A photograph of the earthquake damage to the front door of St John the Baptist Church.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the front door of St John the Baptist Church.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Neither of these buildings will be there for much longer".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The former Public Library on Cambridge Terrace".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "View from Cashel Mall looking over the Whitcoulls site and the demolition of Wendy's in Hereford Street to the back of the ANZ bank in Cathedral Square".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A team working on removing business materials from Te Waipounamu House, resting in the shade on Hereford Street".
A photograph of a red sticker notice on the Community Trust House building, indicating that the building is unsafe to enter.
Damage to the Kenton Chambers building. Part of the brick wall has collapsed, exposing the interior.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Demolition workers in the Hotel Grand Chancellor".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Demolition workers up high on the Hotel Grand Chancellor".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Demolition workers in the Hotel Grand Chancellor".
A panel being lowered by a crane during the deconstruction of the Hotel Grand Chancellor.
A panel being lowered by a crane during the deconstruction of the Hotel Grand Chancellor.
A panel being lowered by a crane during the deconstruction of the Hotel Grand Chancellor.
A photograph of the steel bracing which is holding up one side of St John the Baptist Church.
A photograph of the steel bracing which is holding up one side of St John the Baptist Church.
A panel being lowered by a crane during the deconstruction of the Hotel Grand Chancellor.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Demolition workers up high on the Hotel Grand Chancellor".
New Zealand’s first skyscraper was built on the corner of Manchester and Hereford Streets between 1905 – 06 for the New Zealand Express Company. This state of the art seven storey buil…
A large collection of human bones were uncovered on the corner of Cambridge Terrace and Hereford Street during the 1850s. They belonged to the early Waitaha inhabitants (1000 – 1500 AD) who h…
An aerial photograph of Cathedral Square. Captions added by BeckerFraserPhotos identify the demolition sites of key buildings.
A photograph of St John the Baptist Church. The side of the building is being held up by steel bracing.
An aerial photograph of the Christchurch city central. The photograph is captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Provincial Council Chambers in the middle, with Brannigans on the lower left, the Central Library lower middle and the Farmers car park on the lower right".
Warped bike stands and liquefaction silt on the corner of High, Colombo and Hereford streets. A public walkway down Colombo Street to a small viewing area in the Square was opened up for a few weekends to allow the public to see inside the Red Zone.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The demolition site of Avonmore House".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A demolition worker up high on the Hotel Grand Chancellor".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "St John the Baptist, Latimer Square".
Damage to St John's Anglican Church on Hereford Street. The brickwork around the entranceway to the church has crumbled inwards. Tape around the property reads, "Danger, keep out".
Damage to the Kenton Chambers building. Diagonal cracking between the windows shows that the building has suffered major structural damage.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The partially-demolished Hotel Grand Chancellor".