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A graffiti-style advertisement for the NZ Police on the side of a building on Colombo Street, showing a police officer comforting a frightened woman. Text reads "You too can do something extraordinary. Become a cop".

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Police road block on Colombo Street; aftermath of the magnitude 7.1 earthquake in Christchurch on Saturday 4-9-2010. Note the unusually deserted streets on a Tuesday afternoon.

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A photograph of footage of Cathedral Square playing on a number of computer monitors as part of Gap Filler's ninth project, Thinking Outside the Square. The footage was sourced from the Christchurch community and cut into an hour-long video spanning 100 years. The monitors are placed amongst wooden pallets, an excavator, and other building material.

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A photograph of graffiti on a building on the corner of Colombo Street and Peterborough Street. Originally a recruitment advertisement for the police, the image has been altered and the words, "You can paint, but we can't!" added.

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A car park on the corner of Tuam and Colombo Streets replaces the building that was demolished there. On the wall of an adjoining building, a chalkboard mural encourages people to leave their thoughts, with the prompt "I hope Christchurch will...".

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A photograph of graffiti on a building on the corner of Colombo Street and Peterborough Street. Originally a recruitment advertisement for the police, the image has been altered and the words, "You can paint, but we can't!" added.

Images, UC QuakeStudies

A photograph of the completed Green Room garden on Colombo Street. Crack'd for Christchurch's armchair and mosaic artworks are on a platform in the back. The armchair and ottoman have been wrapped in calico and secured with a bow. A blue ribbon has been tied across the entrance of the garden.

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People walk down Colombo Street past collapsed buildings shortly after the 22 February earthquake. The photographer comments, "Just after the aftershock settled on Tuesday afternoon, myself and colleagues fled our Tuam Street office to absolute devastation outside. We couldn't see more than a block in either direction due to the clouds of dust that had arisen from buildings that had just collapsed ... From here, we picked up our vehicles from the CCC car park and headed out to get out of the chaos to a position where we could check on loved ones. Heading first along Manchester Street, buildings that were already heavily damaged were now completely written off. We couldn't get much further down Manchester Street so eventually made it to Colombo Street".

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The damaged TimeZone games arcade on Colombo Street. The roof has collapsed, batts from the ceiling are piled in the window, and the door is boarded up. Taken on a day when a walkway was opened up between Re:Start Mall and Cathedral Square to allow temporary public access.