Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Peterborough Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Peterborough Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Peterborough Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Kilmore Street".
A photograph of a paste-up on the cordon fence surrounding the Crowne Plaza demolition site. The paste-up is in the shape of an awards ribbon, and reads, "Voted Chch best demo 2012".
The Gap Filler HQ hut next to the Pallet Pavilion, on the former site of the Crowne Plaza hotel.
A photograph submitted by Field-Dodgson to the QuakeStories website. The description reads, "Crowne Plaza Hotel, 4 March 2012".
The empty site of the Crowne Plaza Hotel, now demolished. This is where the Pallet Pavilion is to be built.
The empty site of the Crowne Plaza Hotel, now demolished. This is where the Pallet Pavilion is to be built.
Detail of some deconstruction work on the Crowne Plaza Hotel, close up with a digger on a pile of demolition rubble.
A photograph of the site of the Crowne Plaza Hotel on the corner of Kilmore and Durham Streets. The hotel has been demolished into large piles of rubble which two excavators are working to clear. A sign on the cordon fence indicates that the demolition is being carried out by Grant Mackay Demolition Co. and Leigh Construction.
The empty site of the Crowne Plaza Hotel, now demolished. Wire fencing surrounds the property. This is where the Pallet Pavilion is to be built.
Kilmore Street, looking west from Manchester Street. The street has been barred off by wire fencing. A pile of steel, construction equipment and a portaloo sit in front of the cordon.
A photograph of a religious pamphlet attached to a cordon fence. The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "Crowne Plaza Hotel, corner Kilmore and Victoria Streets. Demolition".
A photograph of a city centre map attached to a cordon fence. The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "Crowne Plaza Hotel, corner Kilmore and Victoria Streets. Demolition".
A photograph of a city centre map attached to a cordon fence. The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "Crowne Plaza Hotel, corner Kilmore and Victoria Streets. Demolition".
A video of a tour through the Christchurch central city Red Zone in January 2011. The video includes footage of the Edmond's Band Rotunda on Cambridge Terrace, the Crowne Plaza Hotel on Kilmore Street, the Hotel Grand Chancellor, Manchester Street, the Mexican Cafe on Lichfield Street, the McKenzie & Willis Building, the Bus Exchange, the Octagon Live restaurant, the ChristChurch Cathedral, and many other buildings.
A video of a tour of the Christchurch central city Red Zone. The video includes footage of Oxford Terrace, Armagh Street, Colombo Street, Gloucester Street, Hereford Street, High Street, the Westpac Trust Building, Cashel Street, Manchester Street, Poplar Lane, the site of the demolished Convention Centre, and the Crowne Plaza Hotel.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Looking across Victoria Square in the early evening to the snow covered heap of rubble that is the remnants of the Crowne Plaza".
The empty site of the Crowne Plaza Hotel, now demolished. This is where the Pallet Pavilion is to be built. In the background, the Town Hall can be seen.
Volunteers using a crane to lay down slabs of concrete on the site of the demolished Crowne Plaza hotel. These slabs will serve as the floor of the Pallet Pavilion.
Workers seen through a gap between wooden pallets in GapFiller's Pallet Pavillion. The photographer comments, "Though it looks strange and Photoshopped this is a straight shot through pallets painted blue. The Pallet Pavilion is built on the site of the demolished Crowne Plaza Hotel. It was built by volunteers, mainly students and construction engineers over 6 weeks. Here students are being given health and safety instructions before helping out on completing the temporary structure".
Detail of some deconstruction work on the Crowne Plaza Hotel, with a digger, truck and skip in the background. On the cordon fence is a sign that says 'Cafe decadence Victoria St open now'.
Looking down Victoria Street, demolition site on the right and the Crowne Plaza Hotel at the end of the street. Flags in Canterbury colours, red and black can be seen on the street lights.
Three excavators sit on top of the demolition rubble where the Crowne Plaza Hotel once stood. In the background are the Forsyth Barr building (left), the Victoria Apartments (centre), and the Environment Court building (right).
An aerial photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Victoria Square".
A snapshot from GPS Boomerang's SmartBird flight over the Christchurch red zone on 23 December 2012, looking over Durham Street with Gap Filler's Pallet Pavilion to the left, on the site of the Crowne Plaza Hotel.
A photograph of a participant at an outdoor pizzeria earth-building workshop. The event was part of FESTA 2012.
A snapshot from GPS Boomerang's SmartBird flight over the Christchurch red zone on 5 June 2012, looking over the Town Hall and Victoria Square with the site of the Crowne Plaza Hotel visible in the bottom left.
A photograph of CPIT students constructing an outdoor pizza oven for Gap Filler out of clay and bricks. The public workshop was part of FESTA 2012.