Romeo, Get Off That Balcony!

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A two-storey house in Avonside Drive with a warped upper balcony. The photographer comments, "This house is on Avonside Drive opposite the Avon River. The land in this area spread laterally and had bad liquefaction of the soil. This caused some houses to sink into the ground, but as the balcony supports did not sink as much the balcony came to rest at a crazy angle".

Photograph of Ironside House, 381 Montreal Street (21)

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A photograph of a balcony of Ironside House on Montreal Street.

Photograph of McLean's Mansion, 387 Manchester Street (22)

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A photograph of a balcony of McLean's Mansion on Manchester Street.

Photograph of Piko Wholefoods, 359 Barbadoes Street (17)

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A photograph of a balcony rail of Piko Wholefoods on Barbadoes Street.

Photograph of City Council Civic Offices, 194-198 Manchester Street (8)

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A photograph of the balcony of the earthquake-damaged City Council Civic Offices on Manchester Street.

2008 UCSA Tea Party Photograph 16

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A photograph of students on the balcony of the UCSA building during the 2008 end-of-year Tea Party event.

Photograph by Jocelyn Kinghorn 2477

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Reconstruction work on Terrace on the Park Apartments. Two of the building required urgent demolition, while the others in the complex are being cleared out for demolition. Some furniture from the apartments can been seen on the balcony, whereas in other apartments, deconstructed furnishings can be seen.

So that's what an earthquake feels like.

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Here's Prarie, outside our flat, the day after the 7.1 earthquake hit Christchurch. You see the damage to the street, which continued through our flat. We were forced to move out once an engineer examined the cracks in our balcony, walls, floors, and ceilings, and told us the building was unsafe for living. One crack ran from the street, pres...