Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "PriceWaterhouseCoopers Building (under demolition, lower centre), Clarendon Tower (under demolition upper centre), New Regent Street (lower left) and New Press building at the left end of New Regent Street".
File reference: CCL-2012-02-22-IMG_9693 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
Page 4 of Section A of the Christchurch Press, published on Saturday 18 August 2012.
Page 5 of Section A of the South Island edition of the Christchurch Press, published on Saturday 18 August 2012.
A video of a tour of the Christchurch central city Red Zone. The video includes footage of Cambridge Terrace, the Copthorne Hotel on Colombo Street, Gloucester Street, the Government Life Building in Cathedral Square, the Grant Thornton Building in Cathedral Square, the ChristChurch Cathedral, the new Press Building on Gloucester Street, the Design and Arts College building on Worcester Street, the new Westende Jewellers Building, Hereford Street, the Westpac Trust Building, the BNZ Building, the Holiday Inn, Lichfield Street, High Street, and Cathedral Junction.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Westende building on the corner of Worcester and Manchester Streets is one of the first new buildings".
Page 2 of Section A of the Christchurch Press, published on Friday 10 February 2012.
Page 5 of Section A of the Christchurch edition of the Christchurch Press, published on Saturday 18 August 2012.
A video of the demolition of the PricewaterhouseCoopers Building, recorded inside the building.
Page 3 of Section A of the Christchurch Press, published on Friday 7 September 2012.
Page 4 of Section A of the Christchurch Press, published on Tuesday 11 December 2012.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The new Westende Jewellers building on the corner of Manchester and Worcester Streets. The former building collapsed in the 4 September 2010 earthquake".
A video of Press journalist Martin Van Beynen talking about the Canterbury Television Building which collapsed during the 22 February 2011 earthquake. Beynen investigates the construction manager of the building, Gerald Shirtcliff, who allegedly faked an engineering degree and stole the identity of an engineer he knew in South Africa. The video also includes footage of Shirtcliff giving evidence about the CTV Building at the Canterbury Earthquake Royal Commission.
An aerial photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "CBD, New Regent Street (lower left), Cathedral Square (left centre) and Provincial Council Chambers (right centre)".
Page 2 of Section A of the Christchurch Press, published on Wednesday 25 July 2012.
Page 4 of Section A of the Christchurch Press, published on Thursday 16 February 2012.
Page 4 of Section A of the Christchurch Press, published on Thursday 26 July 2012.
The Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority says the language describing building safety is unhelpful and is worrying people needlessly. The Authority's CEO, Roger Sutton, joins the programme.
Page 3 of Section A of the Christchurch Press, published on Wednesday 22 February 2012.
Page 5 of Section A of the Christchurch Press, published on Friday 10 August 2012.
An inquiry ordered by the Government has found the CTV building which failed massively in the February Christchurch earthquake did not meet building standards when it was constructed in 1986.
A video of a tour of the new Press Building on Gloucester Street.
Page 2 of Section A of the Christchurch Press, published on Thursday 19 January 2012.
Page 2 of Section A of the Christchurch Press, published on Wednesday 18 January 2012.
Page 4 of Section A of the Christchurch Press, published on Friday 17 August 2012.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The new Press building at 156 Gloucester Street".
Page 1 of Section A of the Christchurch Press, published on Wednesday 12 December 2012.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Chalice in Cathedral Square with the BNZ Building in the background. A shiny new crane is being used to deconstruct the BNZ building".
"Heritage Buildings, Earthquake Strengthening and Damage: the Canterbury earthquakes September 2010 - January 2012", a report submitted by the then New Zealand Historic Places Trust to the Canterbury Earthquakes Royal Commission. The report was written by Robert McClean.
The old New Brighton Power Boat Club building was badly damaged in the February 2011 earthquake, and is only now (July 2012) being demolished. The building is just down the road from where I grew up and is a New Brighton iconic building.