The front of Christ Church Cathedral showing its broken tower. Bracing has been placed on the front wall to the right to limit further damage.
The front of Christ Church Cathedral showing its broken tower. Bracing has been placed on the front wall to the right to limit further damage.
A photograph submitted by Alastair to the QuakeStories website. The description reads, "ChristChurch Cathedral with scaffolding stabilising the facade. Sunday 11/12/11".
The front of Christ Church Cathedral, braced and boarded up to limit further damage. The upper front wall has crumbled completely, exposing the inside space.
A photograph of Camia Young, of Christchurch Transitional Architecture Trust, near Cathedral Square. Young has pipe cleaners and ribbons in her hair for FESTA 2013.
Paving stones and building materials piled on the road in Cathedral Square. In the background, the windows of the ANZ building have been boarded up.
A photograph of Camia Young, of Christchurch Transitional Architecture Trust, near Cathedral Square. Young has pipe cleaners and ribbons in her hair for FESTA 2013.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake in Christchurch. A tourist leaves her hotel through a smoke-filled Cathedral Square after an electrical fire on Worcester Street".
'185 Empty Chairs', Pete Majendie's art installation commemorating those who died in the earthquake. In the background is the framework for the temporary cardboard cathedral.
The Chalice in Cathedral Square with a crane and the BNZ building in the background. A pile of rubble can be seen on the left.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The City Council building in Tuam Street viewed from the top of the BNZ building in Cathedral Square".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake in Christchurch. A tourist leaves her hotel through a smoke filled Cathedral Square after an electrical fire on Worcester Street".
The walkway from Cathedral Square, looking down Colombo Street towards The Crossing bus exchange building on the left, and the Ballantynes building on the right.
Damage to the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament. The towers on the corners have partially collapsed, and shipping containers support one side of the building.
Damage to the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament. The towers on the corners have partially collapsed, and shipping containers support one side of the building.
Damage to the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament. The towers on the corners have partially collapsed, and shipping containers support one side of the building.
A woman in a burqa walks out of the 'Church of the Multi-denominations'. The church has a steeple and an onion dome. Context: The cartoonist says that the cartoon was drawn for a satirical piece about the rebuilding of Christchurch. Because of the number of churches damaged, including the Anglican cathedral, The cartoon suggests that there should just build one massive church on the AMI stadium site that all religions can use on their particular day....spires would be raised and lowered etc. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Maybe it should be titled "Pray Here"! The old church buildings next to the Christchurch Basilica (Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament) have been demolished and replaced with ANOTHER Wilson's Car Park. Hundreds of sites in the city where buildings have been demolished after the earthquakes have been replaced in the short term by car parks!
A photograph of the partially-deconstructed Hotel Grand Chancellor viewed from Cashel Mall.
Colour photograph of rubble and partial remains of the Chancery Chambers, with 3 diggers at work.
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Barbadoes Street/Tuam street. Earthquake 4th of September 2010".
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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The machinery used in the demolitions keeps getting more sophisticated as the taller buildings are dealt with. This is the large crane put in place to work on the deconstruction and demolition of the BNZ Building".
An aerial photograph looking south over the Christchurch CBD centred on Colombo Street. The Town Hall and beginnings of Gap Filler's Pallet Pavilion can be seen to the bottom left.
Members of the public looking in the Christmas-themed windows of the Ballantynes Department Store on Cashel Street.
A photograph of part of an installation titled Urban RefleXion. The installation was designed by Architectural Studies students from CPIT for Canterbury Tales.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The machinery used in the demolitions keeps getting more sophisticated as the taller buildings are dealt with. This is the large crane put in place to work on the deconstruction and demolition of the BNZ Building".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The site of the Lois Vuitton building at 735 Colombo Street".