Very sad - was a nice looking building. This is near the top of the building and there is signs of the top being displaced horizontally.
This is how the building looked when it was built - fine indeed!
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An engineer who owns a similar building in Dunedin, and is willing to put money into this building's restoration, is sure it could be stabilised, just like the Railway Clock Tower. And the t...
The Cranmer Court demolition started today in Christchurch. The 1876 building was originally a Normal School and was in a derelict state in the early 1980s when it was rescued and converted into apartments. The heritage-listed building was red-stickered after the February 2011 earthquake.
A colour photograph of 158-160 Manchester Street, taken during the demolition of the Manchester Courts.
The demolition of Manchester Courts on Manchester Street. The area in front of the building has been cordoned off with a crane sitting inside. A quarter of the building has already been pulled down. Shipping containers are lining the street to the right.
Cross cracking on the Manchester Courts Building between the windows. This means that there was no vertical reinforcement in the building and it will have to come down.
Wooden reinforcements on the Cranmer Courts building.
Wooden reinforcements on the Cranmer Courts building.
St Elmo Courts, a NZHPT heritage building on the corner of Hereford and Montreal Streets. The building was severely damaged during the 4 September earthquake, with diagonal cracking between the windows. Scaffolding has been placed around the bottom of the building.
Canterbury Earthquake 04/09/10
Christchurch
New Zealand
Canterbury Earthquake 04/09/10
Christchurch
New Zealand
Reinforcements and protective cladding on a gable of the Cranmer Courts building.
Brickwork salvaged from the Cranmer Courts building, lining the footpath along Kilmore Street.
A view across Durham Street to the Amuri Courts building. The building has been yellow-stickered, and USAR codes has been spray painted in pink on one of the windows. Cracks are visible in the road out front.
Very sad - was a nice looking building. These cracks are right through the bricks on several of the main columns.
Bricks from the Cranmer Courts stacked onto wooden crates outside the building on Montreal Street.
Bricks from the Cranmer Courts stacked onto wooden crates outside the building on Montreal Street.
A view of the High to Hereford food court building from Hereford Street.
Cracking in the plaster work of the side wall of a building in the central city. The bricks that make up the wall have shaken apart and are threatening to topple.
The District Court Building on Durham Street.
A photograph of building rubble outside the damaged Cranmer Courts building.
A photograph of building rubble outside the damaged Cranmer Courts building.
A digital copy of a pen and ink and watercolour painting by Raymond Morris, titled, 'St Elmo Courts building, Hereford Street'.
Damage to the Cranmer Court building.
Detail of the Cranmer Court buildings.
Manchester Courts on the corner of Manchester and Hereford Streets. While the building looks mostly fine from the outside, it is unsafe to enter. "Danger, no entry" has been spray-painted on the front window.
A photograph of the partially demolished St Elmo Courts building on Hereford Street.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "People at the cordon on the corner of Durham and St Asaph Street, soldiers watching by. In the background is the Environment Court building at 83 Armagh Street, formerly the Canterbury Society of Arts. This building was added to the CERA demolitions list on 5 March 2012".
Damage to the Cranmer Courts building. The corner section of the building has collapsed.
Damage to the Cranmer Courts building. The corner section of the building has collapsed.
