A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Cashel Street".
The Rolleston Statue with the Bridge of Remembrance and the Hotel Grand Chancellor in the background.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Hotel Grand Chancellor from Worcester Street looking down Tramway Lane".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Hotel Grand Chancellor viewed through the Bridge of Rembrance".
A panoramic photograph looking south out of a window of the PricewaterhouseCoopers Building. Notable landmarks include: New Regent Street and the Rendezvous Hotel on the left side of the photograph; the Novotel in the centre; the Lyttelton Times building and the Forsyth Barr building to the right; and the Hotel Grand Chancellor in the distance.
An aerial photograph of the Christchurch central city near Cashel and High Streets. The photograph has been captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The dense collection of buildings surrounding the Hotel Grand Chancellor with the two cranes being used for the demolition. What little of the street is visible running horizontally across the photograph is Hereford Street".
A photograph of damaged buildings in the central city.
A photograph of damaged buildings in the central city.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Central city with the BNZ at the bottom right, the Hotel Grand Chancellor, Westpac Building and Holiday Inn clustered in the bottom centre, and Latimer Square upper".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Looking from Gloucester Street to Worcester Street (Heritage Hotel) with the Hotel Grand Chancellor in the background".
Cars on Ferry Road. In the distance the Hotel Grand Chancellor is on a clearly evident lean.
A photograph looking west down Cashel Street towards the intersection with Manchester. On the right is a severely damaged building. Rubble from the top storey has fallen onto the street. In the distance, the Grand Chancellor can be seen, with the slump in the left side noticeable.
A photograph looking west down Cashel Street towards the intersection with Manchester. On the right is a severely damaged building. Rubble from the top storey has fallen onto the street. In the distance, the Grand Chancellor can be seen, with the slump in the left side noticeable.
An aerial photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "High, Colombo, and Hereford Streets intersection".
Damage to buildings on Manchester Street, with the Hotel Grand Chancellor and the Holiday Inn in the background.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "134 Hereford Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Looking down Cashel Mall to the Hotel Grand Chancellor and the Westpac Building".
A photograph of excavators clearing rubble on High Street. In the background is the partially-deconstructed Hotel Grand Chancellor.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Lots of verticals from this viewpoint in Gasson Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A view looking east along Cashel Street from Colombo Street".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The huge crane in action outside the Hotel Grand Chancellor on Cashel Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Manchester Street looking towards Gloucester Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Manchester Street looking towards Gloucester Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Two giant nibblers demolishing the last of the Hotel Grand Chancellor car park, Cashel Street".
A photograph of traffic barriers on the corner of Colombo and Tuam Street in central Christchurch.
A photograph of the partially-demolished Hotel Grand Chancellor with the Holiday Inn to the left as well as two large cranes.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A view looking east down Cashel Mall from the Bridge of Remembrance".
An aerial photograph of the Christchurch CBD. The photograph has been captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "This photograph shows the many tall CBD buildings, with the Hotel Grand Chancellor under demolition in the centre of the photograph. The street in the foreground running up the photograph from left to right is Lichfield Street with the old Bus Exchange clearly visible".
A view of Cashel Mall, looking east from the Bridge of Remembrance. Rubble from a collapsed store can be seen.
Passers-by looking at the damage to Cashel Mall from the cordon in front of the Bridge of Remembrance.