Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Cranmer Court residents Kristin Hollis (left) and Rod McKay talk to Australian heritage architects Edward Clode and Barney Collis about the earthquake damage to the old buildings, which have been converted into apartments".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Workers at the Provincial Council Chambers, Durham Street".
A video of a protest against the demolition of the Majestic Theatre on Manchester Street. The video includes an interview with Christchurch City Councillor Yani Johanson. Johanson talks about how the lack of heritage recovery programme in Christchurch has meant that many heritage buildings have destroyed, mainly through the fast-tracking of consenting by the government. Johanson asks that the government returns normal democratic decision making over heritage to the Christchurch City Council so that the public can have a say. The video also includes footage of the Wizard and a protester speaking outside the Majestic Theatre.
A story submitted by Suzanne Carter to the QuakeStories website.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Octagon Live (Formerly Trinity Congregational Church) corner Worcester and Manchester Streets".
A photograph of the base of the Townsend Telescope, still attached to a piece of rubble. The rubble is from the Observatory tower at the Christchurch Arts Centre. The tower collapsed during the 22 February 2011 earthquake and the rubble spilled into the courtyard in front. A digger was used to clear the rubble away from the building.
A photograph submitted by Tim Kerr to the QuakeStories website. The description reads, "Cupola from the Regent Theatre Building – originally 1903 Luttrell Bros designed Royal Exchange Building. The cupola mysteriously ‘disappeared’!".
A photograph looking west down Worcester Street from the intersection of Manchester Street. Building rubble lies on the right side of the road, and a shipping container is situated outside the Design and Arts College.
The "Lyttelton Harbour Review" newsletter for 15 April 2013, produced by the Lyttelton Harbour Information Centre.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A pile of bricks which have crumbled from a wall and landed on a digger at a demolition on Lichfield Street. This is a result of the 23 December 2011 earthquake".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Octagon Live Restaurant, viewed from Manchester Street".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 11 June 2012 entitled, "Sobering Sunday Stroll".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "South aspect of ChristChurch Cathedral, Cathedral Square".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament on Barbadoes Street".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Provincial Council Chambers".
A letter written by Roz Johnson to family members overseas.
A letter written by Roz Johnson to family members overseas.
An aerial photograph of Cathedral Square. Captions added by BeckerFraserPhotos identify the demolition sites of key buildings.
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 21 November 2011 entitled, "Riding through the Red Zone".
This article explores the scope of small-scale radio to create an auditory geography of place. It focuses on the short-term art radio project The Stadium Broadcast, which was staged in November 2014 in an earthquake-damaged sports stadium in Christchurch, New Zealand. Thousands of buildings and homes in Christchurch have been demolished since the February 22, 2011, earthquake, and by the time of the broadcast the stadium at Lancaster Park had been unused for three years and nine months, and its future was uncertain. The Stadium Broadcast constructed a radio memorial to the Park’s 130-year history through archival recordings, the memories of local people, observation of its current state, and a performed site-specificity. The Stadium Broadcast reflected on the spatiality of radio sounds and transmissions, memory, postdisaster transitionality, and the impermanence of place.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Warners Hotel under demolition, Cathedral Square".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "ChristChurch Cathedral, Cathedral Square".
An aerial photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Colombo Street beginning at the Copthorne on the left and ending just past the Christchurch Cathedral".
A photograph submitted by Jo Reid to the QuakeStories website. The description reads, "An office in the process of demolition. They stripped the building and then carefully deconstructed it to make sure the buildings around were safe.".
A story submitted by David Hopkins to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by Anonymous to the QuakeStories website.
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 22 March 2012 entitled, "Lamenting the Loss".
A photograph of workers suspended in a basket from a crane. The photograph is captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The kind of working conditions that don't appeal to everyone. The workers at the Provincial Council Chambers seem relaxed as they are lowered to the ground".
One landscape colour digital photograph taken on 19 November 2011 showing Grubb Cottage on London Street. The rear portion of this building was built in 1851 and is regarded as one of the oldest buildings in Canterbury. It was sold in 2006 to the Christchurch City Council and vested in the Grubb Cottage Heritage Trust. In August 2013 the buildi...
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The city blocks encompassed by Manchester Street, Gloucester Street, Latimer Square and Hereford Street are amongst those with the most demolished buildings in the city centre at the moment".