A photograph of a detail of a military armoured vehicle parked on the site of a demolished building.
A photograph of a detail of a military armoured vehicle parked on the site of a demolished building.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Major earthquake hits Christchurch. Buildings demolished on corner of Cranford Street and Westminster Street".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Major earthquake hits Christchurch. Buildings demolished on corner of Cranford Street and Westminster Street".
The partially-demolished Henry Africa's building. The photographer comments, "Janes Wine Bar still stands, but not for long".
Still standing in Jan 2011 - but the buildings future is unknown - It is probably destined to be demolished.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A view of High, Colombo, and Cashel Streets with the Triangle Centre, the last building to be demolished on Cashel Street".
Construction workers with high visibility clothing and hard hats assemble a crane on High Street to help demolish the Westpac Building. The BNZ building can be seen in the background.
Army and fire service personnel looking on from beside cordon fencing on Kilmore Street as a digger demolishes the Piko Wholefoods building. Behind the fencing is another badly damaged building.
Detail of the partially-demolished Henry Africa's building. The photographer comments, "A building housing a restaurant and a great little neighbourhood bar is finally coming down because of earthquake damage. Bricks coming down".
Detail of the partially-demolished Henry Africa's building. The photographer comments, "A building housing a restaurant and a great little neighbourhood bar is finally coming down because of earthquake damage. Bricks coming down".
Detail of the partially-demolished Henry Africa's building. The photographer comments, "A building housing a restaurant and a great little neighbourhood bar is finally coming down because of earthquake damage. The doorway still stands".
A digitally manipulated image of Michael Parekowhai's scuplture 'On First Looking into Chapman's Homer' on Madras Street. The photographer comments, "One of the two bulls on pianos by Michael Parekowhai called 'On First Looking into Chapman's Homer'. They have been placed on the site of a building that was demolished after earthquake damage.
A digger demolishing the Ozone Dressing Sheds building. The photographer comments, "This is the end of the Ozone Dressing Sheds built in 1914. The two storey Ozone Cafe, which was a hotel, will be given it's coup de grace on Friday. They were gutted in a spectacular fire in 1922, but were unable to be saved after the Christchurch earthquake on 22 February 2011".
The damaged Sumner Surf Lifesaving Club building. The rear of the building has been demolished, and spray-painted notices on the walls read "No entry, not safe" and "No parking, not safe".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Forsyth Barr building and PricewaterhouseCoopers building. It was recently announced that PricewaterhouseCoopers will be demolished as it is uneconomic to restore, and we understand Forsyth Barr is still under discussion".
An aerial photograph of Christ Church Cathedral with the demolished site of the Press Building and Warner's Hotel behind.
A photograph of two excavators clearing the rubble from in front of a partially-demolished building on Cashel Street.
A photograph of an excavators clearing the rubble from in front of a partially-demolished building on Cashel Street.
A photograph of the site of a demolished building at 62 Gloucester Street. To the left is Korean House.
A photograph of Ross Becker standing next to the site of a demolished building on London Street in Lyttelton.
A photograph of a digger demolishing a building. The photograph is captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "96 Gloucester Street".
A photograph of a digger demolishing a building. The photograph is captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "96 Gloucester Street".
A photograph of a digger demolishing a building. The photograph is captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "96 Gloucester Street".
A photograph of a digger demolishing a building. The photograph is captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "96 Gloucester Street".
A photograph of a digger demolishing a building. The photograph is captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "96 Gloucester Street".
A photograph of a digger demolishing a building. The photograph is captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "96 Gloucester Street".
People listening to Nick Draper playing one of Gap Filler's painted pianos on the site of a demolished building.
A photograph of a hole in the ground on Colombo Street, left by the foundations of a demolished building.
A photograph of a building being demolished. The photograph is captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "753-757 Colombo Street".