BeckerFraserPhotos March 2011 photograph 219

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A crane with a wrecking ball demolishing St Elmo Courts on Hereford Street.

BeckerFraserPhotos March 2011 photograph 186

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A digger and a crane with a wrecking ball demolishing the St Elmo Courts building on Hereford Street.

BeckerFraserPhotos March 2011 photograph 187

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A digger and a crane with a wrecking ball demolishing the St Elmo Courts building on Hereford Street.

BeckerFraserPhotos March 2011 photograph 220

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A crane with a wrecking ball demolishing St Elmo Courts on Hereford Street. Behind it is the Christchurch City Council Building.

QuakeStory Photo 327

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A photograph submitted by Gaynor James to the QuakeStories website. The description reads, "DTZ building going, 20 July 2011. A small crowd watches the demolition …There is an eerie silence- no excited buzz – people watching yet another part of their history turning into rubble. The wrecking ball, delicately positioned, drops and is followed by the cracking and rending of floor after floor and the debris tumbles down … It starts to clear and an extraordinary sight greets us. Hundreds and hundreds of sheets of paper drift down like giant confetti.".