St Asaph Street

Images, eqnz.chch.2010

Clean-up in the CBD of Christchurch is well under way after the 6.3 magnitude quake 22 Febraury 2011.

Bonnington’s Chemist, High Street and the growth of Irish Moss

Articles, Lost Christchurch

One of Christchurch’s most well known and successful chemist and druggist shops was on Colombo street and owned by George Bonnington.

Photograph by Jocelyn Kinghorn 561

Images, UC QuakeStudies

A demolition site on the corner of Welles and Colombo Streets. Road cones have been placed along the street to divert the traffic.

Photograph by Jocelyn Kinghorn 560

Images, UC QuakeStudies

A demolition site on the corner of Welles and Colombo Streets. Road cones have been placed along the street to divert the traffic.

Photograph of 181 Peterborough Street (1)

Images, UC QuakeStudies

A photograph of building rubble at 181 Peterborough Street. A 'danger' sign can be seen on the house, as well a red sticker and notice of power removal.

New Zealand’s Most Beautiful Street 1932

Articles, Lost Christchurch

An open field along the west side of Manchester street, bounded by a row of well-grown English Poplars and known as the Circus Paddock, was regularly used for touring circuses which came to town.

Photograph of 7 Peacock Street (2)

Images, UC QuakeStudies

A photograph of 7 Peacock Street. A red sticker can be seen on the fence, as well as a notice of power removal, and the spray-painted words 'No go'.

Elizabeth Ackermann Photograph 221

Images, UC QuakeStudies

A photograph of the former site of Plume on High Street with damage to the awning and window. Inside, mannequins can still be seen as well as racks of clothing.

Fairfax Video, December 2011 (7)

Videos, UC QuakeStudies

A video about the reopening of Alice in Videoland, in the back of the former Post Office on the corner of Tuam and High Streets. The redesigned space has allowed Alice in Videoland to expand from a DVD rental store to include an art-house cinema as well.

48 hour design challenge Team SoLA: 160 Gloucester Street

Research Papers, Lincoln University

The 48hr Design Challenge, run by the Christchurch City Council and held at Lincoln University, provided an opportunity for Council to gain inspiration from the design and architecture industry, while testing the draft Central City Plan currently being developed. The Challenge was a response to the recent earthquakes in Christchurch and brought together local and international talent. A total of 15 teams took part in the Challenge, with seven people in each including engineers, planners, urban designers, architects and landscape architects, as well as one student on each team. The four sites within the Red Zone included the Cathedral Square and BNZ Building; 160 Gloucester Street; the Orion NZ Building at 203 Gloucester Street; and 90 Armagh Street, including the Avon River and Victoria Square. The fifth site, which sits outside the Red Zone, is the former Christchurch Women’s Hospital at 885 Colombo Street. This is team SoLA's entry for 160 Gloucester Street.

Quake Makes World Headlines

Images, UC QuakeStudies

A stack of wooden frames with the words "Quake makes world headlines" written on the uppermost frame. The photographer comments, "This is a sculpture at the CPIT facility in Christchurch. It is a series of squares placed over a column with writing on the squares. It is an excellent movable sculpture that conveys the Christchurch earthquake very well. The squares are placed so that they can slide over each other and even fall inside the other on one side. It is a pity that only two sides of the squares are written on".

Nisbet, Alistair, 1958-:[Handling the Christchurch earthquakes] 14 March 2…

Images, Alexander Turnbull Library

In a Christchurch street still covered in liquefaction man weeps over his four-wheel drive car, which has a number plate showing the word 'macho'. Two women who are working at clearing the road of silt watch and one of them observes that 'he's not handling the quake well at all... Keeps getting silt smears on the 4 x 4!' Context - The Christchurch earthquake of 22 February 2011. Liquefaction is a particular problem. There is a point being made here about the 'macho' man who sobs over his car and the two staunch women who get on with the cleaning-up effort. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).