A photograph of Robin Duff's house at 386 Oxford Terrace. The grass has been recently mowed but the dead grass has not been removed. One of the windows has been boarded up with plywood. A yellow sticker on the door indicates that access to the house is restricted. The photographer comments, "The lawn was mowed as part of the maintenance project on red-zoned properties".
A photograph of the street number and apartment numbers at 440 Oxford Terrace spray-painted on the footpath in front. The street number is written as 466 but this is the incorrect number for this site. The photographer comments, "The numbers were spray-painted in front of all the properties in the Avon Loop in order to keep track of the property number after the mailboxes were lost or removed".
A photograph of the former site of a block of apartments at 440 Oxford Terrace. The apartments were demolished after the land was zoned Red. Grass has begun to grow over the site. The number 466 has been spray-painted on the footpath in front, as well as the numbers of each apartment. This number is the incorrect street number for the site.
Fallen sign on the grounds of the Oxford Terrace Baptist Church.
Cordon fence at the corner of Gloucester Street and Oxford Terrace.
A photograph of Donna Allfrey's house at 406 Oxford Terrace. A green sticker on the front door indicates that the house has been inspected and is safe to enter. A sign in the garden reads, "It's been a lot of fun - yeah right!". The photographer comments, "'It's been a lot of fun' is a quote from John Key about the Canterbury earthquakes and the 'yeah right' is a play on the Tui Beer advertisements".
A photograph of the Locke family's partially-deconstructed house at 392 Oxford Terrace. The photograph has been taken from the footpath in front. Wire fencing has been placed around the outside of the property. A shipping container is resting on the footpath near the right of the property. The photographer comments, "The house was deconstructed over three weeks. The materials were then stored in the shipping container until the house was reconstructed at a new site".
A photograph of Robin Duff's house at 386 Oxford Terrace. The grass has not been mowed and one of the windows has been boarded up with plywood. A yellow sticker on the door indicates that the access to the house is restricted. There is also a sign in the window to the left, depicting a bulldozer with a line through it. The photographer comments, "Avon Loop resident Donna Allfrey made the sign for Duff".
A photograph of graffiti on one of the walls of the kitchen in Donna Allfrey's house at 406 Oxford Terrace. Parts of the graffiti read, "Quakes, a national disaster", "Recovery, a national disgrace", "Ring fn EQC, ring fn insurance", "Useless fn council", "Don't let the bastards get you down", "Avon Loop - park or developers fodder?", and "Never trust a Carter". There are also shopping and to-do lists scrawled amongst these messages.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to a section of Robin Duff's house at 386 Oxford Terrace. The chimney has fallen off the roof and is now resting in the patio. Behind the chimney, one of the walls has a noticeable lean and the glass of one of the French doors is broken. The photographer comments, "The glass was broken by looters who entered the house and took bits that interested them".
A photograph of Robin Duff's house at 386 Oxford Terrace. The grass has not been mowed and one of the windows has been boarded up with plywood. A yellow sticker on the door indicates that the access to the house is restricted. There is also a sign in the window to the left, depicting a bulldozer with a line through it. The photographer comments, "Avon Loop resident Donna Allfrey made the sign for Duff".
Looking over the Avon River to buildings inside the cordon on Oxford Terrace.
Looking over the Avon River to buildings inside the cordon on Oxford Terrace.
Looking over the Avon River to buildings inside the cordon on Oxford Terrace.
Looking over the Avon River to buildings inside the cordon on Oxford Terrace.
Looking over the Avon River to buildings inside the cordon on Oxford Terrace.
The Edmonds clock tower, on the corner of Madras Street and Oxford Terrace.
Looking over the Avon River to buildings inside the cordon on Oxford Terrace.
Where once were buildings! From the corner of Armagh Street and Oxford Terrace.
Seen from Cambridge Terrace, the 'White Lights of Hope' spotlights shine into the sky behind a crane and damaged buildings on Oxford Terrace.
A view through the cordon at the intersection of Oxford Terrace and Hereford Street.
An archaeological report compiled for New Zealand Historic Places Trust under the Historical Places Act 1993
An archaeological report compiled for NZHPT under the Historical Places Act 1993.
A photograph of Doug Sexton holding a memento created by artist Sarah Brown for the Shared Lines Sendai/Christchurch Art Exchange. Brown used found objects from Doug Sexton's house to create this artwork in a tobacco tin.
A PDF copy of pages 100-101 of the book Christchurch: The Transitional City Pt IV. The pages document the transitional project '185 Empty Chairs'. Photo: Julia Morison
A view down Oxford Terrace, with the PriceWaterhouseCoopers building in the far background.
An audio recording of Ps Chris Chamberlain's interview for the Church in the Quakes Project. The interview was conducted by Melissa Parsons on 14 December 2012. Chris Chamberlain is the Senior Pastor at the Oxford Terrace Baptist Church.
A transcript of Ps Chris Chamberlain's interview for the Church in the Quakes Project. The interview was conducted by Melissa Parsons on 14 December 2012. Chris Chamberlain is the Senior Pastor at the Oxford Terrace Baptist Church.
A photograph of the former site of a house at 57 Bangor Street. The house was demolished after the land was zoned Red. The houses in the background have also been demolished, so that Oxford Terrace is visible in the distance.
Workers working on the deconstruction of Clarendon Towers from the corner of Worcester Boulevard and Oxford Terrace.