A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The IStay Apartment building on Cashel Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The site of the Latimer Square side of the Christchurch Club".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The intersection of Colombo and Gloucester Streets, looking south west".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The intersection of Gloucester and Manchester Streets, looking north west".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Colombo Street/Lichfield Street intersection - east view".
A video of Lianne Dalziel speaking to a public gathering about her reasons for standing for the mayoralty of Christchurch. Dalziel talks about starting her mayoralty where Share an Idea left off, making the Council a high performing team, and getting the community involved in the decisions about the future of the city. The video also includes footage of Dalziel taking a tour of the Christchurch central city. Dalziel visits the ChristChurch Cathedral, pointing out a sign which reads, "The earthquakes stopped us, but inept procedures are killing us". She also visits the new Westende Jewellers building, which she notes was the first rebuild in the Christchurch central city but will come down as part of CERA's Transport Plan. Dalziel is shown socialising with members of the public and watching the Christchurch Wizard bless New Regent Street.
A PDF copy of pages 64-65 of the book Christchurch: The Transitional City Pt IV. The pages document the transitional project 'Life in Vacant Spaces HQ'. Photos: Tim Bishop and LiVS
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Holiday Inn hotel in High Street viewed from the top of the BNZ in Cathedral Square".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Armagh Street looking over the demolition to the District Court in Durham Street (left) and the Copthorne Hotel (centre)".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Gloucester Street - did they find a better pair of shoes in the rubble or the bin?".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Looking along Oxford Terrace with the demolition activity from the Brannigans building demolition in the foreground".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Ibis hotel on Hereford Street, viewed from the top of the BNZ building in Cathedral Square".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A plaque on the Cambridge Terrace side of the River Avon commemorating the Scottish Pioneers".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The site of a demolished building on the corner of Chester Street and Madras Street".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A digger working up high on the Gallery Apartments, drilling holes in the concrete slabs".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Demolition debris piled in front of the Brannigans building during the course of its demolition".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Armagh Street (north side) looking towards Madras Street. The TUC building to be demolished. It has slumped badly due to liquefaction".
An aerial photograph of the intersection of High, Lichfield and Manchester Streets. The site of the Strange's building is in the bottom-left quadrant of the photo.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Colombo Street bridge, badly damaged in the 22 February 2011 earthquake. The large steel beams supporting the bridge are distorted".
A photograph of traffic leaving Lichfield Street taken from the intersection with Manchester Street shortly after the 22 February 2011 earthquake. A police officer is directing a crowd of people who have evacuated from buildings in the central city.
A video of Prime Minister John Key taking part in a tree planting ceremony on the banks of the Avon River in Christchurch. The trees were planted to symbolise the beginning of the rebuild of the Christchurch central city.
An aerial photograph of the Christchurch central city. The photograph is captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "BDO Lumley House which is in the process of being demolished. Knox Church is visible on the right hand side of the photo".
A video of an address by Lianne Dalziel, Mayor of Christchurch, at the 2014 Seismics and the City forum. This talk was part of the Breakfast Presentations section, the theme of which was Building Momentum.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A view looking down Gloucester Street to the deconstruction of the Gallery Apartments".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Workers high up in the Marque Hotel/Pacific Tower on Oxford Terrace".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Waterwheel in the Avon River near the Hereford Street bridge, seen from Oxford Terrace".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A plaque on the site of the long-demolished Cambridge Terrace Methodist Church".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Shoppers moving between Ballantynes and Cashel Mall behind the cordon on Colombo Street".
Recently, Peter Mitchell, one of our building archaeology specialists, recorded a 19th century residential dwelling just on the edge of Christchurch’s Central City. This dwelling was similar in form and function to others we have seen in Canterbury – it … Continue reading →
A video of André Lovatt, Chair of Regenerate Christchurch, Hugh Cowan, General Manager of Reinsurance, Research and Education at EQC, and developer Antony Gough responding to questions from the floor during a panel at the 2016 Seismics in the City Conference. The panel has three themes:A City on the Move: Collaboration and Regeneration: "'Christchurch is now moving rapidly from the recovery phase into a regeneration stage with Central and Local Government working with the wider community, including the business community to ensure we get optimal outcomes for greater Christchurch' (CECC)."Looking Back: Remembering and Learning: "What are the milestones? What are the millstones? What have we learnt? What have we applied?"Looking Forward: Visioning and Building: "What do we aspire to? What are the roadblocks? What is the way forward?"