The Painted Room Before

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Photograph by Jocelyn Kinghorn 045

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Damage to the Knox Church. On the ground is the word 'Danger' spray-painted on the footpath.

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Damage to buidings on Victoria Street. Shops that have been checked are marked with spray-painted codes.

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Damage to the front entrance of the Knox Church. The building has been spray-painted with USAR codes indicating it has been checked.

Photograph of the former Sydenham Post Office, 340 Colombo Street (6)

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A photograph of USAR codes spray painted in a window of the former Sydenham Post Office. Cracks can be seen in the masonry around the window.

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Damage to the front entrance of the Knox Church. The building has been spray-painted with USAR codes. In the background is a row of damaged buildings where the front walls have fallen onto the footpath.

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Damage to buildings on the corner of Victoria and Bealey Street with a pile of brick on the side. Two front windows have been spray-painted with the words 'No Go' and the time the building was checked.

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Damage to the Caxton Press building (left) and the adjoining building. In front is a pile of bricks, cordonned off with tape and road cones to keep the public away. Spray-painted codes show that the buildings have been checked by USAR.

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The facade of the building housing the Daily Bagel and the Covent Fruit Centre has fallen away, leaving the building unstable and dangerous. The front wall has toppled onto the footpath leaving a pile of bricks. The front windows of this and surrounding buildings have been spray-painted with USAR codes 'No Go' and the times they were checked.