A crowd gathered in Cranmer Square for the Rally for the Cathedral protest. The rally protested the proposed demolition of the ChristChurch Cathedral.
A crowd gathered in Cranmer Square for the Rally for the Cathedral protest. The rally protested the proposed demolition of the ChristChurch Cathedral.
A video of architect Shigeru Ban overseeing the construction of the cardboard beams which will be used to build the Transitional Cathedral on Hereford Street. The video includes an interview with Ban about the beams, and the ways that the design has changed since the construction started.
A video of a press conference with Bishop Victoria Matthews in the Botanic Gardens about the plans for the earthquake-damaged ChristChurch Cathedral. Matthews announces that the cathedral will be deconstructed, allowing the safe retrieval of taonga and heritage items within the building.
People gather in a fenced-off area of Cathedral Square to view the damage to the cathedral and surrounding buildings. In the centre is the plinth which formerly held the statue of John Robert Godley. Taken on a day when a walkway was opened up between Re:Start Mall and Cathedral Square to allow temporary public access.
A huge milestone in the rebuild of the Christchurch Cathedral. Twelves years since the Canterbury earthquakes caused extensive damage to the building, community leaders and project managers have gathered inside the cathedral this morning for the first time since the quakes. It also marks the completion of stablisation phase of the project. Our reporter Adam Burns went along.
In 1987, Jack Perkins recorded an award-winning documentary capturing the life, the sounds and the personalities of Cathedral Square in Christchurch. Thirty years on, Deborah Nation parallels that experience with the sounds of September 2011 as engineer Gabrielle Parker escorts her Shrough the earthquake Red Zone into the square as it is today.
Thirty-four years ago, Spectrum producer Jack Perkins recorded his award-winning documentary capturing the life, the sounds and the personalities of Cathedral square in Christchurch. In this edition of The Vault, Deborah Nation parallels that experience with the sounds of 2011 as she is escorted through the earthquake Red Zone into the square as it is today.
20130827_2621_1D3-47 Looking towards Cathedral Square Where once were buildings! From the corner of Armagh Street and Oxford Terrace. #4147
Members of the public take photographs of the damage to the north side of the cathedral. Steel bracing supports the front wall of the cathedral.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake damage in central Christchurch after a 6.3 earthquake. Collapsed Cathedral with Sue Spigel, Christchurch Cathedral artist-in-residence, trapped".
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the Cathedral Grammar School Main Block.
A stained-glass window in the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament casts coloured light onto carved angels on the wall, seen before the earthquakes.
Photo of Cathedral Square, Christchurch taken by Paul Gofton, 6 September 2010.
‘Ice Cream Charlie’ operated a well-known ice cream cart in Cathedral Square for much of the first half of the twentieth century. He was reknowned for his friendly nature and delicious …
Written by Helen Solomons In 1879, my great grandfather, Mortimer Cashman Corliss, was promoted to head telegraphist in Christchurch’s newly built Post and Telegraph Office in Cathedral Squar…
“There are two classes of Christchurch postcards – those with the Cathedral and those without.” [1] The elegance of a lost age is captured in this exquisite photochrom post…
On the north east corner of Cathedral Square, the Commercial Hotel, owned by John Etherden Coker (1832 – 1894) was opened in 1863. The name Warner’s was not used until the hotel’s…
The BNZ building in Cathedral Square.
The temporary "Cardboard Cathedral" under construction.
The Chalice sculpture in Cathedral Square.
The BNZ building in Cathedral Square.
Cathedral Square walkway, Saturday 26 November.
Cathedral Square walkway, Saturday 26 November.
Cathedral Square walkway, Saturday 26 November.
Cathedral Square walkway, Saturday 26 November.
Cathedral Square walkway, Saturday 26 November.
Cathedral Square walkway, Saturday 26 November.
Cathedral Square walkway, Saturday 26 November.
Cathedral Square walkway, Saturday 26 November.