A story submitted by Francis Ganderton to the QuakeStories website.
Personnel from the USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) standing in Firefighters Reserve, in preparation for the two minutes of silence to honour the people who lost their lives in the 22 February 2011 earthquake. Just out of the picture is a sculpture fashioned from 5 tonnes of structural steel salvaged from the site of the World Trade Centre following their collapse on 11 September 2001 in terrorist attacks on New York City. The sculpture is now used as a tribute to firefighters in New Zealand.
Trent Hiles's artwork in the demolished site of the Harbour Light Theatre.
Part of the parapet of the damaged Carlton Hotel is leaning forward and in danger of falling onto the street below.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "71 Lichfield Street".
Members of the public listening to Lyttelton band, Runaround Sue, perform at Gap Filler's "Film in the Gap!" project. Gap Filler has provided old beds and garden swing seats as seating.
A photograph of a block of earthquake-damaged shops on Colombo Street, between Gloucester and Armagh Streets. Piles of rubble from the shops lie on the street below.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the Iconic Bar and the former Christchurch City Council offices on Manchester Street. The outer walls of the Council offices and the top storey of Iconic have collapsed, exposing the insides of the buildings. The bricks and other rubble have been cleared from the footpath in front. USAR codes have been spray-painted next to the entrance of Iconic.
A photograph of emergency management personnel eating lunch in the temporary canteen set up in Latimer Square.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Above the Bus Exchange, 71-75 Lichfield Street".
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