Detail of damage to a brick chimney in St Albans where bricks have fallen onto the roof.
A view after the 7.1 magnitude earthquake in Christchurch 04 September 2010. Corner of Colombo and Byron Streets. Given a bit of a HDR process to add some of what I was "feeling" at the time.
A damaged dairy on the corner of Edgeware Road and Barbadoes Street. Part of the brick facade has fallen, collapsing the awnings. Bricks litter the road.
Bricks fallen from the wall and chimney of the Caxton Press building. Some windows have been boarded up, and in front is a pile of bricks that has been cordoned off with tape and road cones.
A car damaged by fallen bricks.
A car damaged by fallen bricks.
Damage to a brick chimney in St Albans.
Damage to a brick chimney in St Albans.
Damage to a brick fence on Bealey Avenue.
The roof of a car damaged by fallen bricks.
Fallen bricks from a damaged dairy on Edgeware Road.
A man on a ladder inspecting a damaged brick chimney.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Directly above Combs and Cutters on main street in Temuka guys from Geraldine Brick and Block start taking down earthquake damaged brick work. (L-R) Alistair McCutcheon, Jacob Peneamane, Stephen Hand, Brian ??? (would not give his last name and he is not a worker from Geraldine Brick and Block company) and Gray McDonald".
Reasons why it pays not to be a smoker - if the quake had hit during opening hours there would have been probably half a dozen smokers underneath the black awning crushed by falling bricks.
Bricks fallen from the parapet of a two-storey building in the central city.
Damage to a commercial building. The brick parapets have collapsed, crushing the awning below.
A pile of bricks lie in front of a shop doorway on Barbadoes Street.
Damage to the Knox Church where bricks and building masonry have fallen from the church.
Damage to the Knox Church where bricks and building masonry have fallen from the church.
View down Poplar Lane, where the brick building on the right has been fenced off.
Extensive damage to the Caxton Press building on Victoria Street. Bricks have toppled from the facade.
Damage to a row of shops on Barbadoes Street. The brick facades have collapsed, crushing the awnings.
Damage to a building on Montreal Street where a part of the brick wall has fallen out.
Damage to a dairy on Edgeware Road. Bricks have fallen from above the doorway, exposing the roof cavity.
Broken bricks and masonry fallen from the Knox Church on the corner of Victoria Street and Bealey Avenue.
A rubbish skip in an alleyway is full of building rubble, with piles of bricks scattered around it.
Damage to a building on Montreal Street where a part of the brick wall has fallen onto the footpath.
Damage to a building on Montreal Street where a part of the brick wall has fallen onto the footpath.
A cordoned-off section of Victoria Street, where buildings have been damaged and the footpath covered with fallen bricks.
A fallen chimney on Derby Street has left a pile of bricks on the roof of the house and damaged the fence.