Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Rubble from the demolished Convention Centre on Kilmore Street. In the background, the new Central Library on Peterborough Street can be seen".
View of the central library from Gloucester Street. USAR codes can be seen in the bottom right corner.
This winter-eve is warm,
Humid the air! leafless, yet soft as spring,
The tender purple spray on copse and briers!
And that sweet city with her dreaming spires,
She needs not June for beauty's heightening,
Lovely all times she lies, lovely to-night!—
From "Thyrsis: A Monody" by Matthew Arnold 1822–1888
Helicopter Flight over Christchurch
New Zealand
Helicopter Flight over Christchurch
New Zealand
Helicopter Flight over Christchurch
New Zealand
Helicopter Flight over Christchurch
New Zealand
Helicopter Flight over Christchurch
New Zealand
Helicopter Flight over Christchurch
New Zealand
Helicopter Flight over Christchurch
New Zealand
Helicopter Flight over Christchurch
New Zealand
Helicopter Flight over Christchurch
New Zealand
Helicopter Flight over Christchurch
New Zealand
Helicopter Flight over Christchurch
New Zealand
A graphic showing the costs of proposed new libraries.
A photograph of a meeting being held in the Central Library Peterborough.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The temporary South City Library in the Sydenham Mall, Colombo Street south".
A member of the South Australian Urban Search and Rescue team working in Christchurch central city. In the background, a digger is clearing rubble.
A member of the South Australian Urban Search and Rescue team working in Christchurch central city. In the background, a digger is clearing rubble.
A photograph looking across several sites of demolished buildings in the Christchurch central city. A excavator can be seen clearing rubble from a site.
An aerial photograph of the Christchurch central city with Gloucester Street running through the centre of the photograph, and Clarendon Towers in the middle.
Earthquake damaged building on a Walk around the city, May 1, 2014 Christchurch New Zealand.
Demolition work on Christchurch's "distinctive" former civic building is under way. The category-2 heritage building was designed by G A J Hart and opened in 1939 as the Miller's department store.
It featured the South Island's first escalator, which...
Earthquake damaged building on a Walk around the city, May 1, 2014 Christchurch New Zealand.
Demolition work on Christchurch's "distinctive" former civic building is under way. The category-2 heritage building was designed by G A J Hart and opened in 1939 as the Miller's department store.
It featured the South Island's first escalator, which...
A photograph of a community recreation stall at the Christchurch City Council NZ Safety Week Expo, held in October 2013. The photograph shows various All Right? resources, including 'Five Ways To Wellbeing' corflute signs, as well as information from CCC and other organisations. The Expo was part of the ACC NZ Safety Week, and sought to provide CCC staff and families with information and awareness about home safety, alcohol moderation, sport and fitness.
A photograph of All Right? flags in road cones on Deans Avenue. The flags include simple messages beginning with, "It's All Right if..." or "It's All Right to...", which sought to normalise Cantabrians' various emotional responses to the earthquakes. The flags were distributed at various locations around the city, enabling a 'flag hunt' for Cantabrians.
A photograph of the Odeon Theatre on Tuam Street.
A photograph of the Odeon Theatre on Tuam Street.
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Colombo Street
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External stairs on the Forsyth Barr building in Christchurch. Portions of the internal stairwell collapsed during the earthquake of February 22nd 2011, necessitating use of various means of getting people out of the building. Was the fourth highest building in the city pre earthquakes, but it's future is uncertain. Was for sale "as is, where ...