Churchill's Tavern

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Colombo Street between Moorhouse and Brougham.

Churchills Tavern

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Corner of Colombo St and Battersea St. A lot more of the fascade has collapsed.

Escaping horse

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Churchill Tavern in Sydenham has extensive damage.

Christchurch Earthquake - Churchills Tavern

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A view after the 7.1 magnitude earthquake in Christchurch. Corner of Colombo and Battersea Streets. Given a bit of a HDR process to add "feeling".

Colombo Street, Sydenham - Churchills Tavern

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Still standing in Jan 2011 - but the buildings future is unknown - It is probably destined to be demolished.

Photograph by Neil Macbeth 569

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A view across Battersea Street in Sydenham to Churchill's Tavern, which has been badly damaged in the 22 February 2011 earthquake. Masonry from the building's top storey has collapsed onto the footpath and several of its windows have fallen out. A member of the New Zealand Police Force is walking across Colombo Street in the background.

Photograph by Jocelyn Kinghorn 1879

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The vacant lot left after the demolition of the Churchills Club Tavern on the corner of Colombo and Battersea Streets.

Photograph by Jocelyn Kinghorn 1880

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The vacant lot left after the demolition of the Churchills Club Tavern on the corner of Colombo and Battersea Streets.

Sydenham Churchills Tavern - the black canopy under all those bricks is wh…

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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.

Christchurch earthquake

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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. Churchill tavern. Note: these photos were taken on a cellphone; mind the quality.

Christchurch earthquake

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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. Churchill Tavern. Note: these photos were taken on a cellphone; mind the quality.