A video of an address by Joanna Norris, Editor of The Press, at the 2014 Seismics and the City forum. This talk was part of the Breakfast Presentations section, the theme of which was Building Momentum.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Very little digger, corner Manchester and Worcester Streets with former Trinity Congregational Church (most recently Octagon Live) behind".
A photograph of the Spicers Building on Durham Street. In the foreground, an excavator and skip are sitting on the site of a demolished building.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Image taken from Armagh Street with the Marque Hotel on Gloucester Street in the centre rear (with the flag flying)".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The intersection of Manchester and Worcester Streets, looking south west". The earthquake-damaged Octagon Live Restaurant can be seen.
A member of the Wellington Emergency Management Office Emergency Response Team team attempting to enter the City Care building on Antigua Street. A green sticker on the door indicates that the building has been inspected and is safe to enter.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "This manikin has been retrieved from the remains of the support from the Octagon Live tower. The body was from the cyclist and the head was from the kayaker. Oxford Terrace".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Copthorne Hotel on Colombo Street with the demolition site of the Allan McLean building to the left. Liquefaction is visible in the foreground".
A photograph taken from the top of the BNZ building. The photograph is captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Grant Thornton Building in Cathedral Square. This building will be demolished".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Fleet House is between the demolition sites of Kenton Chambers and Manchester Courts. It is being set up for demolition now - with material being stripped out of it and fill laid upon the footpath".
A damaged house in the Christchurch central city. Codes have been spray painted on the driveway as well as "No go" on the front window and door. A red sticker in the front window indicates that the building is unsafe to enter.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to a property in the Christchurch central city. Part of the roof of the property has collapsed, spilling material onto the balcony below. A sign in the foreground reads, "Wots your councillor doing for your water?".
A photograph of the Domo furniture store, Whites Building and the Edison Building on Tuam Street shortly after the 22 February 2011 earthquake. Members of the public can be seen walking down the road as they attempt to leave the central city.
A time-lapse video of several locations in the Christchurch central city. The locations include the intersection of Gloucester and Manchester Streets, the intersection of Colombo and Armagh Streets, the ChristChurch Cathedral, Cashel Street, and the intersection of Lichfield and Manchester Streets.
A photograph of a member of the Wellington Emergency Management Office Emergency Response Team standing in a car park in the Christchurch central city. In the background is the Hotel Grand Chancellor. The hotel has a noticeable slump on the left side.
A video of a tour of the Christchurch central city Red Zone. The video includes footage of Cambridge Terrace, Kilmore Street, Colombo Street, the Grant Thornton building in Cathedral Square, Worcester Street, ChristChurch Cathedral, the Westende Jewellers Building, and Hereford Street.
A photograph of a member of the Wellington Emergency Management Office Emergency Response Team standing in a car park in the Christchurch central city. In the background is the Hotel Grand Chancellor. The hotel has a noticeable slump on the left side.
Posters created for Beca Heritage Week 2014, outlining SCIRT's repair work on the Armagh Street and Colombo Street bridges in the Central City. They were hung on the bridges for members of the public to read during SCIRT's walk and talk tours.
Christchurch's old central city police station building will now be demolished on Sunday by implosion. Another one of Christchurch recognisable buildings to be given a death sentence following the earthquakes of 2010/2011. Photo by Geoff Trotter at www.dreamdreams.co.nz
A video of an address by Peter Townsend, CEO of the Canterbury Employers' Chamber of Commerce, 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, "The La Boheme building on Bedford Row which was further damage during the 23 December 2011 earthquakes".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "MSC House at 92 Lichfield Street which has sustained further damage during the 23 December 2011 aftershock".
The Crowne Plaza Hotel viewed from Victoria Square across the tram bridge. Wire fencing has been placed across the bridge to keep people off.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Community House, 141 Hereford Street. Note the pile of gravel ready to be spread prior to demolishing the building".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "At the end of the day, these workers on the Hotel Grand Chancellor take a ride back to ground".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A digger working on Fleet House, 184-186 Hereford Street, with Calendar Girls (which is staying) behind".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Bedford Row looking across to Lichfield Street. By now the Bar Beleza building is an empty site".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Looking past Warners Hotel toward the Cathedral from Gloucester Street across the demolition site of the Base Backpackers".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Looking from Gloucester Street to Worcester Street (Heritage Hotel) with the Hotel Grand Chancellor in the background".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A worker tossing material out the window of Charles Luney House, into a skip on Armagh Street below".