Christchurch City’s Heart – the Cashel and High Street Intersection

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This intriguing photograph taken at the junction of Cashel and High Street draws us back to a typical summer day in Edwardian Christchurch in February 1913. A summer rain fall has just cleared, all…

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A photograph of workers from the Residential Access Project walking down Tuam Street. The project gave residents temporary access within the red-zone cordon in order to retrieve items from their homes.

Snapshot 10 - High and Cashel Streets

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A snapshot from GPS Boomerang's SmartBird flight over the Christchurch red zone on 23 December 2012, looking over Hereford Street with the BNZ Building almost demolished in the centre left.

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An aerial photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Central city blocks bounded by Colombo Street, Hereford Street, Cashel Street, and High Street".

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A photograph of carved stonework lying on the ground at the corner of High Street, Hereford Street and Colombo Street.

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Hanafins corner, 134 Hereford Street".

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Hanafins corner, 134 Hereford Street".

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A photograph of One Big Sugar Bowl on High Street. USAR codes can be seen spray-painted on the window and a window pane to the left has been boarded up with plywood. Furniture remains on the street.

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A photograph of the earthquake damage to the Fisher's Building on the corner of High and Hereford Streets. Large sections of the top storey have collapsed, the masonry spilling onto the footpath and damaging the awning.

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A photograph of Majestic House, taken near the intersection of Manchester Street, Lichfield Street and High Street. Lichfield Street has been blocked off by fences and barricades.

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A photograph of Majestic House, taken near the intersection of Manchester Street, Lichfield Street and High Street. Lichfield Street has been blocked off by fences and barricades.

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A photograph of emergency management personnel crossing the intersection of High, Colombo, and Hereford Streets. In the background is the earthquake-damaged Fisher's Building. Large sections of the top storey have collapsed, the masonry spilling onto the footpath and damaging the awning.

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A photograph of members of the Wellington Emergency Management Office Emergency Response Team and the Red Cross, standing on the corner of Lichfield and High Streets. In the background large piles of rubble from earthquake-damaged buildings line the street.

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A photograph of a group of people in hi-viz vests at the intersection of High and Manchester Streets.

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A photograph of a group of people in hi-viz vests at the intersection of High and Manchester Streets.

Intersection of Colombo and High Streets

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A black and white historic photograph of the intersection of Colombo and High Streets, with the Fishers' building visible on the left, [ca. 1884].

Christchurch Press Infographic: 25 October 2012 (2), Aranui High

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A graphic giving the status of Aranui High School.

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An aerial photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Cashel Mall and Colombo Street".

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A video of a tour through the Christchurch central city Red Zone. The video includes footage of Armagh Street, Madras Street, Latimer Square, St John's Anglican Church, Hereford Street, the Octagon Live restaurant, the Design and Arts building, the High Street mall, and the Grand Chancellor Hotel. It also includes footage of construction workers cutting up metal beams, and clearing rubble from a building on Manchester Street.

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A floor slab being removed from the Westpac building High Street".

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A photograph of closed businesses on High Street. USAR codes can be seen spray-painted on the windows and dead leaves have accumulated on the footpath.

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "City Council crew cleaning up on the Colombo - High Street intersection".

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A photograph of large cracks in a footpath near the Kaiapoi River.

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The entire north side of Tuam Street from High Street to Madras Street which is now clear ground".

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A photograph of carved stonework laid on a wooden bench at the corner of High Street, Hereford Street and Colombo Street.

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The entire north side of Tuam Street from High Street to Madras Street which is now clear ground".

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A photograph of an empty site and badly-damaged buildings taken from behind a fence on Madras Street. In the distance is the old Post Office building.

Archaeological Report on 178 High Street

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An archaeological report compiled for New Zealand Historic Places Trust under the Historical Places Act 1993

Snapshot 10 - High and Cashel Streets

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A snapshot from GPS Boomerang's SmartBird flight over the Christchurch red zone on 5 June 2012, looking over the Westpac Trust Building towards the Holiday Inn.

Christchurch’s First Town Hall, High Street

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During the year 1857, developments moved closer towards making colonial Christchurch a working city. The Bridle Path opening in March, provided emigrants direct access to and from Lyttelton, on a s…