A felt heart sewn to the fencing around the Volcano Cafe provides a bit of beauty to an otherwise depressing scene.
Furniture and games from the Shelley Common Room moved to the food court and Mix Cafe area after the September earthquake.
The exposed wall of a building on Peterborough Street with street art and advertisements for The Flying Cup, a mobile cafe.
Etcetcera collectibles and cafe File Ref: CCL-2011-03-17-St Albans-IMG_0384 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
Etcetcera collectibles and cafe File Ref: CCL-2011-03-17-St Albans-IMG_0383 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
Etcetc collectibles and cafe File Ref: CCL-2011-03-17-St Albans-IMG_0385 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
One landscape colour digital photograph taken on 19 November 2011 showing part of the north side of London Street. The properties visible from left to right are: part of Lyttel Piko Organic and Wholefoods, Satchmo Café Pizzabar, Milly May and Snoclothes New Zealand. The empty section was formerly occupied by No. 6 Cafe. The Lyttelton streetsc...
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The wall of the building on the boundary of 143 Manchester Street (behind the Mexican Cafe)".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A message written on the front door of SAMO cafe on Canterbury Street in Lyttelton".
A photograph of a detail of street art on Fitzgerald Avenue, near The Fitz cafe. The photographer attributes the work to Freak.
Members of the public enjoying Coffee Zone, a cafe in a shack next to the 10 square metre office building in Sydenham.
Moira Fraser talks to a staff member at Coffee Zone, a cafe in a shack on a Gap Filler site in Sydenham.
Moira Fraser talking to the staff at the Coffee Zone, a cafe in a shack on a Gap Filler site in Sydenham.
People are still sitting in Le Cafe's outside dining area, below the scaffolding erected around a damaged part of the Arts Centre.
Revealed after the SoulFood Cafe building was demolished - Haircutting for 6d and a shave for thruppence? how old is this?
A view across London Street in Lyttelton to The Volcano Cafe, The Lava Bar, and Coastal Living Design Store. Masonry from the buildings has collapsed onto the footpath, and the site has been cordoned off with wire fencing. The buildings' yellow recycling bins are still waiting on the curb for collection.
A view down London Street in Lyttelton, looking east from Canterbury Street. To the left, the damaged Volcano Cafe can be seen, with bricks from the side wall still on the road and wire fencing around the building. A road sign reading, "Road closed" has been placed in front of the street ahead.
Damage to the Fuze Restaurant and Cafe on the corner of Oxford Street and Norwich Quay. The facade around the top of the building has crumbled into the street below. Wire fencing has been used to create a cordon around the building.
A video of people participating in the 'Bare Your Bum for Brighton' protest in New Brighton. The protest was organised by Pier Side Café owner Tony Brooks, as a humorous way of getting Christchurch city leaders to take notice of New Brighton after the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
The sign for Perry's Cafe has had "Shaken but not deterred" added under the name of the cafe. One of the iconic figures of two workmen painted on the side of the building, which have regularly-changed speech bubbles commenting humorously on topical subjects, are saying "Is my crack showing?" The paint has peeled from the other speech bubble, obscuring the reply. The photographer comments, "After the numerous earthquakes in Christchurch a lot of buildings were damaged and made off limits. This affected a lot of cafes and take aways, so if you were open you needed to make it known. The words missing from the speech bubble are 'Don't be silly'".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Part of the makeshift theatre on the site of the demolished Volcano Cafe in London Street, Lyttelton".
Cordon fencing around the damaged Ground Culinary Centre and cafe. Bricks have crumbled from the walls and remain piled up on the footpath.
A photograph of customers in the outdoor seating area of a cafe. The photograph is captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Decadence, Victoria Street".
Demolition of the top storey of Fuze Restaurant and Cafe. The building formerly housed the Harbour Board Offices, and was built in 1880.
Ground Culinary Centre on the corner of London Street and Canterbury Street in Lyttelton. Bricks from the buildings walls have collapsed on to the footpath and road, and the building has been enclosed by wire fencing.
Damaged buildings along London Street. Wire fencing has been used to keep people away. To the left is the Volcano Cafe, centre the Lava Bar and on the right is a fish and chip shop. A pile of rubble lies on the street from the damaged buildings.
A photograph showing damage to the building at 110 Lichfield Street. Part of the interior of The Mexican Cafe on the upper floor is visible.
The remains of several collapsed buildings on Oxford Street in Lyttelton. The sites formerly housed the Lyttelton Lounge cafe, the Opportunity Shop and NZ Souvenir.
A dust-covered table in Man's Bakery and Cafe on Hereford Street. On top sits the remains of a lunch abandoned on 22 February 2011.
Fences surround two cleared sites at 15 and 17 Oxford Street in Lyttelton. The sites formerly housed Lyttelton Lounge cafe, The Opportunity Shop and NZ Souvenir.