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Images, UC QuakeStudies

Damaged shops on the corner of Worcester Street and Stanmore Road. The top level of the shops has collapsed onto the footpath in front where the rubble still lies. Wire fencing has been placed around the building as a cordon.

Images, UC QuakeStudies

A photograph of the Excelsior Sports Bar building shortly after the 22 February 2011 earthquake. Bricks from the walls above have crumbled and fallen to the street, taking the awning with it. People can be seen below, examining the building and attempting to leave the central city.

Images, UC QuakeStudies

A damaged building on Durham Street. Cracks can be been in the brickwork, as well as a pile of bricks from a damaged wall to the left. Wire fencing has been placed around the building as a cordon. USAR codes have been spray-painted on the front window.

Images, UC QuakeStudies

A photograph of earthquake damage to the Crown Masonic Lodge on Wordsworth Street, also known as the Freemasons Centre. Sections of this brick wall at the front of the building have collapsed.

Images, UC QuakeStudies

A photograph of earthquake damage to the Crown Masonic Lodge on Wordsworth Street, also known as the Freemasons Centre. Sections of this brick wall at the front of the building have collapsed.

Images, UC QuakeStudies

A photograph of the earthquake damage to the Piko Wholefoods Building on the corner of Kilmore and Barbadoes Street. Sections of the top storey of the building have collapsed and the bricks and other rubble have spilled onto the footpath below. Steel fences have been placed around the building as a cordon.

Audio, Radio New Zealand

Four years ago Christchurch City Council vowed to get tough on the owners of 30 central city buildings left derelict since the 2011 earthquake. A wander through central Christchurch shows many of the buildings, nicknamed the dirty 30, still look unchanged. There are boarded up windows, tarps covering gaping holes, and containers keeping bricks from falling on passers by. But council says progress is finally being made on most Rachel Graham has more.