Road closure on Gloucester Street due to the demolition of the Brannigans Building.
Road closure on Gloucester Street due to the demolition of the Brannigans Building.
A heart-shape made out of stones and flowers in a demolition site.
The basement of the "Price Waterhouse" building after demolition after the Christchurch earthquakes...
A video showing part of the demolition of the Ozone Hotel in New Brighton. Steve Taylor comments "She put up a good fight. The Ozone in New Brighton was damaged in the February earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand. Here is the main corner of the structure being, as they say, deconstructed. At the end there is a reverent bow by the excavator. Just before this the claw had caught on the floor/ceiling and the whole building shook from side to side, but it still stayed in place."
A view 4 weeks after the 7.1 magnitude earthquake in Christchurch. Corner of Colombo and Byron Streets. Given a bit of a HDR process to add some of what I was "feeling" at the time.
Of what many in Christchurch know as the Millers building, but for many recent years was the home to the Christchurch City Council, till just a week or two before the first earthquake of 2010. Now, in mid-2014 it is finally being demolished after nearly 45 months empty. A bus is leaving the new (temporary) bus exchange onto Tuam Street. But n...
A timeline of events in the debate over the demolition of ChristChurch Cathedral.
An infographic giving statistics on the demolition by controlled explosion of Radio Network House.
A photograph of two windows exposed by the partial demolition of the Cranmer Centre.
A photograph of two windows exposed by the partial demolition of the Cranmer Centre.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Demolition of Manchester courts. This is the north facing wall".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Demolition of Manchester courts. This is the north facing wall".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Demolition of Manchester courts. This is the north facing wall".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Southern Demolition pull down St Pauls Church Dallington bell tower".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Southern Demolition pull down St Pauls Church Dallington bell tower".
The demolition site of the Gallery Apartments building, situated behind the Christchurch Art Gallery.
A cordon fence around an empty site left after the demolition of a building.
Two Christmas trees on an empty section left by the demolition of a building.
Demolition sites and rubble across from Latimer Square, near the corner of Hereford Street.
Demolition sites and rubble across from Latimer Square, near the corner of Hereford Street.
Demolition sites and rubble across from Latimer Square, near the corner of Hereford Street.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Demolition on the corner of Edgeware Road and Barbados Street".
A vacant demolition site where buildings once stood. Weeds are growing on the site.
A graphic describing a proposal to use demolition rubble for land reclamation in Lyttelton.
The demolition site of the Gallery Apartments building, situated behind the Christchurch Art Gallery.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Demolition of Manchester courts. This is the north facing wall".
A view down Hereford Street, with a cordoned-off demolition site on the left.
A picnic bench on an empty site left after the demolition of a building.
Awaiting demolition. Blue pipes are water supply to anyone still living on Hulverstone Drive.