A video of the damage to central Christchurch after the 4 September earthquake. The video includes footage of car sirens going off, earthquake damage to the shops on the corner of Barbadoes Street and Edgeware Road, the Westende Jewellers building on the corner of Worcester and Manchester Streets, the Repertory Theatre on Kilmore Street, the Asko Design Store on Victoria Street, and a building on the corner of Colombo and Byron Streets. It also includes an interview with Christchurch resident Quentin Garlick.
Colombo Street between Moorhouse and Brougham.
Colombo Street between Moorhouse and Brougham.
Colombo Street between Moorhouse and Brougham.
Maybe you can see the 8m high dirt bunt at the foot of the Manchester Courts building to reduce collateral damage.
Colombo Street between Moorhouse and Brougham is in a bad way. These are all closed; the shop at centre has collapsed.
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A Simple shot down the street where the shops are now marked for demolition. Twitter | Facebook | My Website |
One Month after the Christchurch Earthquake. This is in Kaiapoi at the north end of Christchurch. A view down the walkway next to the river Twitter | Facebook |
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Cross cracks in the brick wall of St Elmo Courts apartment block at the Hereford Street / Montreal Street intersection.
This building at the Barbadoes Street / St Asaph Street intersection was so badly gamaged it had to be demolished.
Cross cracks in the brick wall of St Elmo Courts apartment block at the Hereford Street / Montreal Street intersection.
Damaged shops at the Manchester Street / Tuam Street corner; aftermath of the magnitude 7.1 earthquake that struck Christchurch on Saturday 4 September 2010.
This shop at the Colombo Street / Tuam Street corner lost its side wall in the magnitude 7.1 earthquake that struck Christchurch on Saturday 4 September 2010.
This shop at the Colombo Street / Tuam Street corner lost its side wall in the magnitude 7.1 earthquake that struck Christchurch on Saturday 4 September 2010.
The center of the river has slumped and the two banks have moved about a meter closer together which caused this footbridge to be so twisted. There is a suggestion that this be left as a memorial to the earthquake.
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Aerial footage of Christchurch after the 4 September 2010 earthquake. The footage shows the earthquake damage to Wizard Home Loans & Cartridge World on Riccarton Road, Harding's Chemist and Angus Donaldson Copy Service on Colombo Street, Para Rubber and Westende Jewellers on Manchester Street, The Loaded Hog on Cashel Street, St Mary & St Athanasios Church on Edgeware Road, The Daily Bagel on Victoria Street, the Laxmi Foodstore on Barbadoes Street, Television Services on Westminster Street, The Hat Shop on High Street, St Paul's Parish Church on Gayhurst Road, Sullivan Park on Galbraith Road, and Avonside Drive.
The historic Provincial Hotel at the Barbadoes Street / Cashel Street corner has been cordoned off for fear of collapse; aftermath of the magnitude 7.1 earthquake that struck Christchurch on Saturday 4 September 2010.
This building at the corner of Barbadoes Street / St Asaph Street was so badly damaged in the magnitude 7.1 earthquake that struck Christchurch on Saturday 4 September 2010 that it had to be demolished
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Major earthquake hits Christchurch. Shops on Colombo Street between Kilmore Street and Peterborough Street".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Major earthquake hits Christchurch. Shops on Colombo Street between Kilmore Street and Peterborough Street".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Major earthquake hits Christchurch. Shops on Colombo Street between Kilmore Street and Peterborough Street".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Major earthquake hits Christchurch. Shops on Colombo Street between Kilmore Street and Peterborough Street".