15 of Section C of the Christchurch Press, published on Saturday 2 April 2011.
Page 6 of Section A of the Christchurch Press, published on Tuesday 12 April 2011.
Page 10 of Section A of the Christchurch Press, published on Monday 4 April 2011.
Page 2 of Section A of the Christchurch Press, published on Thursday 2 June 2011.
Page 1 of Section A of the Christchurch Press, published on Tuesday 7 June 2011.
Page 20 of Section A of the Christchurch Press, published on Saturday 26 February 2011.
Page 15 of Section C of the Christchurch Press, published on Saturday 19 March 2011.
Page 5 of Section A of the Christchurch Press, published on Wednesday 9 March 2011.
This apartment building was across the street from our old flat. Now it's an empty lot.
An aerial photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Victoria Square is at the centre of this picture with its green lawns and trees. The bare patch of earth in front s the demolition sites of the Allan McLean building, the Oxford on Avon, and Plunket House. The contract to demolish the Crowne Plaza Hotel has been let, while the fate of the Town Hall is still undecided. The Convention Centre is coming down. On the very bottom, slightly to the right is the Medlab building which is also to be demolished. In the bottom left corner is the PWC building which is also to be demolished".
The cartoon shows a monstrous machine with an enormous crushing ball attached to a giant crane. It moves past a signpost that points towards Christchurch. A man watches and tells his friend 'Gerry Brownlee borrowed it from Auckland! Context - Brownlee has caused a stir by suggesting that if he had his way some of Christchurch's older buildings would be "down tomorrow". He also said the price of saving some historic buildings badly damaged in the February 22 earthquake was too high. People had died in the quake because of attempts to save historic buildings badly damaged in the September 4 quake. Brownlee said he had no regrets despite the stir his comments caused - but he was annoyed by suggestions the Cathedral and Riccarton House were among buildings he thought should be bowled. He believed those buildings should be saved, and they would be. "I'm not a philistine; I was chairman of the trust that actually saved Riccarton House from the bulldozers in 1990. "I understand conservation architecture very well and I do have an appreciation of heritage buildings." Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).
Computers retrieved from the Registry Building.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "CTV building".
Commerce Building with fencing round it.
Commerce Building with fencing round it.
A photograph of the Whitcoulls Building.
A photograph of the Whitcoulls Building.
Badly damaged buildings along Worcester Street.
Damage to the Cranmer Court building.