An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 29 November 2012 entitled, "Railstation removed".
A digitally manipulated image of a broken window. The photographer comments, "There is hardly anything left of Christchurch's proud heritage buildings. Most older buildings were made of brick and though they should have had improvements to make them withstand a medium earthquake most did not. They were badly damaged when hit with a series of earthquakes that were up to 2.2g at the epicentre and 1.88g in the City".
The damaged Canterbury Provincial Government Buildings where part of the top facade has been removed.
Detail of the deconstruction of the Crowne Plaza Hotel. The windows in the building has been removed.
A photograph of a spire removed from the ChristChurch cathedral and protected with heavy steel bracing.
Detail of workers who are deconstructing the Crowne Plaza Hotel, in the process of removing all the windows.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Books are being removed from the Central Library".
A house in Richmond being demolished. A worker removing fixtures from the kitchen. The photographer comments, "The end of 393 River Rd".
A house in Richmond being demolished. Part of the external walls have been removed. The photographer comments, "The end of 393 River Rd".
A house in Richmond being demolished. Part of an external wall has been removed. The photographer comments, "The end of 393 River Rd".
A house in Richmond being demolished. Part of an external wall has been removed. The photographer comments, "The end of 393 River Rd".
A house in Richmond being demolished. Part of the external walls have been removed. The photographer comments, "The end of 393 River Rd".
A house in Richmond being demolished. Part of the external walls have been removed. The photographer comments, "The end of 393 River Rd".
A photograph of a crane being used to remove panels from the NewstalkZB Building on Worcester Street.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Last remains of 82 Gloucester Street (Santorini Restaurant) being removed".
Damage property behind a fence. A front section of the house has already been removed, and bricks have fallen off a section of the wall.
A photograph of a building on Oxford Terrace. In the foreground is a spire removed from Our City O-Tautahi.
A house in Richmond being demolished. A worker removes fittings from the front door. The photographer comments, "The end of 393 River Rd".
A house in Richmond being demolished. A worker removes fittings from the front door. The photographer comments, "The end of 393 River Rd".
A house in Richmond being demolished. A worker removes fittings from the front door. The photographer comments, "The end of 393 River Rd".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A floor slab being removed from the Westpac building High Street".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "This house has had its doors and windows removed prior to demolition".
A photograph of the removed door of a partly-demolished house. The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "220 and 218 Peterborough Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Looking from Tuam Street north along Struthers Lane (Lichfield Street Bus Exchange with the facade removed in the background)".
A photograph of a badly-damaged building on St Asaph Street. The front facade has been removed and the building is surrounded by scaffolding.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The remains of a removed cash machine in the Westpac building, Cashel Street".
A house in Richmond being demolished. Part of the external walls have been removed, and a digger sits on a pile of rubble. The photographer comments, "The end of 393 River Rd".
A house in Richmond being demolished. A worker removing fixtures from the kitchen. In the foreground, a digger sits on a pile of rubble. The photographer comments, "The end of 393 River Rd".
A photograph of 141 Cambridge Terrace taken from a vacant site on Gloucester Street. The building is under deconstruction and the windows have been removed so the inside is visible.
The demolition site where the Chateau Blanc Suites Apartment Hotel once was. On the cordon is a sign that says 'Private Property, Authorised parking only. Vehicles will be removed at owner's expense'.