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Part 1 of a video contributed by Henry Allison, a participant in the Understanding Place research project. The video has the description "Henry Allison talks about his experiences at the brewery on St Asaph Street during the earthquakes, and about the architecture that was lost in the central city".

BeckerFraserPhotos March 2012 photograph 151

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The food caravans that used to operate in the Arts Centre, now travel to several places in the city. Here they are in the quad at Canterbury University with the lunchtime queues".

Elizabeth Ackermann Photograph 259

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A photograph of a flower in a road cone at the University of Canterbury. On the anniversary of the 22 February 2011 earthquake, people were encouraged to place flowers in road cones as a way of honouring those who lost their lives during the earthquake.

BeckerFraserPhotos March 2011 photograph 043

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A red-stickered building on Canterbury Street in Lyttelton. The building's facade has been propped up with timber, steel and concrete block bracing, and one of its windows has been weather proofed with plywood. Wire fencing has been place around the building as a cordon.

BeckerFraserPhotos September 2010 photograph 061

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Extensive damage caused by liquefaction in Bracken Street, Avonside. A pile of liquefaction can be seen in front of this house. After the earthquake, many people had to dig this silt out of their properties and place it on the road to be collected.

BeckerFraserPhotos September 2010 photograph 097

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A collapsed brick wall on Halswell Junction Road. A stack of bricks have been saved by the tree which has grown in a curve and is resting on the wall, holding the bricks in place. A pile of bricks can be seen on the ground where they fell.

Natalie Kerschner WEMO Photograph 080

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A photograph of cracking in the footpath along Gayhurst Road, where the pavement has lifted in places and sunk inwards in others. A road cone has been placed on top of the uneven pavement to warn people. A portaloo can be seen in the background.

All Right? Five Years On I Feel: Community 16

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A photograph of Shane from Shirley taking part in #FiveYearsOn. Shane holds a sign which reads, "Five years on, I feel... I'm in a grate Place with all the thing what are happing [sic] for me".

Under the Fale Photograph 2013:10:26 (1)

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A close-up photograph of two conch shells, which will be used during Under the Fale. Under the Fale was organised by Pacific Underground and took place as part of Canterbury Tales - a carnivalesque procession which was the main event of FESTA 2013.

WEMO ERT Set 1 - March 2011 - Photograph 69

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A photograph of emergency management personnel examining a building on New Regent Street. Pavers on either side of the tramline have risen and shifted out of place. Many tables and chairs from cafes and restaurants are still sitting outside.