The September Canterbury earthquake. These pictures were taken of Colombo Street in Sydenham. A lot of masonry in this area has been damaged/fallen down. Angus Donaldson copy service. This has moved down the road on Colombo Street. It is now sharing the premises with Penny Lane Records. Note: these photos were taken on a cellphone; mind the qu...
The Gap Filler headquarters on a vacant lot on Colombo Street in Sydenham. Wheelbarrows full of new plants decorate the outside area. In the background is a mural with a poem reading, "The things which I have seen I now can see no more".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The temporary South City Library in the Sydenham Mall, Colombo Street south".
A photograph of the earthquake damage to Wharetiki on Colombo Street. One of the walls has buckled and pulled away from the house.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to Wharetiki on Colombo Street. One of the side walls has buckled and pulled away from the house.
A view of Colombo Street looking south towards Cathedral Square. The Chalice and the badly damaged Cathedral can be seen in the distance.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Area around Colombo Street between Cathedral Square (lower right) and Moorhouse Avenue".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The intersection of Colombo and Gloucester Streets looking south-east".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "View along Colombo Street towards Cathedral Square from the cordon".
A photograph of Johnson's Grocers on Colombo Street with tape draped around the building.
A photograph of people in the Colombo Street walkway leading between Cashel Mall and Cathedral Square.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Rose Historic Chapel, formerly St Mary's Convent Chapel, Colombo Street".
Friday 22 February 2013IMG_3950. File reference: CCL-2013 -02-22- From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
Friday 22 February 2013. File reference: CCL-2013 -02-22-IMG_3952 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
Wednesday 2 May 2012. File reference: CCL-2012-05-02IMG_2161 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
Flowers. 23 May 2012. File reference: CCL-2012-05-23-IMG_2879 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
23 May 2012. File reference: CCL-2012-05-23-IMG_2873 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries
23 May 2012. File reference: CCL-2012-05-23-IMG_2875 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries
23 May 2012. File reference: CCL-2012-05-23-IMG_2876 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries
Signs. 23 May 2012. File reference: CCL-2012-05-23-IMG_2878 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries
Signs. 23 May 2012. File reference: CCL-2012-05-23-IMG_2877 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries
Wednesday 2 May 2012. File reference: CCL-2012-05-02IMG_2162 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
Wednesday 2 May 2012. File reference: CCL-2012-05-02IMG_2160 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
An aerial photograph looking north over the Christchurch CBD from Lichfield Street along Colombo Street. The brightly coloured roofs of the Re:Start mall can be seen in the bottom centre of the photograph.
Plant beds made out of corrugated iron, greening the empty building sites along Colombo Street. These were placed here by Greening the Rubble, a community project in Christchurch to create temporary public parks and gardens on the sites of demolished buildings.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The demolition of most of the block bounded by Colombo, High and Cashel Streets. The only building remaining is 273-277 High Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The demolition of most of the block bounded by Colombo, High and Cashel Streets. The only building remaining is 273-277 High Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The demolition of most of the block bounded by Colombo, High and Cashel Streets. The only building remaining is 273-277 High Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A view looking south down Colombo Street from Tuam Street. To the right, the building have been deconstructed, the rubble waiting to be cleared".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The stairs from the Forsyth Barr building on the ground behind 750 Colombo Street".