Volunteers setting up at Gap Filler's first project at 832 Colombo Street.
A baking stall at Gap Filler's first project at 832 Colombo Street.
A shed on at Gap Filler's first project at 832 Colombo Street.
Damaged shops on Colombo Street cordoned off with fencing and police tape.
A man performing at Gap Filler's first project at 832 Colombo Street.
A puppet show at Gap Filler's first project at 832 Colombo Street.
A band performing at Gap Filler's first project at 832 Colombo Street.
A photograph of the site of a demolished building on Colombo Street.
An excavator clearing the site of a demolished building on Colombo Street.
Volunteers setting up at Gap Filler's first project at 832 Colombo Street.
A photograph showing the air bridge above Colombo Street at The Crossing.
Damaged stores on Colombo Street with a cleared building site in front.
People enjoying music at Gap Filler's first project at 832 Colombo Street.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A partially-demolished building on the corner of Gloucester and Colombo Streets".
A mural on the corner of Peterborough Street and Colombo Street reads "Isn't it wonderful that nobody need waste a single moment to improve the world".
An aerial photograph of the Copthorne Hotel on Colombo Street. The photograph has been captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "When the PricewaterhouseCoopers building is demolished, the Copthorne Central Hotel will be alone on the block. Oxford on the Avon and Plunket House are also gone from Oxford Terrace, and on the other side of the river is the demolition site of the PGC building where 18 people died".
A damaged building on Colombo Street, near the Tuam Street intersection. The brick facade has collapsed, exposing the wooden structure beneath.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A view looking east from the intersection of Colombo Street and Gloucester Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Allan McLean Building, Oxford Terrace - it was offices (lawyers/accountants/House of Travel Holdings etc) and also housed the cafe Verve Real Food Catering - facing Colombo and right next to the Copthorne".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Looking South across Bealey Avenue, below centre, along Madras Street to Latimer Square. The CBD is at the top right".
Graffiti on a damaged building on Colombo Street. The photographer comments, "This street art has been unseen by the general Christchurch population as it was off limits in the Red Zone".
The gutted and partially demolished Crowne Plaza Hotel viewed from Victoria Park.
A photograph of street art on a brick wall on Colombo Street. Two artists can be seen working on scaffolding on the right.
A demolition site on the corner of Welles and Colombo Streets. Road cones have been placed along the street to divert the traffic.
Colombo Street, north of the Square, looking north. Although many buildings have been demolished, large parts of the street are still behind cordons.
A demolition site on the corner of Welles and Colombo Streets. Road cones have been placed along the street to divert the traffic.
The gutted and partially demolished Crowne Plaza Hotel viewed from Victoria Park.
Cashel Street, looking onto Colombo Street. 23 May 2012. File reference: CCL-2012-05-23-IMG_2874 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries
Demolished buildings on Colombo Street, seen through the cordon fence on Moorhouse Avenue.
Urban Search and Rescue personnel escorting construction workers down Colombo Street in the aftermath of the 22 February 2011 earthquake. Behind them a team of Fire Service and Urban Search and Rescue personnel can be seen using a crane to check the Forsyth Barr building for trapped people.