A photograph of a detail of the front of Christ Church Cathedral. The upper part of the front wall has crumbled leaving the inside space exposed.
A photograph of a police car parked outside the New Zealand Police kiosk in Cathedral Square. In the background, people are walking through Cathedral Square.
A photograph of a detail of the front of Christ Church Cathedral. The upper part of the front wall has crumbled leaving the inside space exposed.
A snapshot from GPS Boomerang's SmartBird flight over the Christchurch red zone on 23 December 2012, looking over Cathedral Square with the Cathedral and the Post Office visible. The BNZ Building has been partially demolished.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A layer of protective material has been laid in front of the ChristChurch Cathedral and a digger is sitting on it".
A photograph of shipping containers placed in front of the north side of Christ Church Cathedral. The shipping containers are there to protect the street from falling rubble.
Exposed side of the Cathedral Junction building.
Exposed side of the Cathedral Junction building.
Exposed side of the Cathedral Junction building.
Damage to the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament. Detail to the front entrance of the cathedral.
Damage to the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament. Detail to the front entrance of the cathedral.
A couple of city blocks away from the now damaged Cathedral a temporary $4million cathedral has been built using large cardboard tubes and sheeting.
A photograph taken in Cathedral Square, looking north.
A photograph taken in Cathedral Square, looking north.
A photograph taken in Cathedral Square, looking west.
A photograph taken in Cathedral Square, looking north.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "ChristChurch Cathedral".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Cathedral".
A photograph taken in Cathedral Square, looking south.
Damage to the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament.
A photograph taken in Cathedral Square, looking west.
Damage to the northwest corner of the Cathedral.
The Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, seen before the earthquakes.
A model of the ChristChurch Transitional Cathedral made predominantly out of laser cut and engraved coloured acrylic as well as timber dowels to represent the cardboard tubes.
Wednesday 2 May 2012.
File reference: CCL-2012-05-02IMG_2159
From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
Tuesday 27 March 2012.
File reference: CCL-2012-03-27-IMG_0746
From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
Damage to the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament. Detail of the sculpture on top of the cathedral.
A photograph of the front of the badly-damaged ChristChurch Cathedral. The Rose Window has been removed and steel bracing is holding up the remains of the front facade.
A photograph of the front of the badly-damaged ChristChurch Cathedral. The Rose Window has been removed and steel bracing is holding up the remains of the front facade.
A photograph of the front of the badly-damaged ChristChurch Cathedral. The Rose Window has been removed and steel bracing is holding up the remains of the front facade.