A photograph of the Avon River near Victoria Square.
A photograph of the Hamish Hay Bridge in Victoria Square.
A photograph of the Hamish Hay Bridge in Victoria Square.
A photograph of fencing in Victoria Square.
A photograph of the Avon River near Victoria Square, looking towards the Hamish Hay Bridge.
An aerial photograph looking south west over Armagh Street with Victoria Square in the bottom right, the Forsyth Barr Building to the left and the Victoria Apartments to the right.
A close-up photograph of the iron girders of the Hamish Hay Bridge in Victoria Square.
A photograph of the back of the Christchurch Town Hall, taken from across the river in Victoria Square.
A photograph of the back of the Christchurch Town Hall, taken from across the river in Victoria Square.
A photograph of the back of the Christchurch Town Hall, taken from across the river in Victoria Square.
A photograph of the back of the Christchurch Town Hall, taken from across the river in Victoria Square.
An aerial photograph looking west down Armagh Street, with the Forsyth Barr Building and Victoria Apartments to the left, and Victoria Square to the right.
A photograph of plastic bags and woven twig chains attached to fencing in Victoria Square.
An aerial photograph looking south west over Victoria Square with the Town Hall to the right.
A photograph of plastic bags, woven twig chains and other knick-knacks attached to fencing in Victoria Square.
A photograph looking east down Armagh Street from Victoria Square. The Forsyth Barr building can be seen in the distance.
A zip file of an interactive 360-degree panoramic photograph in SWF format. The photograph was taken in Victoria Square on 7 February 2013.
A zip file of an interactive 360-degree panoramic photograph in HTML5 format. The photograph was taken in Victoria Square on 7 February 2013.
An aerial photograph looking south west over Armagh Street, with the Forsyth Barr Building and Victoria Apartments to the left, and Victoria Park to the right.
Full of weeds after nearly two years of neglect. First time I have been in Victoria Square in over two years.
Awaiting the demolition ball! See the hole punched in by the neighbouring building (now demolished) during the February 22 2011 earthquake. This building is leaning to the north (left) while it's now demolished neighbour was leaning to the south (right). All because the crap land gave way underneath!
A PDF copy of pages 152-153 of the book Christchurch: The Transitional City Pt IV. The pages document the transitional project 'The Arcades Project'. Drawings and Photos: Andrew Just, F3 Design, LIVS
The statue of Captain Cook looks over an empty Victoria Square with autumn leaves lying around. This used to be a very tidy and busy area, but is now nearly all fenced off. Pedestrian access to this section was established about five or six months ago.
A PDF copy of pages 242-243 of the book Christchurch: The Transitional City Pt IV. The pages document the transitional project 'Ministry of Justice Gate Keepers'. Photos: Douglas Horrell
A video of journalist Charlie Gates introducing the 2014 World Buskers Festival. Gates visits former festival venues in the Christchurch central city and the new performance venues for the 2014 festival, to show how the city has changed since the 2010 and 2011 earthquakes.
I think all the National Banks in the country have been either closed or rebranded ANZ, but this one on the corner of Colombo and Armagh Streets is still inside the CBD red zone and has yet to be touched. I have heard that this building is staying so whether it becomes an ANZ or not time will tell. This was one of the top five busiest pedest...