A view down Avonside Drive showing cracks in the road from the 4 September 2010 earthquake. Concrete blocks have been placed next to power poles to provide support.
A view down Avonside Drive showing cracks in the road from the 4 September 2010 earthquake. Concrete blocks have been placed next to power poles to provide support.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Arts Centre, Hereford Street. Careful palleting of the pieces of the Arts Centre which fell to the ground".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Arts Centre, Hereford Street. Careful palleting of the pieces of the Arts Centre which fell to the ground".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Christchurch City Gallery, the temporary civil defence HQ". Portacoms have been placed along Worcester Boulevard to house office workers.
A sign on the fence surrounding an empty site between St Asaph Street and Tuam Street. The sign reads, "Danger, your house has a red placard, do not enter".
The demolition of Manchester Courts on Manchester Street. A crane is holding a platform above the building. A cordon made of shipping containers, fencing and a "Road closed" sign can be seen.
A pdf copy of an on-line form used by organisations wishing to register with One Voice Te Reo Kotahi.
St John's Anglican Church in Hororata. The top of the bell tower has collapsed into the roof of the church, some falling onto the ground below where it still lies.
St John's Anglican Church in Hororata. The top of the bell tower has collapsed into the roof of the church, some falling onto the ground below where it still lies.
Cracks on the facade of the Oxford Terrace Baptist Church. Bracing has been placed against the facade to support the building and limit further damage from aftershocks.
St John's Church on Hereford Street. The damaged bell tower is partially demolished. It has been taken apart by hand, the stonework carefully sorted and laid out on the grass.
Damage to the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament. Straw bales have been used as packing between the building and the shipping containers supporting its north-west corner.
The damaged Sumner Surf Lifesaving Club building. The rear of the building has been demolished, and spray-painted notices on the walls read "No entry, not safe" and "No parking, not safe".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "198 Gloucester Street, the site of the TVNZ building - demolished - AMI building (left), Newstalk ZB building (centre)".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Octagon Live restaurant, old Trinity Congregational Church, corner of Worcester and Manchester Streets".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Octagon Live restaurant, (formerly Trinity Congregational Church), corner of Worcester and Manchester Streets".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Octagon Live restaurant, old Trinity Congregational Church, corner of Worcester and Manchester Streets".
Sand volcanoes" in the Heathcote Estuary. The volcanoes were caused by liquefaction, where the soil lost its strength and water erupted out of the hole, taking silt with it.
Sand volcanoes" in the Heathcote Estuary. The volcanoes were caused by liquefaction, where the soil lost its strength and water erupted out of the hole, taking silt with it.
A photograph of the interior of the car park of the Hotel Grand Chancellor. The photograph is captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The reinforced column (right) and slumped car park floor".
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, "A house at 464 Avonside Drive in Avonside which has moved towards the river while the deck stayed put".
A photograph of a house with a liquefaction-covered garden. The photograph is captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "24 Jean Batten Place, Horseshoe Lake, Burwood".
A photograph of a Nero playing while Rome burns, painted on a concrete block in a retaining wall. The photograph is captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Cunningham Terrace, Lyttelton".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Jeremy Dyer, proprietor of the Governors Bay Hotel, which needed extensive renovations as a result of earthquake damage".
A photograph of a flying pig painted on a concrete block in a retaining wall. The photograph is captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Decorated retaining wall in Cunningham Terrace, Lyttelton".
A photograph of graffiti reading, "City Council cares, yeah right", painted on a concrete block in a retaining wall. The photograph is captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Cunningham Terrace, Lyttelton".
A photograph of flying pigs painted on concrete blocks in a retaining wall. The photograph is captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Decorated retaining wall in Cunningham Terrace, Lyttelton".
A photograph of a detail of Mike Hewson's artwork, 'Government Life Suspension', on the side of the former Chancery Arcade.