A photograph of a red sticker notice on the window of 147 Hereford Street, indicating that the building is unsafe to enter.
A photograph of a building on Cashel Street. Some of the windows on the bottom floor have been boarded up with plywood.
A photograph of Liquidity bar on Oxford Terrace. The awning is bent and USAR codes have been spray-painted on the windows.
The eastern face of Christ Church Cathedral. The damaged windows have been boarded up. A shipping container sits in the overgrown garden.
Damage to a building on Manchester Street. The large diagonal cracks between the windows indicate the building has suffered serious structural damage.
Plywood sheeting covers a broken window in the Gallery Apartments building. On the wall in front is spray-painted "All off, water".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Old Civic Chamber on Manchester Street. The stained-glass window is still miraculously intact".
The "As Far as Eye Can See" artwork on display in a window of The Colombo shopping centre, viewed from Colombo Street.
The "As Far as Eye Can See" artwork on display in a window of The Colombo shopping centre, viewed from Colombo Street.
A photograph of Colombo Street taken through a car window. In the distance is the earthquake-damaged tower of ChristChurch Cathedral.
A photograph of cracks in the side of St Elmo Courts. The cracks have formed between the windows both horizontally and vertically.
A photograph of cracks in the front of St Elmo Courts. The cracks have formed between the windows both horizontally and vertically.
A photograph of a large crack in between two windows of St Elmo Courts on the corner of Montreal and Hereford Street.
The "As Far as Eye Can See" artwork on display in a window of The Colombo shopping centre, viewed from Colombo Street.
A close-up photograph of the top of the Rendezvous Hotel on Gloucester Street, showing cracks in the building and broken windows.
A photograph of Liquidity bar on Oxford Terrace. The awning is bent and USAR codes have been spray-painted on the windows.
A photograph of a large crack in between two windows of St Elmo Courts on the corner of Montreal and Hereford Street.
Plywood sheeting covers a broken window in the Gallery Apartments building. On the wall in front is spray-painted "All off, water".
Damage to Catholic Cathedral College. Stones and bricks have fallen from the parapets and gable ends of buildings, and windows are broken.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the Christ Church Cathedral.
Broken and open windows in the Canterbury Pacific Trust building on Worcester Street, viewed from behind security fencing. The interior of the building has been gutted.
A broken window in the Canterbury Pacific Trust building on Worcester Street, viewed from behind security fencing. The interior of the building has been gutted.
A photograph submitted by Sarndra to the QuakeStories website. The description reads, "Through the car window – damaged Lyttelton road tunnel control building. April 2011.".
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the Christ Church Cathedral.
A stained-glass window in the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament casts coloured light onto carved angels on the wall, seen before the earthquakes.
The electorate office of Ruth Dyson, Labour MP for Christchurch Port Hills. In the window is a "Keep calm and carry on" poster.
The electorate office of Ruth Dyson, Labour MP for Christchurch Port Hills. In the window is a "Keep calm and carry on" poster.
A photograph showing parts of the interior ChristChurch Cathedral, including the top of a stained glass window, visible through the damaged west wall.
A photograph of 214 Peterborough Street. The windows and doors have been boarded up and USAR codes have been spray-painted on the wood.
People stand near the Red Zone viewing windows at the east end of Re:Start. Te Waiponamu House can be seen in the background.
