A photograph of the earthquake damage to a building on Manchester Street. The top railing of the façade has fallen away and cracks can be seen in the brickwork of the wall below.
A photograph of emergency management personnel inspecting a room inside an earthquake-damaged building. In the centre of the room a chimney and fireplace have collapsed.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the Country Theme store on St Asaph Street. Sections of the façade crumbled. The bricks have been cleared from the footpath below. Steel fencing and road cones have been placed around the building as a cordon.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the Country Theme store on St Asaph Street. Sections of the façade crumbled. The bricks have been cleared from the footpath below. Steel fencing and road cones have been placed around the building as a cordon.
A photograph of members of the Wellington Emergency Management Office walking down Gloucester Street towards the intersection of Manchester Street. Bricks from an earthquake-damaged building cover the footpath in the distance. Wire fences have been placed around the rubble as a cordon.
An exposed brick wall left after the demolition of the adjoining building. The internal wooden structure and cabling can now be seen.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch Earthquake aftermath. Workmen removing bricks on top of the John Burns and Co. building in Lichfield Street".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch Earthquake aftermath. Workmen removing bricks on top of the John Burns and Co. building in Lichfield Street".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch Earthquake aftermath. Workmen removing bricks on top of the John Burns and Co. building in Lichfield Street".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch Earthquake aftermath. Workmen removing bricks on top of the John Burns and Co. building in Lichfield Street".
Damage to Catholic Cathedral College. Stones and bricks have fallen from the parapets and gable ends of buildings, and windows are broken.
A damaged building on Cashel Street near Oxford Terrace. The top of the facade has fallen off the building into the street below, taking the awning with it. Bricks from the building still lie on the footpath where they fell. Above, the windows have been braced with plywood. Wire fencing has been placed around the building as a cordon.
A building where the brick walls have crumbled has been cordoned off. Handwritten notes and poems in a heart shape adorns the fence.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The former Public Library".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Knox Church, Victoria Street wall".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Knox Church viewed from Victoria Street".
Fallen bricks lie on the footpath beside a building on the corner of Barbadoes and Worcester Streets. The area has been cordoned off.
Earthquake damage to the Cranmer Centre. Bricks have fallen from the wall, exposing the inside rooms. Scaffolding has been placed around the building.
Detail of earthquake damage to the Cranmer Centre. Bricks have fallen from the wall, exposing the inside rooms. Wooden bracing supports the building.
Damage to Cambridge Terrace, where the footpath has slumped towards the river. In the background is a pile of bricks and building rubble.
Earthquake damage to the Christchurch Chinese Methodist Church at 163 Papanui Road.
Earthquake damage to the Cranmer Centre. Bricks have fallen from the wall, exposing the inside rooms. Scaffolding has been placed around the building.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Detail of 173 Gloucester Street".
Detail of damage around a property where the brick wall on the side of the building has crumbled, exposing the internal wooden structure.
A damaged house with a red sticker on its front window. The sticker indicates that the building is unsafe to enter. To the side, the brickwork has crumbled and in the front the broken windows have been boarded up. A woman in a florescent vest can be seen to the left, inspecting the house.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "78 Colombo Street. Demolition workers hand some salvaged pieces of the historic home over the fence".
A photograph looking west down Lichfield Street towards the intersection of Manchester Street. Bricks and other rubble from the earthquake-damaged buildings on either side of the road have scattered on the footpath and street. Road cones and plastic fencing has been used as cordons.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to a group of shops on the corner of Woodham Road and Gloucester Street. The top of the facade has crumbled and bricks have fallen onto the footpath, taking the awnings with them. Wire fencing has been placed around the building as a cordon.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to Caffe Roma on Oxford Terrace. Part of the top of the facade has collapsed, and the bricks have spilled onto the footpath below. Cracks have appeared on the left side of the building and some of the windows have smashed.
A photograph looking down Poplar Lane from behind the cordon on Tuam Street. Fallen bricks and building rubble litter the footpaths. To the left the earthquake damage to Plume can be seen. The front wall of the corner has crumbled, taking the awning with it. Mannequins can still be seen hanging in the window.