A photograph of street art on a wall near the intersection of Colombo Street and Battersea Street. The artwork was created by Richard Van Den Berg in 1988, and exposed by the demolition of the neighbouring building.
A photograph of street art on a wall near the intersection of Colombo Street and Battersea Street. The artwork was created by Richard Van Den Berg in 1988, and exposed by the demolition of the neighbouring building.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Richard Peebles as close as he can get to his Manchester Courts which has just been awarded a demolition permit after a month's wait, initially the inspectors said it was ok. MLC building".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Richard Peebles as close as he can get to his Manchester Courts which has just been awarded a demolition permit after a month's wait, initially the inspectors said it was ok. MLC building".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Richard Peebles as close as he can get to his Manchester Courts which has just been awarded a demolition permit after a month's wait, initially the inspectors said it was ok. MLC building".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Richard Peebles as close as he can get to his Manchester Courts which has just been awarded a demolition permit after a month's wait, initially the inspectors said it was ok. MLC building".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Rubble in Cathedral Square being stockpiled to provide a high base platform for the giant nibbler to demolish the Grant Thornton building (upper left)".
A digitally manipulated image of an excavator demolishing a house. The photographer comments, "My neighbour I thought was going to be one of the first to be rebuilt in the area after being damaged in the 22 February 2011 earthquake, but the builders have knocked it down and not returned yet".
A photograph of bricks and building rubble stacked in front of the west-facing wall of the badly-damaged McKenzie & Willis building on the corner of High Street and Tuam Street.
The Wizard of Christchurch, who has launched a campaign to save the Christ Church Cathedral from demolition. Taken on a day when a walkway was opened up between Re:Start Mall and Cathedral Square to allow temporary public access.
An aerial photograph of Victoria Square and the Crowne Plaza Hotel.
A photograph submitted by Jo Reid to the QuakeStories website. The description reads, "An office in the process of demolition. They stripped the building and then carefully deconstructed it to make sure the buildings around were safe.".
View down Gloucester Street at a cordon access point, with a cordon station on the left and road cones to divert traffic in front. In the background, diggers sit on the demolition site where the Brannigans building was.
A photograph of the Spicers Building on Durham Street. In the foreground, an excavator and skip are sitting on the site of a demolished building.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "207-211 Cashel Street. All buildings demolished including the CTV building (behind the digger). Latimer Square in the background".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Packing up parts of the Cathedral for storage. Remains of Warners Hotel in the background".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Manchester Street with the Heritage Hotel on Worcester Street at the rear left".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Hotel Grand Chancellor, 165 Cashel Street, has moved sideways into the parking building at 161 Cashel Street".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The base of a pillar on the site of the PGC building on Cambridge Terrace".
A video of the rubble from the tower of the ChristChurch Cathedral. The tower was demolished in May 2012 after the 22 February 2011 earthquake made it unsafe.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Bedford Row looking across to Lichfield Street. By now the Bar Beleza building is an empty site".
A digitally manipulated image of 'Save Our Cathedral' ribbons hanging from a cordon fence near Latimer Square.
The head of a digger resting on a pile of soil next to QEII Stadium. The photographer comments, "The deconstruction of the QEII stadium in Christchurch pauses on a Sunday".
A view of an empty site that is now covered with weeds and silt from liquefaction. On the site is a digger and two shipping containers. In the background, demolition work on the Manchester Securities House can be seen.
The Wizard of Christchurch, who has launched a campaign to save the Christ Church Cathedral from demolition. Taken on a day when a walkway was opened up between Re:Start Mall and Cathedral Square to allow temporary public access.
Looking down Gloucester Street where ongoing demolition and reconstuction work are continuing. Street signs on the road say 'no road marking' and 'truck crossing'. In the background is a Wilson's carpark, converted from a site where a building has been demolished.
A photograph of the rubble from a demolished building on the corner of Main North and Harewood Roads. Wire fencing has been placed around the building as a cordon.
A photograph of the rubble from a demolished building on the corner of Main North and Harewood Roads. Wire fencing has been placed around the building as a cordon.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Looking east from 788 Colombo Street (back to Victoria Square) across the site of the Allen McLean Building".
The Wizard of Christchurch, who has launched a campaign to save the Christ Church Cathedral from demolition. Taken on a day when a walkway was opened up between Re:Start Mall and Cathedral Square to allow temporary public access.