
Tiler at work on the steps of Ambrose Heal. File Ref: CCL-2011-03-17-St Albans-IMG_0376 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
20130403_2908_G12-25 Cardboard Cathedral The temporary (10 years?) and cheap ($4-6 million) Anglican Cathedral being built a few hundred meters away from the old stone structure that was the centre of Christchurch. Both buildings (the original and this) have caused a lot of controversy, many wanting the old stone one to be repaired (the church ...
20130403_2911_G12-10 IRD building and 185 white chairs Corner of Cashel and Madras streets, with the relatively new (built 2007) Inland Revenue Building and the white chair memorial to the 185 lives lost as a result of the 22/02/11 earthquake. The chairs sit on the site of the now demolished St Pauls Pacific Chuch and is diagonally across the i...
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Compare this Jan 2011 shot with one taken earlier.
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Following Feb 22nd 2011 6.3 shake this building is no more.
Photos of the old Canterbury Public Library being demolished. File reference: CCL-2011-09-29-librarydemolition06 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
File reference: CCL-2011-08-12-CanterburyPublic Library pre-demolition-001 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
Photos of the old Canterbury Public Library being demolished. File reference: CCL-2011-09-29-librarydemolition01 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
File reference: CCL-2011-08-12-CanterburyPublic Library pre-demolition-004 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
Photos of the old Canterbury Public Library being demolished. File reference: CCL-2011-09-29-librarydemolition07 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
File reference: CCL-2011-08-12-CanterburyPublic Library pre-demolition-016 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
File reference: CCL-2011-08-12-CanterburyPublic Library pre-demolition-022 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
Photos of the old Canterbury Public Library being demolished. File reference: CCL-2011-09-29-librarydemolition09 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
Photos of the old Canterbury Public Library being demolished. File reference: CCL-2011-09-29-librarydemolition10 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
Photos of the old Canterbury Public Library being demolished. File reference: CCL-2011-09-29-librarydemolition03 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
Photos of the old Canterbury Public Library being demolished. File reference: CCL-2011-09-29-librarydemolition04 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
Photos of the old Canterbury Public Library being demolished. File reference: CCL-2011-09-29-librarydemolition02 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
Photos of the old Canterbury Public Library being demolished. File reference: CCL-2011-09-29-librarydemolition08 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
Christchurch's CBD as seen from the Cashmere hills, south of the city. Much of the CBD is still cordoned off and without power (as you should be able to spot) as a result of the damage caused by February's deadly earthquake.
Known by the locals as the "Manager's House" of the large brick and tile works which was situated nearby. Established by the Austin brothers in 1863 the brickworks were named after the town of Farnley in Yorkshire England, from where the family had come. I remember the brickworks as a child and I think they were demolished in the 1970's. Very sa...
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Another familiar face back on its feet after the September quake - Miss Feaver File Ref: CCL-2011-03-17-St Albans-IMG_0388 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
Cheerful coffee place if you don't mind the ambience of men at work. File Ref: CCL-2011-03-17-St Albans-IMG_0378 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
Cordon Barrier on Manchester Street South as the clean-up of the CBD continues after the 6.3 earthquake hit Christchurch 22 February 2011.
Photos taken in Hornby Library on April 15, 2011 following the February 22 earthquake. File reference: CCL-2011-04-15-Hornby-After-The-Earthquake-IMG_0480 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries