The Canterbury earthquake's Royal Commission has heard that the Hotel Grand Chancellor was checked for earthquake damage - and cleared for use four times prior to the February 22nd earthquake.
The Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Canterbury Earthquakes will today begin to examine the failure of the building that's come to symbolise the damage to the central city.
Aerial footage of the Christchurch central city. The video includes footage of the Hotel Grand Chancellor, the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, Manchester Street, the former Press Building, Worcester Street, Cathedral Square, St Elmo Courts, Cashel Mall, St John the Baptist Church hall, the Regent Theatre, the Arts Centre, Woolsack Lane, and the Farmers car park.
A video of a tour through the Christchurch central city Red Zone in January 2011. The video includes footage of the Edmond's Band Rotunda on Cambridge Terrace, the Crowne Plaza Hotel on Kilmore Street, the Hotel Grand Chancellor, Manchester Street, the Mexican Cafe on Lichfield Street, the McKenzie & Willis Building, the Bus Exchange, the Octagon Live restaurant, the ChristChurch Cathedral, and many other buildings.