Damage to the Visitors Centre in Kaiapoi, after the September 4th earthquake. The foundations have lifted at the back of the building, giving it a forward lean.
Cross cracking on the Manchester Courts Building between the windows. This means that there was no vertical reinforcement in the building and it will have to come down.
Damage to the Visitors Centre in Kaiapoi, after the September 4th earthquake. The foundations have lifted at the back of the building, giving it a forward lean. Cables have been attached to the balcony over the walkway and braced to posts cemented into the ground. This is to stop the building from slumping further.
Damage to the Visitors Centre in Kaiapoi, after the September 4th earthquake. The foundations have lifted at the back of the building, giving it a forward lean. Cables have been attached to the balcony over the walkway and braced to posts cemented into the ground. This is to stop the building from slumping further.
Cracking in the plaster work of the side wall of a building in the central city. The bricks that make up the wall have shaken apart and are threatening to topple.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Corner of Barbados Street and Edgeware Road. Dairy being pulled down".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Major earthquake hits Christchurch. Corner of Edgeware Road and Barbados Street".
The Braziers building, next door to at Gap Filler's first project at 832 Colombo Street.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Major earthquake hits Christchurch. Corner of Edgeware Road and Barbados Street".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Major earthquake hits Christchurch. Corner of Edgeware Road and Barbados Street".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Major earthquake hits Christchurch. A deserted Manchester Street in the CBD".
A man carrying a pot plant at Gap Filler's first project at 832 Colombo Street.
A photograph of a crack running through the pavement of a residential street in Christchurch.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch scenes after the 7.1 magnitude earthquake. Bracken Street Avonside".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Barriers around earthquake-damaged buildings, corner Worcester Street and Stanmore Road".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Barriers around earthquake-damaged buildings, corner Gloucester Street and Woodham Road".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Demolition of a building on Victoria Street, following the Canterbury earthquakes".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Aerial pictures of earthquake damage in Christchurch. Barbadoes Street/Edgeware Road".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Corner of Barbados Street and Edgeware Road. Dairy being pulled down".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Major earthquake hits Christchurch. Shops on Cranford Street. Neighbour is Nancy".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Major earthquake hits Christchurch. Shops on Cranford Street. Neighbour is Nancy".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Major earthquake hits Christchurch. Corner of Edgeware Road and Barbados Street".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Major earthquake hits Christchurch. Corner of Edgeware Road and Barbados Street".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Corner of Barbados Street and Edgeware Road. Dairy being pulled down".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Major earthquake hits Christchurch. Corner of Edgeware Road and Barbadoes Street".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Major earthquake hits Christchurch. Corner of Edgeware Road and Barbados Street".
Damaged facade? That's the decorative mural of this restaurant located on Manchester Street in Christchurch!
Ministry of Economic Development building, view to Wordsworth Street Pws-2010-12-12-dsc05621
A photograph of earthquake damage to a brick wall next to The Coffee House on Montreal Street.
A photograph of bricks and rubble outside the Community of the Sacred Name Convent on Barbadoes Street.