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One landscape colour digital photograph taken on 27 April 2011 showing the demolition of the Royal Hotel on the corner of Norwich Quay and Canterbury Street. The hotel building shown in this photograph was the third on the site since 1851. It was built in 1916 as a replacement for the first Royal Hotel. The Royal Hotel was established in 1870 a...
One landscape colour digital photograph taken on 19 April 2011 showing the demolition of the Empire Hotel on London Street. The photograph shows the façade of the hotel supported by the framework installed to brace the building after the 4 September 2010 earthquake. A crane is being used to enable the east wall to be demolished by hand to avoid...
One landscape colour digital photograph taken on 11 June 2011 showing the demolition of the old Lyttelton Library, Council Chambers and Magistrates' Court on the corner of Oxford Street and Sumner Road. The photograph shows the upper floor of the building being demolished with a high reach digger. At the time of the 22 February 2011 Earthquake...
One landscape colour digital photograph taken on 19 May 2011 showing the partial demolition of the old Lyttelton Harbour Board Offices on the corner of Oxford Street and Norwich Quay. The photograph shows the upper floor of the original part of the building being removed and a temporary roof being constructed over the ground floor. At the time o...
One landscape colour digital photograph taken on 11 June 2011 showing the demolition of the old Lyttelton Library, Council Chambers and Magistrates' Court on the corner of Oxford Street and Sumner Road. The photograph shows the upper floor of the building being demolished with a high reach digger and a jet of water being played on the building ...
One landscape colour digital photograph taken on 16 June 2011 showing the partial demolition of the old Lyttelton Harbour Board Offices on the corner of Oxford Street and Norwich Quay. The photograph shows the temporary roof being constructed over the original ground floor of the building. At the time of the 22 February 2011 earthquake the build...
Hotel Grand Chancellor - Leaning 1m to the east, demolition will start about mid June and is expected to take 10 months to complete at a cost of approx NZ$10m. It will be the biggest & tallest demolition project in New Zealand.
Taken during a scenic flight over Christchurch, New Zealand, 3 months after the deadly earthquake of 22 February, ...
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Latimer Square and Radio Networks House (under demolition). IRD building top left and Pacific Tower centre right".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Demolition underway on the Manchester Courts Building. Street sign dwarfed by the large mound of soil alongside the building".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The intersection of Colombo and Cashel Streets with the Triangle Centre in the final stages of demolition".
The demolition site of the Gallery Apartments building. A sign that reads, 'Road closed' has been placed in front of the security fencing.
A photograph submitted by Anonymous to the QuakeStories website. The description reads, "A dark day to begin the demolition of our house".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "This demolition site in Seabreeze Close, Bexley shows the height of the liquefaction on the fence".
Concrete slabs laid on the ground of the Crowne Plaza Hotel's demolition site. This will serve as the floor of the Pallet Pavilion.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A demolition worker has lunch with a friend outside the St Lukes site in Manchester Street".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Lyttelton Bakery operating temporarily from a portacom on a demolition site on Norwich Quay in Lyttelton".
A photograph of the damaged ball from the Timeball Station. The photograph is captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Timeball Station demolition site, Lyttelton".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The flags flying are in contrast to the demolition site of the Allan McLean building beyond".
A photograph of a road sign warning of demolition work. The photograph is captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Kingsford Street, Horseshoe Lake, Burwood".
A photograph of the damaged ball from the Timeball Station. The photograph is captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Timeball Station demolition site, Lyttelton".
Demolition of the top storey of Fuze Restaurant and Cafe. The building formerly housed the Harbour Board Offices, and was built in 1880.
A faded sign reading, 'McCormic Reapers & Binders' painted onto the side of a building, revealed by the demolition of the adjoining building.
A demolition site on the corner of Welles and Colombo Streets. Road cones have been placed along the street to divert the traffic.
A faded sign reading, 'Marrow Bassett & Co' painted onto the side of a brick building, revealed by the demolition of the adjoining building.
A digger sits beside rubble from a demolished building on the corner of Bealey Avenue and Springfield Road. The photographer comments, "Demolition debris".
A demolition site on the corner of Welles and Colombo Streets. Road cones have been placed along the street to divert the traffic.
Detail of an advertisement painted on the side of a building. The advertisement has been uncovered by the demolition of the adjoining building.
Building on the corner of Gloucester Street and Latimer Square. Next to it is a vacant lot after the demolition of a building.
Poster starting to peel off a corrugated wall next to demolition site. A section of damaged property can be seen above the fence.
