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...
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The road surface of the Colombo Street bridge over the River Avon, showing the effect of compression".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The temporary South City Library in the Sydenham Mall, Colombo Street south".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Area around Colombo Street between Cathedral Square (lower right) and Moorhouse Avenue".
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.
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 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.
Lego bricks on the corner of the Coffee Zone kiosk. A hole has been left for a cable to pass through.
Moira Fraser talking to the staff at the Coffee Zone, a cafe in a shack on a Gap Filler site in Sydenham.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Colombo Street, showing the last remains of the Triangle Centre, BNZ (left), and Millennium Hotel (right, centre, rear)".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Nibbler at work taking a mouthful on the MFL building, on the corner of Gloucester and Colombo Streets".
Painted lines and planters on Colombo Street, seen through the cordon fence. The decorations were part of a Christchurch City Council Transitional City project, in preparation for Colombo Street's re-opening.