The Gospel Way Outreach Church in the process of being demolished on Charles Street. Down the side wall, a noticeable slump in the brick wall can be seen. This is probably why the building needed to be demolished.
A view of the interior of the Durham Street Methodist Church hall. The floor has been coated with plaster from the walls and ceiling, and items of furniture have been stacked up around the walls.
A photograph of a damaged house has been reflected in the lower part of the image and digitally manipulated.
A photograph of the earthquake damaged M J Knowles Building on Tuam Street. The wall has either collapsed or been removed leaving the inside of the building exposed. Loose bricks from the wall cover the footpath.
A wall on the former site of Piko Wholefoods has been painted with the address of their new premises. A damaged part of the wall is covered with a graffiti paste-up of an elastoplast, with a speech bubble reading, "You poor thing".
A photograph of a room in the Diabetes Centre. The panelling has been removed from the walls, exposing the wooden framing, insulation, and wires underneath. Several drawer units have been stacked in the middle of the room.
Graffiti on a damaged building. The photographer comments, "After some of the walls were demolished this graffiti was exposed. The next day this wall was gone as well".
The sea wall at Beachville Road, Redcliffs, after the earthquake. It used to be straight and level - not now!
As a teenager I went fishing off this wall.
A photograph of the Poetica Urban Poetry wall.
Damaged wall of a building on Colombo Street.
Walls missing from a building on Manchester Street.
Walls missing from a building on Manchester Street.
Walls missing from a building on Manchester Street.
Detail of the side of the front wall of St Mary & St Athanaslos church on Edgeware Road, right side. Cracks can be seen running diagonally between the bricks. The top of the wall has crumbled onto the pavement below.
A photograph of a colourful wall of bricks. There is damage on the right hand side of the wall. There is also a pattern made from fallen bricks in front of it.
A photograph of a tag on a wall made of concrete blocks. The wall is near the railway tracks which run under the Durham Street over bridge. The tag reads, "JFK".
Mural on the side wall of Perry's Cafe on Madras Street. It depicts two work men; one speech bubble saying "Is my crack showing?" and in other other it says "Don't be silly!". A topical joke about the cracks on the wall and Christchurch in general.
The perspex wall of the 10 square metre office building viewed from the inside. Volunteers have begun to fill the wall with recycled materials which will be sealed inside with another sheet of perspex.
A photograph of the side wall of the collapsed Herbal Heaven store on the corner of Linwood Avenue and Aldwins Road. The wall has come away from the rest of the building and is standing on a lean.
Damage to a house in Richmond. Part of the brick wall has slumped to one side, leaving a visible gap between the wall and a windowframe. Broken wooden framing can be seen in the gap. The photographer comments, "Cracking in the external brickwork".
Damage to a house in Richmond. Bricks have fallen from a wall, exposing the wooden framing beneath. The photographer comments, "The foundation and a section of the wall of the dining room have shifted and cracked. The dining room floor is very springy".
A photograph of a plywood wall around Knox Church.
A photograph of a damaged wall braced with wood.
A photograph of a plywood wall around Knox Church.
The collapsed brick wall of a house in Christchurch.
The collapsed brick wall on a house in Christchurch.
Volunteers painting the "Instant Poetry" wall on Colombo Street.
Volunteers building a Pallet Pavilion wall by stacking pallets.
A photograph of a damaged wall braced with wood.
Volunteers building a Pallet Pavilion wall by stacking pallets.
