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A photograph captioned by Elizabeth Ackerman, "Brandon, Lance and Elizabeth". The photograph was taken during the Residential Access Project which gave residents temporary access within the red-zone cordon in order to retrieve items from their homes after the 22 February 2011 earthquake.

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A photograph of the partially-demolished Westende Jewellers Building on the corner of Worcester and Manchester Streets. A wire fence has been placed around the building as a cordon. Behind it sits a Southern Demolition excavator.

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A photograph of the location of the Green Room garden on Colombo Street. White picket fences have been placed around the edges of the site and a platform has been constructed in the back-right corner. Two garden plots have been sectioned off using bricks to the right and front of the site. The front plot has been planted with shrubs and grass. A path leading between the gardens up to the platform has been filled with gravel. Wire fences have been placed around the entire section as a cordon.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "The Green Room was built by Jonathan Hall and planted by Gina Payne."

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A photograph of workers loading a trailer with items salvaged from people's homes during the Residential Access Project. The project gave residents temporary access within the red-zone cordon in order to retrieve items from their homes.

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A photograph of a badly-damaged building on the corner of Manchester Street and Gloucester Street. The wall of the top storey has crumbled, and the bricks have fallen onto the footpath below. Wire fencing has been placed around the building as a cordon.

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A photograph of a badly-damaged building on the corner of Manchester Street and Gloucester Street. The wall of the top storey has crumbled, and the bricks have fallen onto the footpath below. Wire fencing has been placed around the building as a cordon.

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A photograph of trailers and trucks stacked with salvaged items from people's homes leaving the central business district. The photograph was taken during the Residential Access Project which gave residents temporary access within the red-zone cordon in order to retrieve items from their homes.

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A photograph of the front of Croydon House Bed and Breakfast Hotel, taken from behind a cordon on Armagh Street. The front windows have been boarded up and USAR codes can be seen spray painted in pink inside the porch.

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A photograph of a digger and workers in high-visibility gear outside a badly-damaged building on the corner of Gloucester Street and Manchester Street. The road is covered in building rubble and has been cordoned off with wire fencing.

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A photograph of a digger and workers in high-visibility gear outside a badly-damaged building on the corner of Gloucester Street and Manchester Street. The road is covered in building rubble and has been cordoned off with wire fencing.

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A damaged building on the corner of Wilmer Street and Durham Street South. The outer wall of the property has crumbled, exposing the inside of the building. Wire fencing has been placed around the building as a cordon.

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A view across the corner of London and Canterbury Streets to the Ground Culinary Centre. Large sections of the building's walls have cracked and collapsed, spilling masonry onto the footpath. Wire fencing has been placed around the building as a cordon.

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Damaged shops on the corner of Worcester Street and Stanmore Road. The top level of the shops has collapsed onto the footpath in front where the rubble still lies. Wire fencing has been placed around the building as a cordon.

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The side of the Empire Hotel on London Street in Lyttelton where the brick wall has crumbled. Bracing has been placed on the front of the building to keep it together and limit further damage from aftershocks. The building has been cordoned off with fencing.

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Signs on a cordon fence around a building on Worcester Street. One advertises a multi-cultural festival and the other one reads, "Lakes Chemist. Prescriptions can be obtained from Woodham Road Pharmacy". These provide the local public information about the changes and relevant news about the area.

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The badly-damaged Arts Centre, viewed from Rolleston Avenue. The turret has been removed from the building and secured to a platform on the footpath. Wire fencing has been placed around the building as a cordon and there are many road cones directing traffic.