
For Best View Press"L" All 23 Arts Centre heritage buildings received significant damage in the earthquake and its subsequent aftershocks, and all have been issued with a red “Unsafe” placard. As a result of the magnitude of this damage, the Arts Centre Trust Board— the body charged with ensuring this iconic precinct is preserved and pr...
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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Arts Centre on Rolleston Avenue".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Arts Centre, Hereford Street. Careful palleting of the pieces of the Arts Centre which fell to the ground".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Arts Centre, Hereford Street. Careful palleting of the pieces of the Arts Centre which fell to the ground".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A sign on the protective fence around the Arts Centre, Hereford Street. The sign reads, 'The Arts Centre, site closed'".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Arts Centre, Hereford Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Salvaged collapsed stone at the Arts Centre, Hereford Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Arts Centre viewed from HSBC Tower".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Arts Centre viewed from HSBC Tower".
The badly-damaged Arts Centre, viewed from Rolleston Avenue. The turret has been removed from the building and secured to a platform on the footpath. Wire fencing has been placed around the building as a cordon and there are many road cones directing traffic.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Arts Centre, Worcester Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Arts Centre, Worcester Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Arts Centre, Worcester Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Arts Centre, Worcester Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Arts Centre, Worcester Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Arts Centre, Worcester Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Arts Centre, Worcester Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Arts Centre, Worcester Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Arts Centre, Worcester Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A sign on the protective fence around the Arts Centre, Hereford Street. The sign reads, 'Danger, unsafe site, do not enter'".
A view of the badly-damaged Arts Centre from Hereford Street. The gables of the building have been secured with wooden bracing and a pile of brickwork lies on the street below. Wire fencing has been placed around the building as a cordon.
Construction workers remove stones from the damaged Arts Centre.