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20120805_7436_1D3-600 Newstalk ZB building starting to go down 01

Images, eqnz.chch.2010

Shot from up Hunstbury Hill with a 600mm f/4 on a very grey morning. 8am demolition. The guy behind me only looked up when the sounds of the explosion reahed us and the building was half way down!

Scott, Thomas, 1947- :'A bit more warning would have been nice Gerry..' 20…

Images, Alexander Turnbull Library

Warwick Isaacs is director of planning and transition for Civil Defence and as such has issued demolition orders for 128 buildings, 37 in the city. Gerry Brownlee has chosen the Government's 'demolition man' Warwick Isaacs to head the rebuild of central Christchurch. The buildings were damaged in the earthquakes of 2010 and 2011. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Digital Photograph: Demolition of the Royal Hotel, corner of Norwich Quay …

Images, Canterbury Museum

One landscape colour digital photograph taken on 27 April 2011 showing the demolition of the Royal Hotel on the corner of Norwich Quay and Canterbury Street. The hotel building shown in this photograph was the third on the site since 1851. It was built in 1916 as a replacement for the first Royal Hotel. The Royal Hotel was established in 1870 a...

Digital Photograph: Demolition of the Empire Hotel, London Street, Lyttelt…

Images, Canterbury Museum

One landscape colour digital photograph taken on 19 April 2011 showing the demolition of the Empire Hotel on London Street. The photograph shows the façade of the hotel supported by the framework installed to brace the building after the 4 September 2010 earthquake. A crane is being used to enable the east wall to be demolished by hand to avoid...

Digital Photograph: Demolition of the former Library, Council Chambers and…

Images, Canterbury Museum

One landscape colour digital photograph taken on 11 June 2011 showing the demolition of the old Lyttelton Library, Council Chambers and Magistrates' Court on the corner of Oxford Street and Sumner Road. The photograph shows the upper floor of the building being demolished with a high reach digger. At the time of the 22 February 2011 Earthquake...

Digital Photograph: Partial demolition of the Old Lyttelton Harbour Board …

Images, Canterbury Museum

One landscape colour digital photograph taken on 19 May 2011 showing the partial demolition of the old Lyttelton Harbour Board Offices on the corner of Oxford Street and Norwich Quay. The photograph shows the upper floor of the original part of the building being removed and a temporary roof being constructed over the ground floor. At the time o...

Digital Photograph: Demolition of the former Library, Council Chambers and…

Images, Canterbury Museum

One landscape colour digital photograph taken on 11 June 2011 showing the demolition of the old Lyttelton Library, Council Chambers and Magistrates' Court on the corner of Oxford Street and Sumner Road. The photograph shows the upper floor of the building being demolished with a high reach digger and a jet of water being played on the building ...

Digital Photograph: Partial Demolition of the Old Lyttelton Harbour Board …

Images, Canterbury Museum

One landscape colour digital photograph taken on 16 June 2011 showing the partial demolition of the old Lyttelton Harbour Board Offices on the corner of Oxford Street and Norwich Quay. The photograph shows the temporary roof being constructed over the original ground floor of the building. At the time of the 22 February 2011 earthquake the build...