BeckerFraserPhotos April 2012 photograph 298

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The site of a demolished building on Hereford Street, with a crane and two skips. Piles of rubble can be seen to the left. The site has been cordoned off with wire fencing.

Demolition Day - Photograph 40

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A house in Richmond being demolished. The back of the house has been demolished, and the back garden can be seen through the front windows. The photographer comments, "The end of 393 River Rd".

Demolition Day - Photograph 38

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A house in Richmond being demolished. The back of the house has been demolished, and the back garden can be seen through the front windows. The photographer comments, "The end of 393 River Rd".

“Would to God I had never heard the name of New Zealand”

Articles, Lost Christchurch

“To tell you is a great task, for I can assure you it is a most awful country,” wrote James Boot from Christchurch, New Zealand in letter to his parents in Nottingham, England in June, …

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Images, Alexander Turnbull Library

Shows a dragon labelled Alpine Fault asleep beneath mountains while mountaineers traverse the range. Context: scientific study shows South Island alpine fault could be 200 years away from generating its next earthquake of magnitude 8.0 (Stuff 3 April 2012) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

BeckerFraserPhotos April 2012 photograph 203

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Piles of rubble along Kilmore Street. A digger can be seen in the background as well as a construction worker in a hard hat and high-visibility vest. The rubble has been separated into different piles.

Elizabeth Ackermann Photograph 276

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A photograph of the Canterbury Provincial Chambers on Durham Street. The building has been cordoned off with wire fencing and the roof covered by plastic sheeting. A crane can be seen to the right.

Umut Akguzel Photograph 552

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A photograph of the partially-deconstructed NewstalkZB Building on Worcester Street. The windows on the south side of the building have been removed, exposing the inside. A crane can be seen in the background.

Elizabeth Ackermann Photograph 367

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A photograph of a partially-cleared building site and badly-damaged buildings between St Asaph Street and High Street, taken from St Asaph Street. The old post office building can be seen in the distance.

Elizabeth Ackermann Photograph 349

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A photograph looking east down Gloucester Street, towards the intersection of Manchester Street. On-lookers are surveying earthquake damage from behind the cordon. The Christchurch City Council parking building can be seen in the distance.

Umut Akguzel Photograph 553

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A photograph of the partially-deconstructed NewstalkZB Building on Worcester Street. The windows on the south side of the building have been removed, exposing the inside. A crane can be seen in the background.

Umut Akguzel Photograph 576

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A photograph of Oxford Terrace taken from behind a cordon fence near Hereford Street. In the distance, the partially-deconstructed Clarendon Towers can be seen, with two cranes in front.

Umut Akguzel Photograph 569

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A photograph of Tuam Street near the High Street intersection. The majority of the buildings along the north side of the street have been demolished. To the left, the Alice in Videoland building can be seen.

BeckerFraserPhotos April 2012 photograph 286

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The Department of Internal Affairs building on Hereford Street. The building is being demolished. Three cracks can be seen running right around the building. The top section of the building has been deconstructed.

BeckerFraserPhotos April 2012 photograph 245

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The bridge that used to run from the Town Hall to the Convention Centre, now detached from the buildings and placed on Kilmore Street. Three diggers can be seen through the glass of the bridge.

Photograph of Gap Filler project 22 (61)

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The empty site of the Crowne Plaza Hotel, now demolished. Wire fencing surrounds the property. This is where the Pallet Pavilion is to be built. In the background, the Crowne Plaza can be seen.

Helen Devereux Photograph 120

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A view down Cashel Street. The Crossing building can be partially seen and the Westpac building is in the background. Taken on a day when a walkway was opened up between Re:Start Mall and Cathedral Square to allow temporary public access.

Photograph by Jocelyn Kinghorn 2375

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Wall around the Butterfly Gap, where landowner Robyn wanted to activate the gap where a house she owned once stood. This is a Gap Filler project, a space where the public can request to hold markets or stalls

Photograph by Jocelyn Kinghorn 2376

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Wall around the Butterfly Gap, where landowner Robyn wanted to activate the gap where a house she owned once stood. This is a Gap Filler project, a space where the public can request to hold markets or stalls

Photograph by Jocelyn Kinghorn 2371

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Wall around the Butterfly Gap, where landowner Robyn wanted to activate the gap where a house she owned once stood. This is a Gap Filler project, a space where the public can request to hold markets or stalls

Photograph by Jocelyn Kinghorn 2372

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Wall around the Butterfly Gap, where landowner Robyn wanted to activate the gap where a house she owned once stood. This is a Gap Filler project, a space where the public can request to hold markets or stalls

Photograph by Jocelyn Kinghorn 2373

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Bench in the Butterfly Gap, where landowner Robyn wanted to activate the gap where a house she owned once stood. This is a Gap Filler project, a space where the public can request to hold markets or stalls

Umut Akguzel Photograph 568

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A photograph of Tuam Street near the High Street intersection. The majority of the buildings along the north side of the street have been demolished. To the left, the Alice in Videoland building can be seen.

Photograph of Kloud 2012:10:20 20:37:01

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A photograph of the installation titled Kloud at LUXCITY. Another large-scale installation titled Archrobatics can be seen in the distance across the road.

BeckerFraserPhotos April 2012 photograph 228

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Colombo Street looking south from Kilmore Street. Concrete and wire fencing have been placed over the street as a cordon. In the distance, the bracing in front of the Cathedral can be seen.

Helen Devereux Photograph 121

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A view down Cashel Street. The Crossing building can be partially seen and the Westpac building is in the background. Taken on a day when a walkway was opened up between Re:Start Mall and Cathedral Square to allow temporary public access.

Photograph by Jocelyn Kinghorn 2374

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Wall around the Butterfly Gap, where landowner Robyn wanted to activate the gap where a house she owned once stood. This is a Gap Filler project, a space where the public can request to hold markets or stalls

BeckerFraserPhotos June 2012 photograph 025

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Rubble from the demolished Convention Centre on Kilmore Street. In the background, the new Central Library on Peterborough Street can be seen".

Photograph of Silhouette Carnival 2012:10:20 18:52:25

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A photograph of the LUXCITY project titled Silhouette Carnival, on Gloucester Street. The In Your Face installation can be seen further along the street.

Elizabeth Ackermann Photograph 277

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A photograph looking south-east across Gloucester Street, taken from the Cambridge Terrace intersection. The road has been cordoned off ahead, and many excavators and cranes can be seen in the distance. A soldier is guarding the cordon.