Christchurch has a frontier appearance about it in this photograph taken by Dr. Barker in 1860 from the tower of the Canterbury Provincial Buildings. With little beyond the immediate streets, it c…
Up until February 22nd, 2011, the city of Christchurch was a unique, historic and cultural living and breathing entity. Inherited from a long list of valuable contributors dating back to its incep…
25 May 2012. File reference: CCL-2012-05-25-IMG_3050 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
Damaged by fire on Friday 7 December. See Press article Suspicions over building fires. Monday 10 December 2012. File reference: CCL-2012-12-10-IMG_1102 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
24 May 2012. File reference: CCL-2012-05-24-IMG_3032 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
24 May 2012. File reference: CCL-2012-05-24-IMG_3033 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
Damaged by fire on Friday 7 December. See Press article Suspicions over building fires. Monday 10 December 2012. File reference: CCL-2012-12-10-IMG_1105 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
Damaged by fire on Friday 7 December. See Press article Suspicions over building fires. Monday 10 December 2012. File reference: CCL-2012-12-10-IMG_1103 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
24 May 2012. File reference: CCL-2012-05-24-IMG_3010 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
24 May 2012. File reference: CCL-2012-05-24-IMG_3018 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
Tuesday 27 March 2012. File reference: CCL-2012-03-27-IMG_0754 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
Damaged building on Colombo Street, with the Copthorne Hotel and Forsyth Barr buildings in the background.
An aerial photograph of the Christchurch Central City. The photograph has been captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Central city blocks bounded by Colombo Street, Hereford Street, Cashel Street and High Streets".
Deconstruction of the PriceWaterhouseCoopers building, with the Forsyth Barr building in the foreground.
A video of a tour of the Christchurch central city Red Zone. The video includes footage of Cambridge Terrace, the Copthorne Hotel on Colombo Street, Gloucester Street, the Government Life Building in Cathedral Square, the Grant Thornton Building in Cathedral Square, the ChristChurch Cathedral, the new Press Building on Gloucester Street, the Design and Arts College building on Worcester Street, the new Westende Jewellers Building, Hereford Street, the Westpac Trust Building, the BNZ Building, the Holiday Inn, Lichfield Street, High Street, and Cathedral Junction.
A stack of concrete blocks removed from a building.
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 14 August 2011 entitled, "Building Braced".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "BDO building".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "BDO building".
A photograph of the BNZ and ANZ buildings on opposite corners of Cathedral Square.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "BDO building".
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 south-west along Cathedral Square towards the ANZ Building. Part of the Millennium Hotel and BNZ Building can be seen to the left. Rubble lies on the road ahead.
Emergency personnel lifting a metal beam from the ruins of the Canterbury Television Building on Madras Street during their search for trapped people. Behind them smoke is billowing from the remains of the building.
Emergency personnel lifting a metal beam from the ruins of the Canterbury Television Building on Madras Street during their search for trapped people. Behind them smoke is billowing from the remains of the building.
Emergency personnel lifting a metal beam from the ruins of the Canterbury Television Building on Madras Street during their search for trapped people. Behind them smoke is billowing from the remains of the building.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The new Westende Jewellers building on the corner of Manchester and Worcester Streets. The former building collapsed in the 4 September 2010 earthquake".
Emergency personnel lifting a metal beam from the ruins of the Canterbury Television Building on Madras Street during their search for trapped people. Behind them smoke is billowing from the remains of the building.
The two-storey red building in the centre of Christchurch was like many typical pre-1900 buildings that had been modified over the years. The veranda was enclosed to provide more rooms within the building and multiple other extensions and rooms had … Continue reading →
Emergency personnel lifting a metal beam from the ruins of the Canterbury Television Building on Madras Street during their search for trapped people. Behind them smoke is billowing from the remains of the building.