BeckerFraserPhotos February 2013 photograph 139

Images, UC QuakeStudies

Repair work being done to the Victoria Clock Tower on the corner of Montreal Street and Victoria Street.

BeckerFraserPhotos February 2013 photograph 135

Images, UC QuakeStudies

Repair work being done to the Victoria Clock Tower on the corner of Montreal Street and Victoria Street.

BeckerFraserPhotos February 2013 photograph 134

Images, UC QuakeStudies

Repair work being done to the Victoria Clock Tower on the corner of Montreal Street and Victoria Street.

Tower insurance admits seeking cheapest option

Audio, Radio New Zealand

Tower Insurance has increased the amount it is willing to pay towards repairing an earthquake-damaged Christchurch home, but is still refusing to pay for a more expensive rebuild.

Fairfax Video, October 2013 (2)

Videos, UC QuakeStudies

A time-lapse video of excavators demolishing the Heritage Tower in Cathedral Square. The video was filmed over three months.

Summing up today in Tower earthquake insurance case

Audio, Radio New Zealand

Both sides are expected to sum up their cases today in the legal battle between Tower Insurance and a Christchurch couple, over the amount owed on an earthquake damaged home.

BeckerFraserPhotos February 2013 photograph 002

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A stone clock tower on the cliffs near Ferrymead.

20130130_1832_1D3-67 Clarendon Towers

Images, eqnz.chch.2010

Haha! This is the day before Mainzeal (see sign on fence at left) announced they had gone into receivership owing millions to the banks and sub-contractors like Smiths whose equipment is here.

20130827_2673_1D3-24 Clarendon Tower site

Images, eqnz.chch.2010

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20130827_2652_1D3-24 Tower Insurance building

Images, eqnz.chch.2010

More well known as the Government Life building - too be demolished.

BeckerFraserPhotos March 2013 photograph 102

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An aerial photograph looking south-east over Cathedral Square with Rydges Hotel in the bottom centre, and the site of Clarendon Towers.

20130106_1236_1D3-60 Cathedral (006/365)

Images, eqnz.chch.2010

Deconstruction has been halted, but this was the front of Christchurch's most famous landmark. The tower/spire was above the nearest bit of remains.

Digital Photograph: Site of Church of the Most Holy Trinity, Lyttelton

Images, Canterbury Museum

One landscape colour digital photograph taken on 26 May 2013 on Winchester Street, Lyttelton. The photograph is taken looking southeast over the site of the Anglican Church of the Most Holy Trinity. On the church site are the removed top of the bell tower and porch. Beyond the empty church site the container cranes on Cashin Quay, and Diamond Ha...

Digital Photograph: Winchester Street, Lyttelton

Images, Canterbury Museum

One landscape colour digital photograph taken on 26 May 2013 on Winchester Street, Lyttelton. The photograph is taken looking south from the site of the Catholic Church of St Joseph the Worker to the site of the Anglican Church of the Most Holy Trinity. Visible are the removed top of the bell tower and porch. The damaged vicarage is at the weste...

The Ferrymead 'water's edge apartment': a life story

Research Papers, Lincoln University

High rise developments dominate skylines and are contentious in many low rise urban environments. Christchurch is no exception and its residents have historically been vocal in articulating their opinions on matters they care about, especially in regard to projects they perceive will ruin their ‘garden city’. At the turn of the millennium, developers were preparing yet another proposal which would get the tongues wagging in Christchurch with the development of the former Ferrymead Tavern site on Ferry Road. The planning process was a long and antagonistic one with many individuals viewing the built towers with a look of ‘disgust’ and discontent. In an ironic twist, the seismic activity in Christchurch over the last few years which has had major implications for a range of planning issues, incrementally led to the death of highly controversial Ferrymead ‘Water’s Edge’ Apartments.