Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Aftermath of the earthquake in Christchurch where the cleanup has begun. Historic buildings around Christchurch received varying degrees of damage. Builders work on the Repertory Theatre in Kilmore Street".
A photograph of an installation view of Julia Holden's exhibition, 'its like now'. The installation was exhibited at the ArtBox gallery on the corner of Madras and St Asaph Streets.
View down Gloucester Street at a cordon access point, with a cordon station on the left and road cones to divert traffic in front. In the background, diggers sit on the demolition site where the Brannigans building was.
A photograph of an installation view of Julia Holden's exhibition, 'its like now'. The installation was exhibited at the ArtBox gallery on the corner of Madras and St Asaph Streets.
A photograph of people gathered in front of the temporary light installation titled Etch-A-Sketch.
Patchwork quilts wrapped around the concrete slabs used to stabilise a broken wall on Winchester Street. They make it look snug despite the snow. Many projects like this have cropped up around Canterbury in an effort to brighten the earthquake environment.
Damage to the Gayhurst Road bridge. The road has buckled due to the bridge's movement, and the bridge is cordoned off. Liquefaction covers part of the street, and in the background St Paul's Church is also cordoned off.
A photograph of people transporting materials and props for the 'Sound Cone' project, which is part of LUXCITY.
A photograph of visitors to LUXCITY in front of the large-scale installation titled Etch-A-Sketch.
An artist's impression of the installation 'Altitude', created as part of the LUXCITY event. Tutors: David Turner, Lester Mismash
A photograph looking over Worcester Street and Cathedral Square during Canterbury Tales. Canterbury Tales was created by Free Theatre Christchurch, and was the main event of FESTA 2013.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "A chandelier is recovered by a Southern Demolition excavator operator from a damaged shop, Shrimpton Radcliffe Design on Victoria Street, following the Canterbury earthquakes".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A cross scratched in the glass of a window in St Bartholomew's Anglican Church, Kaiapoi".
A photograph of part of a sculpture being constructed for the Pavilions & Lighting Devices night market, which is part of LUXCITY.
A photograph of students from the Student Volunteer Army and Entré with a sign reading, 'Churchill Park'.
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A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Victoria Street. A giant vibrating pair of nibblers makes easy work of demolishing a reinforced concrete building. This section of wall was reduced to rubble in about two minutes".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The site of the CTV Building on Madras Street where 118 people died. All that remains is the elevator shaft and stairwell to the right".
Damage to Dallington Discount Market on the corner of Gloucester Street and Woodham Road, the facade of which has collapsed during the 4 September 2010 earthquake. The building has been cordoned off with a safety fence.
Damage to the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament. The upper part of the corner structure has collapsed, and the cross on the roof is on a lean.
Damage to the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament. The upper part of the corner structure has collapsed, and the cross on the roof is on a lean.
A view of the Worcester Street bridge from across the Avon River. In the background, the Our City O-Tautahi building is surrounded by scaffolding and bracing, the Rydges building behind.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Knox Church, Bealey Avenue". There is a foam heart pegged to the fence reading, "We're all in this together. Christchurch, we love you!".
A digger clearing rubble from the demolished Strategy House on Montreal Street. Part of the road has been cordoned off with wire fences and the Victoria Clock Tower can be seen in the distance.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Aftermath of the earthquake in Christchurch where the cleanup has begun. Historic buildings around Christchurch received varying degrees of damage. The Provincial Chambers on Durham Street is scaffolded".
A photograph of a colourful crocheted cover for a shipping container. It has a variety of patterns including a heart, a four leaf clover and some flowers.
The demolition site of the Methodist Church on the corner of Colombo and Brougham Street in Sydenham. Wire fencing has been placed around the site with a sign that reads, "Property of the Sydenham Heritage Trust".
A photograph of an installation view of Julia Holden's exhibition, 'its like now'. The installation was exhibited at the ArtBox gallery on the corner of Madras and St Asaph Streets.
A photograph of a band set beneath a temporary installation. The installation is part of Pavilions & Lighting Devices at LUXCITY.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Hotel Grand Chancellor car park demolition".