The streets are quiet – a parked car sits outside Dalgety’s, a lone tram rumbles towards the tram sheds and a tired delivery horse stands with his head bowed, eating chaff from his feed…
After World War One, there was a growing appetite for the glitzy glamour of the ‘Jazz Age’ and Hollywood. Christchurch residents were hungry to embrace American culture and its new comm…
A photograph of the interior of the Transitional Cathedral.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "View of ChristChurch Cathedral from Colombo Street".
Register Record for the former Lyttelton Times Building, 56 Cathedral Square, Christchurch
Awaiting restoration, the Cathedral was damaged in a series of major earthquakes. 52 in 2018: 30. Ruin or Archaelogical site
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Cathedral Square - front of the Christchurch Cathedral".
Structural engineers inspecting the Warners Novotel, Cathedral Square.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake damage in central Christchurch after a 6.3 earthquake. Peter Beck, Dean of Christchurch Cathedral, beside the damaged Cathedral".
A model of the ChristChurch Transitional Cathedral made predominantly out of laser cut and engraved coloured acrylic as well as timber dowels to represent the cardboard tubes.
A video of a tour of the Christchurch central city Red Zone. The video includes footage of Cambridge Terrace, Kilmore Street, Colombo Street, the Grant Thornton building in Cathedral Square, Worcester Street, ChristChurch Cathedral, the Westende Jewellers Building, and Hereford Street.
A video of a tour through the Christchurch central city Red Zone. The video includes footage of Victoria Square, the Town Hall, Oxford Terrace, Armagh Street, New Regent Street, Gloucester Street, Colombo Street, and Cathedral Square. It also includes footage of excavators demolishing the ChristChurch Cathedral.
A photograph of the damaged Christ Church Cathedral.
A photograph of the damaged Christ Church Cathedral.
A video of the Christchurch Wizard speaking outside the Canterbury Museum about the restoration of the ChristChurch Cathedral.
The title is 'Cardboard cathedral proposed...' The cartoon shows the Christchurch Cathedral completed with cardboard boxes and a spire made of used toilet rolls. A puppy is in the process of unwinding toilet paper from the last roll. On an earlier part of the roof stand cardboard cutouts of the Christchurch wizard and maybe the mayor, Bob Parker. Context: A design for a temporary cathedral has been outlined by renowned Japanese architect Shigeru Ban. The proposed $4 million temporary replacement for Christchurch's destroyed cathedral made of shipping containers and cardboard has been met with scepticism from residents of the quake-hit city who wonder whether another church is really what the city needs right now. (3 News 1 August 2011) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
View of Cathedral Square, taken from the Warners Novotel.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Cathedral and its salvaged rocks under snow".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Cathedral through the trolley wires".
Text above reads 'Cathedral rebuild?... The cartoon shows the Christchurch Cathedral as a bouncy cathedral full of jumping children. Context - Debate about the rebuilding of the cathedral after it was severely damaged in the Christchurch earthquakes of 2010 and 2011. There is a strong view that it needs to remain an icon at the heart of the city. It may have to be brought down completely as engineers consider the future for the iconic building. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Cathedral".
A photograph of the damaged Christ Church Cathedral.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Christ Church Cathedral".
A photograph of candles in a sandbox inside the Transitional Cathedral.
A photograph of the earthquake-damaged Christ Church Cathedral.
A photograph of the earthquake-damaged Christ Church Cathedral.
A photograph of the earthquake-damaged Christ Church Cathedral.
A photograph of the stained-glass window of the Transitional Cathedral.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "ChristChurch Cathedral".
Register Record for Cathedral Grammar School Main Block, 2 Chester Street West, Christchurch