A photograph of the former Central Library on Gloucester Street. The entrance has been boarded up with plywood and the footpath is covered in dead leaves. To the left, a sign reading 'Library Open' is still standing outside.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The PricewaterhouseCoopers, Building, Forsyth Barr Building, and the Copthorne Hotel viewed from Cambridge Terrace".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The floral clock in Victoria Square, now full of weeds".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "17-19 Lichfield Street".
A photograph of five participants in the walk to celebrate Chinese National Day and the Moon Festival. Staff member Vaea Hutchen of the All Right? mental health campaign of the CDHB is wearing a tee shirt promoting the campaign. Others are wearing Chinese flags. The walk was held at the Upper Riccarton Library in September 2015. It was organised by the Canterbury Migrants Centre (formerly the Christchurch Migrants Centre) and was part of the Christchurch City Council's Walking Festival.
A photograph of members of the Wellington Emergency Management Office Emergency Response Team inside a building in the Christchurch central city. Silt and water from liquefaction has covered large sections of the concrete floor.
A photograph of a sign outside a property in Christchurch. The sign reads, "Thanks for helping our city". Sandcastles have been made out of liquefaction silt on the footpath in front of the sign.
A photograph an Wellington Emergency Management Office Emergency Response Team pretending to break into a car inside a building in the Christchurch city centre. The car is a 1968 Plymouth Road Runner Super Bee.
Shows various sized boats for the 'tsunami-conscious' as show homes in Christchurch. Context: There is anxiety about the potential for a local source tsunami but the Christchurch City Council says on its website that there will be no time to issue an official warning for a local source tsunami.
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A photograph of a sign giving information about the repair of the Bridge Street Bridge.
A photograph of a sign giving information about the repair of the Bridge Street Bridge.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "This detail from the south side of ChristChurch Cathedral shows the lateral movement that has occurred at about this height all along the south side".
An aerial photograph of the Christchurch city central. The photograph is captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Provincial Council Chambers in the middle, with Brannigans on the lower left, the Central Library lower middle and the Farmers car park on the lower right".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "ChristChurch Cathedral, Cathedral Square (climb the tower? Not any more)".
One beige Campmaster portable chemical toilet made from a matte finished high-density polythene and comprising a 20 litre holding tank for waste product and a 10 litre water tank for flushing. Chemical toilets were distributed by the Christchurch City Council as one solution to the badly damaged sewerage system following the 22 February 2011 ea...
A photograph looking east down Gloucester Street, towards the intersection of Manchester Street. On-lookers are surveying earthquake damage from behind the cordon. The Christchurch City Council parking building can be seen in the distance.
Damage to Christchurch city following the 22 February earthquake 2011. The side of the road has slumped due to liquefaction during the earthquake. A cone can just be seen, warning drivers of the irregular surface.
Mounds of liquefaction on the side of a residential road in eastern Christchurch. The liquefaction has been dug out of resident's gardens and placed on the road to be picked up by the City Council.
A damaged house in the Christchurch central city. "No go" has been spray painted on the front window and door. A red sticker in the front window indicates that the building is unsafe to enter.
A photograph of women sewing felt badges outside the Christchurch City Library in Lyttelton. The felt hearts were a healing outlet during the Canterbury earthquakes. The goal was to create beauty in the midst of chaos, to keep people's hands busy and their minds off the terrifying reality of the earthquakes, as well as to give a gift of love to workers and businesses who helped improve life in Lyttelton.
A photograph of a Christchurch City Council red sticker. The sticker was used by the Civil Defence after the 2010 and 2011 earthquakes to indicate that a building had been inspected and that serious structural damage had been found. The sticker states that there should be no entry to the building. It also states that 'entry may result in death or injury'.
A photograph of women sewing felt badges outside the Christchurch City Library in Lyttelton. The felt hearts were a healing outlet during the Canterbury earthquakes. The goal was to create beauty in the midst of chaos, to keep people's hands busy and their minds off the terrifying reality of the earthquakes, as well as to give a gift of love to workers and businesses who helped improve life in Lyttelton.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The light shines through these stained glass windows in ChristChurch Cathedral in a way that used to be seen only from the inside of the Cathedral".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "129 Cambridge Terrace".
A photograph of the demolition site of Queen Elizabeth II Park.
The title reads 'CBD: High water table, flood/liquefaction risk...' The cartoon shows several Southern Right whales being used to ferry people around Christchurch City. Someone says 'Who needs light rail when you can have right whale!' Context: discussion about building a light rail system as a part of Christchurch post-earthquake development. Context: Several large Southern right whales have found Akaroa Harbour to their liking this week, sticking around rather than heading back south as part of their annual migration back to Antarctica.
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A photograph looking north down Manchester Street, taken from the intersection of Gloucester Street. In the distance, the road has been cordoned off. The Christchurch City Council car parking building can be seen on the right.
A photograph submitted by Philip Broderick Willis to the QuakeStories website. The description reads, "Christchurch National Memorial Service – watching videos of the Central City, which most of us had not seen anything of in months.".
A photograph of the earthquake damage to a hotel in the Christchurch central city. Cordon tape has been placed across the entrance to the hotel and USAR codes have been spray-painted on the footpath outside.
For the first time in November 2011, Christchurch residents finally had the opportunity to see the earthquake-damaged city centre on the Red Zone bus tours organised by CERA. A partial view of Christ Church Cathedral.
