Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A demolition crew working on the Hotel Grand Chancellor".
A black and white photograph of a digger working on the demolition of a building.
An empty and overgrown space left after the demolition of a building on Victoria Street.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A view of demolition activity in Manchester Street".
Old tyres on this demolition site near the Casino have been decorated with artificial flowers.
Fire engines belonging to Ward Demolition parked beside the former site of the Convention Centre.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Demolition of a building on Victoria Street, following the Canterbury earthquakes".
A Wilson's car park on an empty site left after the demolition of a building.
Flowers blooming in a vacant site left by the demolition of a building in Edgeware.
Flowers blooming in a vacant site left by the demolition of a building in Edgeware.
The vacant lot left after the demolition of St. John's Anglican Church on Latimer Square.
Looking through the cordon fence, an empty site left after the demolition of a building.
Ongoing demolition in the CBD, a crane and digger can be seen in the background.
The backs of damage bulidings on High Street and demolition rubble seen from Tuam Street.
Demolition rubble and furniture on a site at the corner of Armagh and Durham Street.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Police and crowds watching the demolition of the Manchester Courts building".
A vacant lot left by the demolition of a building has been used for parking.
The vacant lot left after the demolition of St. John's Anglican Church on Latimer Square.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Regent Theatre in Cathedral Square under demolition".
A demolition vehicle drilling a hole in the side of a building on Victoria Street.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Dust from a demolition site on Manchester Street".
A long reach excavator demolishes the Crowne Plaza Hotel. The photographer comments, "The Crowne Plaza Hotel being demolished".
A video showing part of the demolition of the Ozone Hotel in New Brighton. Steve Taylor comments "She put up a good fight. The Ozone in New Brighton was damaged in the February earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand. Here is the main corner of the structure being, as they say, deconstructed. At the end there is a reverent bow by the excavator. Just before this the claw had caught on the floor/ceiling and the whole building shook from side to side, but it still stayed in place."
Two workers look on as a long reach excavator demolishes the Crowne Plaza Hotel. The photographer comments, "The Crowne Plaza Hotel being demolished".
Two workers look on as a long reach excavator demolishes the Crowne Plaza Hotel. The photographer comments, "The Crowne Plaza Hotel being demolished".
A water jet sprays over the rubble of the Crowne Plaza Hotel to prevent dust. The photographer comments, "The Crowne Plaza Hotel being demolished".
Two workers look on as a long reach excavator demolishes the Crowne Plaza Hotel. The photographer comments, "The Crowne Plaza Hotel being demolished".
Two workers look on as a long reach excavator demolishes the Crowne Plaza Hotel. The photographer comments, "The Crowne Plaza Hotel being demolished".
A view 4 weeks after the 7.1 magnitude earthquake in Christchurch. Corner of Colombo and Byron Streets. Given a bit of a HDR process to add some of what I was "feeling" at the time.
20140522_8951_EOS M-22 Demolition Of what many in Christchurch know as the Millers building, but for many recent years was the home to the Christchurch City Council, till just a week or two before the first earthquake of 2010. Now, in mid-2014 it is finally being demolished after nearly 45 months empty. A bus is leaving the new (temporary) bu...