A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Earthquake damage to the former post office on the corner of Colombo and Brougham Street in Sydenham".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Earthquake damage to the former post office on the corner of Colombo and Brougham Street in Sydenham".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Earthquake damage to the former post office on the corner of Colombo and Brougham Street in Sydenham".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Earthquake damage to the former post office on the corner of Colombo and Brougham Street in Sydenham".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Earthquake damage to the former post office on the corner of Colombo and Brougham Street in Sydenham".
A photograph of a detail of the front of Christ Church Cathedral. A stained-glass window remains intact despite the collapsed stonework that surrounds it.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Earthquake damage to the former post office on the corner of Colombo and Brougham Street in Sydenham".
A crane sits beside the damaged Cranmer Courts building. The stone cladding of a gable end of the building has collapsed, exposing the wooden framework beneath. The photographer comments, "A bike ride around the CBD. Cranmer Courts, Montreal St".
A photograph of a detail of the front of Christ Church Cathedral. The upper part of the front wall has crumbled leaving the inside space exposed. Steel bracing has been placed against the wall to limit further damage.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Octagon Live Restaurant (formerly Trinity Congregational Church) on the corner of Worcester and Manchester Streets".
A photograph of a digger demolishing a building. The photograph is captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The old Sydenham post office on the corner of Colombo and Brougham Streets".
Stone walls have collapsed on the Cranmer Courts building, exposing the rooms within. Building jacks hold up the corner of an upper room, preventing its further collapse. The photographer comments, "A bike ride around the CBD. Cranmer Courts, Montreal St".
The Durham Street Methodist Church Roll of Honour, commemorating soldiers who died in World War One. The wall it is set on to is badly cracked and sections of plaster have chipped away revealing the stone work underneath.
The Durham Street Methodist Church Roll of Honour, commemorating soldiers who died in World War One. The wall it is set on to is badly cracked and sections of plaster have chipped away revealing the stone work underneath.
The cartoon shows the Christchurch Cathedral surrounded by rubble and with its steeple gone. The bell lies on the ground and pieces of broken stone form the word 'tragedy'. Context - The Christchurch earthquake 22 February 2011. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
A footpath on Sumner Road in Lyttelton. A low wall made from local volcanic stone has been demolished to the right. The land beyond the footpath has been cordoned off. Below Lyttelton Harbour can be seen, with Mount Evans in the background.
A crane dismantles the top storey of Fuze Restaurant and Cafe, which was formerly the Harbour Board Offices building. It was constructed in 1880 from brick and Quail Island stone. It stands on the corner of Oxford Street and Norwich Quay in Lyttelton.
Damage to the south-west corner of the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament. A section of wall has collapsed, exposing the rooms within. Some of the stones have fallen onto a vehicle parked nearby. The photographer comments, "A bike ride around the CBD. Catholic Cathedral, Barbadoes St".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "St John the Baptist in Latimer Square - with a clear view of the church and the hall now that the Arrow building is demolished".
A stone gable wall of one of the buildings of the Beulah Christian Fellowship has partly collapsed, damaging the roof below. The photographer comments, "A bike ride around the CBD. I think this must be part of the Beulah Christian Fellowship. Taken from Edgeware Rd".
A retaining wall on Sumner Road in Lyttelton that is made from local volcanic stone. A section of the wall has collapsed during the 22 February 2011 earthquake, and the bricks cleared away since. A road cone has been placed by the slip to warn drivers.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Octagon Live Restaurant, formerly the Trinity Congregational Church, with the recent damage to the Rose Window from the 23 December 2011 aftershock".
A photograph taken through a window of The Burrito Company restaurant on Armagh Street. The window is broken and glass has spilled into the restaurant. The floor of the restaurant has risen in the centre. Small stones from an unknown source have scattered across the floor on the left.
One portrait colour digital photograph taken on 25 February 2011 showing earthquake damage to the Catholic Church of St Joseph the Worker in Winchester Street Lyttelton. Photograph shows the main doors and roof at southern end of church. Nineteenth century stone buildings are particularly vulnerable to earthquake damage as the individual compon...
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Octagon Live Restaurant, formerly Trinity Congregational Church, on the corner of Manchester and Worcester Street. This was further damaged in the 23 December 2011 earthquake when a big piece of the rose window fell out".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A residential property on Waygreen Avenue in New Brighton. A note reads, 'Don't bother digging! Thanks anyway'. This family moved out after the February earthquakes, due to damage from liquefaction. The stone made the house heavy so it sank and suffered from silt and water creating mould and other problems inside the house".
One landscape colour digital photograph taken on 14 July 2011 showing the temporary repairs made to the retaining wall in the middle of Ripon Street. The temporary wall replaces two sections of red stone wall which collapsed in the June 2011 Earthquake. It is made from stacked concrete cubes with coarse fill and the top is covered with black pla...
One landscape colour digital photograph taken on 15 June 2011 showing earthquake damage to the retaining wall on the northeast corner of Oxford and Exeter Streets. The wall was constructed from unreinforced blocks of local red volcanic rock held together with mortar. Retaining walls in Lyttelton were built of unreinforced soft volcanic stone in...
A view looking south down Durham Street during the aftermath of the 22 February 2011 earthquake. On the left are the ruins of the historic stone Provincial Council Legislative Chamber. The building's roof and walls have already collapsed, as has the scaffolding which was erected to repair it after the 4 September 2010 earthquake. An aftershock has caused masonry to dislodge from the building, sending dust into the air.
A view looking south down Durham Street during the aftermath of the 22 February 2011 earthquake. On the left are the ruins of the historic stone Provincial Council Legislative Chamber. The building's roof and walls have already collapsed, as has the scaffolding which was erected to repair it after the 4 September 2010 earthquake. An aftershock has caused masonry to dislodge from the building, sending dust into the air.