File reference: CCL-2011-08-12-CanterburyPublic Library pre-demolition-023 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
File reference: CCL-2011-08-12-CanterburyPublic Library pre-demolition-013 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
File reference: CCL-2011-08-12-CanterburyPublic Library pre-demolition-019 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
File reference: CCL-2011-08-12-CanterburyPublic Library pre-demolition-011 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
File reference: CCL-2011-08-12-CanterburyPublic Library pre-demolition-007 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
File reference: CCL-2011-08-12-CanterburyPublic Library pre-demolition-021 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
File reference: CCL-2011-08-12-CanterburyPublic Library pre-demolition-025 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
Woolston Community Library, 1871-2011, was one of the earliest suburban libraries to open in Christchurch. Almost from the beginning, the library’s committees have fought a never-ending battle against failing finances, falling membership, unsuitable and disintegrating buildings, and threats of closure from the City Council, but somehow, the volu...
File reference: CCL-2011-08-12-CanterburyPublic Library pre-demolition-012 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Old city library in Cambridge Terrace".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Starting demolition of the old City Library in Cambridge Terrace".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Starting demolition of the old City Library in Cambridge Terrace".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Starting demolition of the old City Library in Cambridge Terrace".
The yellow-stickered Redcliffs Public Library on Main Road in Redcliffs.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Redcliffs Public Library".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "View from HSBC Tower demolishing the old City Library".
Photos taken in New Brighton on March 31 following the February 22 earthquake. File reference: CCL-2011-03-25-New Brighton-After-The-Earthquake-NB Parkland 009 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 29 December 2011 entitled, "Littered Library".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 28 May 2011 entitled, "Local Library".
Damage to the former Canterbury Public Library.
Photos taken in Lyttelton following the February 22 earthquake. File ref: CCL-2011-03-05-After-The-Earthquake-P1110525 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries
Photos taken in Lyttelton following the February 22 earthquake. File ref: CCL-2011-03-05-After-The-Earthquake-P1110484 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Christchurch City Library in the CD shelving area".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Looking along Gloucester Street from the Oxford Terrace intersection. The central library is to the left".
The ground floor of the Central Library on Gloucester Street. Books have fallen off the shelves and are in piles in the aisles.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Autumn leaves form a thick pile in front of the boarded-up door".
The original City Librarian's house at Canterbury Public Library. File reference: CCL-2011-08-12-CanterburyPublic Library pre-demolition-002 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
Damage to the Woolston Community Library. Part of the roof has collapsed inwards, and the facade is badly cracked.
A view across Cambridge Terrace to the former Canterbury Public Library. Masonry from the building's corners and end gable has fallen onto the footpath and the base of the building has been cordoned off with wire fencing.
Damage to the Woolston Community Library. Part of the roof has collapsed inwards, and the facade is badly cracked.