Damage to a building on Ferry Road. The side walls have partially collapsed, and bricks are scattered on the ground below. The building is cordoned off with security fencing.
Damage to a building on Ferry Road. The side walls have partially collapsed, and bricks are scattered on the ground below. The building is cordoned off with security fencing.
A photograph of people walking past the Convention Centre on Kilmore Street. Wire fencing has been placed along the street to keep people away from the damaged Town Hall.
Damage to a building on Ferry Road. The side walls have partially collapsed, and bricks are scattered on the ground below. The building is cordoned off with security fencing.
The banks of the Avon River along Avonside Drive have been built up with gravel. The street is flooded, and has been closed off with fencing and road cones.
The banks of the Avon River along Avonside Drive have been built up with gravel. The street is flooded, and has been closed off with fencing and road cones.
Damage to a building on Ferry Road. The side walls have partially collapsed, and bricks are scattered on the ground below. The building is cordoned off with security fencing.
Damage to a building on Ferry Road. The side walls have partially collapsed, and bricks are scattered on the ground below. The building is cordoned off with security fencing.
A photograph looking south down Manchester Street. Damaged buildings on the right have been cordoned off with wire fencing. In the distance, the Hotel Grand Chancellor Hotel can be seen.
Glass on the footpath in front of the Brannigans Building on the corner of Oxford Terrace and Gloucester Street. Wire fencing has been placed around the building as a cordon.
The intersection of Kilmore Street and Fitzgerald Ave. Damaged buildings in the background have been cordoned off with fencing and road cones. Plastic road barriers have been placed to divert the traffic.
A section of the brick wall on the Croydon House B&B Hotel has crumbled, exposing an interior room. Spray paint markings left by USAR can be seen on the house and fencing.
A view down Tuam Street. Road cones and cordon fencing have been placed around damaged buildings. In the background is a building where the walls have crumbled, exposing the interior of the building.
A section of the brick wall on the Croydon House B&B Hotel has crumbled, exposing an interior room. Spray paint markings left by USAR can be seen on the house and fencing.
The intersection of Kilmore Street and Fitzgerald Ave. Damaged buildings in the background have been cordoned off with fencing and road cones. Plastic road barriers have been placed to divert the traffic.
Building rubble behind cordon fencing at the corner of Salisbury and Montreal Streets. In the background is the Victoria Clock Tower, with the clock stopped at 12:51, the time of the 22 February earthquake.
Damage to a house on Peterborough Street. The wall of the house has crumpled revealing the inside of the building. Fencing has been placed along the footpath to contain the building rubble.
A view across Worcester Street in Linwood to a block of shops, including Easy Traders Whiteware and Furniture. Masonry, structural components and the Easy Traders building's veranda have collapsed onto the road. The whole back section of the shops has also collapsed. The site is enclosed by a safety fence.
A view across Worcester Street to a building housing Stunning Buns Italian Cafe and Bar. The building has been cordoned off by a security fence and several of its windows are broken.
Damage seen around a residential property, where a section of the wall has separated from the building. Fencing and tape have been placed around the section, and a notice on the fence says "Danger. Do not enter".
A view of the Hereford Street bridge, looking east over the Avon River. Wire fencing has been placed at the entrance to the bridge, indicating the edge of the central city cordon.
Army presence outside the city cordon on Tuam Street. Road cones and cordon fencing have been placed around damaged buildings. In the background is a building where the walls have crumbled, exposing the interior of the building.
A felt heart sewn to the wire fencing in front of the Ground Culinary Centre in Lyttelton. The heart provides a bit of beauty and hope to an otherwise depressing scene, with the word "Love" embroided in the centre.
The front side of the Cathedral with the rose window removed and bracing supporting the wall. The broken tower can be seen to the left and fencing placed around the outside of the building.
Heavy steel bracing holding up the clock tower on the Worcester Street side of the Arts Centre. Wire fencing has been placed along the road in order to cordon off the building.
Damage seen around a residential property, where a section of the wall has separated from the building. Fencing and tape have been placed around the section, and a notice on the fence says "Danger. Do not enter".
The Empire Hotel on London Street in Lyttelton with heavy steel bracing holding up the facade. Bricks from the side wall have collapsed on to the footpath and wire fencing encloses the site.
A sign made out of plastic cups on wire fencing. The sign reads, "bowling". It was created by students from the CPIT who built a 1950s style bowling alley on this site.
A photograph of a member of an emergency management team walking down Cashel Street. In the background is a crushed van, piles of rubble from earthquake-damaged buildings, and partially-collapsed scaffolding. Wire fences have been placed in front of the buildings as cordons.
A photograph of stacks of wire fences in Cathedral Square. The former Post Office Building and the badly-damaged Regent Theatre can be seen in the background.