The "Nucleus" sculpture by Phil Price on the corner of High, Manchester and Lichfield Streets. It has been cordoned off with fencing and road cones, and on the right is a rubbish skip. In the background is the Westpac Building.
Workers in a cherry picker outside the the Excelsior hotel. Fencing and road cones have been placed around the footpath to keep the public away from the damaged buildings.
Detail of a building on the corner of Manchester Street and Struthers Lane. A room covered in grafitti has been exposed after the wall crumbled.
The ANZ Bank Chambers on the corner of High and Lichfield Streets. WORLD, a clothing store, was housed on the ground floor.
The ANZ Bank Chambers on the corner of High and Lichfield Streets has been cordoned off from the public. WORLD, a clothing store was housed on the ground floor.
A rubbish skip in an alleyway is full of building rubble, with piles of bricks scattered around it.
Side view of the former Majestic Theatre on the corner of High, Lichfield and Manchester Streets.
The entrance to the Provincial Chambers Building with a red sticker on the door. This means the building is unsafe to enter.
The Provincial Chambers Building with a red sticker on the door. This means the building is unsafe to enter.
A view of Cashel Mall looking looking towards the Bridge of Remembrance, which can be seen in the background. A section of the street has been cordoned off from the public.
A damaged building on the corner of Manchester and Welles Streets. Cordon fencing and road cones have been placed around the footpath and road to contain the demolition rubble and to keep the public away.
A damaged building on Manchester Street. Fencing and road cones have been placed in front to keep the public away. A row of motorbikes are parked on the side of the road.
A demolition site on Welles Street, where the interior structures have been removed. View into the building site through the partial demolished exterior wall. A crane and demolition workers can be seen on site.
A worker stands in a basket hanging from a crane in a demolition site on Welles Street.
Bricks fallen from the facade of this building on the corner of Manchester and Welles Streets have destroyed its awning and are strewn across the footpath and road.
Bricks fallen from the facade of this building on the corner of Manchester and Welles Streets have destroyed its awning and are strewn across the footpath and road.
The entrance to the Provincial Chambers Building with a red sticker on the door. This means the building is unsafe to enter.
A demolition site on Welles Street, where the interior structures have been removed. View into the building site through the partial demolished exterior wall. A crane and demolition workers can be seen on site.
A demolition site on Welles Street, where the interior structures have been removed. View into the building site through the partial demolished exterior wall. A crane and demolition workers can be seen on site.
A closed sign on shop window. Reflected in the window is building rubble across the street.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Aftermath of the earthquake in Christchurch where the cleanup has begun".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Aerial pictures of earthquake damage in Christchurch. Victoria Street".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch begins the slow recovery process after last weeks devastating 7.1 earthquake. The historic MLC Building on Manchester Street is due for demolition. Manchester Courts".
Page 19 of Section B of the Christchurch Press, published on Monday 27 December 2010.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Building damage after Christchurch earthquake".
Page 1 of Section C of the Christchurch Press, published on Saturday 18 December 2010.
Page 12 of Section A of the Christchurch Press, published on Tuesday 7 December 2010.
A photograph of liquefaction at a reserve between Greers Road and Harris Crescent in Papanui.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Rubberneckers driving by or watching the Christchurch Chinese Methodist Church on Papanui Road have its spire carefully removed so that restoration work can be considered".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Creyke Road, Ilam. Post earthquake".