A photograph of earthquake damage above a window of the Lancaster Hotel on Ferry Road.
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Crowne Plaza Hotel, corner Kilmore and Victoria Streets. Demolition".
A photograph of the earthquake damage to details of the Lancaster Hotel on Ferry Road.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Hotel Grand Chancellor car park now demolished, Cashel Street".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Hotel Grand Chancellor behind the Heritage Apartments".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Crowne Plaza Hotel, corner Kilmore and Victoria Streets. Demolition".
A photograph of shipping containers supporting the facade of the Excelsior Hotel on Manchester Street.
A photograph of shipping containers supporting the facade of the Excelsior Hotel on Manchester Street.
Damage to the northwest corner of the Cathedral, with the Millenium Hotel in the background.
The spire of the ChristChurch cathedral, reflected in the windows of the Millennium hotel.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "London Street showing the cleared site of the Empire Hotel".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Rydges Hotel, 170-174 Oxford Terrace viewed from Worcester Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "52 Armagh Street, the former site of Windsor Private Hotel".
The Rolleston Statue with the Bridge of Remembrance and the Hotel Grand Chancellor in the background.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "The early morning earthquake caused damage to the Royal Hotel at Temuka".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Hotel Grand Chancellor from Worcester Street looking down Tramway Lane".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Under pressure, reporter Charlie Gates, in the newsroom at the Novotel Hotel".
A photograph of the top part of Hotel Rendezvous, with workers attending to windows at bottom.
A photograph of window details on the Excelsior Hotel, taken after the 4 September 2010 earthquake.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Hotel Grand Chancellor viewed through the Bridge of Rembrance".
Panoramic photograph of Gap Filler's Pallet Pavilion, on the former site of the Crowne Plaza hotel.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "The early morning earthquake caused damage to the Royal Hotel at Temuka".
Panoramic photograph of Gap Filler's Pallet Pavilion, on the former site of the Crowne Plaza hotel.
Damaged building on Colombo Street, with the Copthorne Hotel and Forsyth Barr buildings in the background.
Exposed side of the Cathedral Junction building, with the Heritage and Millenium Hotels in the background.
The badly-cracked facade of the Empire Hotel in Lyttelton is supported by large steel bracing.
Damage to the Lyttelton Hotel on Norwich Quay. The top of the building has crumbled, bringing the roof down with it. Bricks have fallen on the awning and all along the footpath. Wire fencing and road cones have been used to create a cordon around the building.
Damage to the Royal Hotel on the corner of Norwich Quay and Canterbury Street in Lyttelton. The columns next to the windows have cracked, indicating that there is major structural damage to the building. Wire fencing and cones have been used to create a cordon around the building.
A photograph of Red Cross NZ volunteers putting All Right? corflute signs on cordon fence. Hotel Ibis is in the background. The All Right? corflute signs are from phase 2 of the All Right? campaign, which sought to promote the 'Five Ways To Wellbeing' by asking simple, open-ended questions related to wellbeing.
An aerial photograph of the central city blocks bounded by Colombo Street, Hereford Street, Cashel Street, and High Street.