A photograph of the badly-damaged John Bull Cycles building on the corner of Colombo Street and Tuam Street. Windows are broken and most of the bottom facade has been removed.
A photograph of the badly-damaged John Bull Cycles building on the corner of Colombo Street and Tuam Street. Windows are broken and most of the bottom facade has been removed.
A photograph of the badly-damaged John Bull Cycles building on the corner of Colombo Street and Tuam Street. Most of the building's facade has fallen away and it has been cordoned off with wire fencing. Signs indicating that the business has relocated can be seen in the window.
A photograph of the former railway station on Moorhouse Avenue taken from the Countdown car park. The clock tower has been boarded up with plywood, and the clock has stopped on the time of the 4 September 2010 earthquake.
A photograph of the badly-damaged Fisher's Building on the corner of Hereford Street and High Street. Large amounts of fallen bricks and building rubble cover the footpath and road.
A photograph of Liquidity bar on Oxford Terrace. The awning is bent and USAR codes have been spray-painted on the windows.
A photograph of the former TV3 building taken from Colombo Street, across the sites of several demolished buildings. In front of the building, two excavators are clearing away the rubble from a demolished building.
A photograph looking west down Cashel Street from the intersection with Madras Street. In the distance, wire fencing has been placed across the street as a cordon.
A photograph of earthquake-damaged buildings on Tuam Street. Buildings have been cordoned off with wire fencing and the entrance to Poplar Lane is barricaded with barbed wire and wooden frames.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to The Daily Bagel and Covent Fruit Centre on Victoria Street. The front wall of the second storey has collapsed, exposing the rooms inside.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the House of Travel building on the corner of Papanui and Leinster Roads, taken from inside a car.
A photograph of members of the public walking along Gloucester Street near the Colombo Street intersection. In the background, the site of the demolished Farmers Building can be seen as well as the car park to the left.
A photograph of a red sticker taped to the Government Life building in Cathedral Square, indicating that the building is unsafe to enter.
A photograph of a tree that has been cut down and sawn into pieces behind a fence on the Avon River bank beside Oxford Terrace.
A photograph of a building on the corner of Colombo Street and Oxford Terrace. The awning is being supported with scaffolding and windows have been boarded up with plywood.
A close-up photograph of the Colombo Street bridge between Oxford Terrace and Cambridge Terrace. Part of the bridge's lower structure has buckled.
A close-up photograph of the Colombo Street bridge between Oxford Terrace and Cambridge Terrace. Part of the bridge's lower structure has buckled.
A photograph of a building on the corner of Colombo Street and Oxford Terrace. Some windows are broken and the door has been boarded up with plywood
A photograph looking south-east down High Street towards the intersection of Madras Street. The road has been cordoned off with wire fencing.
A photograph of closed businesses on High Street. USAR codes can be seen spray-painted on the windows and dead leaves have accumulated on the footpath.
A photograph of the Christchurch Chinese Methodist Church on Papanui Road. The top of the tower's walls have crumbled, the bricks falling onto the pavement below.
A photograph of a carton of eggs inside the fridge of a flat on Poplar Street during the Residential Access Project. The project gave residents temporary access within the red-zone cordon in order to retrieve items from their homes. The contents of the fridge have gone mouldy after being left in there for three weeks.
A photograph of the inside of a fridge in a flat on Poplar Street taken during the Residential Access Project. The project gave residents temporary access within the red-zone cordon in order to retrieve items from their homes. The contents of the fridge have gone mouldy after being left in there for three weeks.
A photograph of a partially-cleared building site and badly-damaged buildings between St Asaph Street and High Street, taken from St Asaph Street. The old post office building can be seen in the distance.
A photograph of Red Cross team members and workers inside the temporary Civil Defence headquarters at the Christchurch Art Gallery.
A photograph of businesses on Tuam Street. The second storey of the Switched On Gardener building is being reinforced with straps.
A photograph looking west along Tuam Street from near the intersection with Colombo Street. Buildings on the left hand side have been cordoned off with wire fencing as well as the intersection in the distance.
A photograph looking west along Tuam Street from near the intersection with Colombo Street. Buildings on the left hand side have been cordoned off with wire fencing as well as the intersection in the distance.
A photograph of the earthquake damaged M J Knowles Building on Tuam Street. The wall has either collapsed or been removed leaving the inside of the building exposed. Loose bricks from the wall cover the footpath.
A photograph of the earthquake damaged M J Knowles Building on Tuam Street. The wall has either collapsed or been removed leaving the inside of the building exposed. Loose bricks from the wall cover the footpath.