An aerial photograph of the Copthorne Hotel on Colombo Street. The photograph has been captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "When the PricewaterhouseCoopers building is demolished, the Copthorne Central Hotel will be alone on the block".
Diggers work to clear the rubble from a demolished building on Victoria Street. The Victoria Clock Tower can be seen in the distance.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A sign on a fence at 146-152 High Street, hours before the building is demolished".
Plant beds made out of corrugated iron, greening the empty building sites along Colombo Street. These were placed here by Greening the Rubble, a community project in Christchurch to create temporary public parks and gardens on the sites of demolished buildings.
The Windsor Hotel, on the corner of Montreal Street and Armagh Street. The building was red-stickered after the September 2010 earthquake and demolished after the February 2011 earthquake. Beside the hotel, construction has begun on a modern, tilt-slab building.
A view over the top of a cordon fence. A digger sits on a mound of dirt, and water fills the former basement of the ANZ building on Hereford Street. The partially-demolished BNZ building can be seen in the background.
A view down High Street, looking north-west through the cordon fence near the Tuam Street intersection. On the left a line of shipping containers support the facade of a damaged building. Rubble from demolished buildings can be seen in the distance.
A view down High Street, looking north-west through the cordon fence near the Tuam Street intersection. On the left a line of shipping containers support the facade of a damaged building. Rubble from demolished buildings can be seen in the distance.
Shands Emporium standing alone on Hereford Street, the buildings on either side of it demolished. The photographer comments, "This lovely old building looks a little more broken every time I see it, after having been exposed to the elements for so long".
A car park on the corner of Tuam and Colombo Streets replaces the building that was demolished there. On the wall of an adjoining building, a chalkboard mural encourages people to leave their thoughts, with the prompt "I hope Christchurch will...".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Kaiapoi businesses and retail outlets are struggling post-earthquake leading into Christmas. The Rooster cafe operating out of a prefab building after their building was demolished. Janeen Johnson bringing out coffee".
A photograph of toppled scaffolding outside a block of buildings on Manchester Street. In the background an excavator is sitting on top of a pile of rubble while it demolishes one of the buildings.
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. Fenced off for safety. People who regularly use Stanmore Rd will be happy when the demolition is complete".
A photograph of the Gloucester Street entrance to Cathedral Junction. Bricks from a demolished building can be seen on the right hand side.
Diggers work to clear the rubble from a demolished building on Victoria Street. The Victoria Clock Tower can be seen in the distance.
An empty lot on the corner of Barbadoes Street and St Asaph Street. A building has been demolished and cleared from the site.
A photograph of a partially-demolished building. The photograph is captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The intersection of Hereford Street and Liverpool Street".
A photograph of a car on a pile of rubble from a demolished building on the corner of Bealey Avenue and Colombo Street.
A boy playing one of Gap Filler's painted pianos. This has been placed on the site of a demolished building in New Brighton.
A photograph of coloured shipping containers stacked in front of the facade of the partially-demolished Excelsior Sports Bar building on Manchester Street.
A photograph of coloured shipping containers stacked in front of the facade of the partially-demolished Excelsior Sports Bar building on Manchester Street.
A photograph of coloured shipping containers stacked in front of the facade of the partially-demolished Excelsior Sports Bar building on Manchester Street.
Benches made out of recycled material from demolished buildings. These benches will serve as seats for Gap Filler's temporary cinema, 'The Night Club'.
A photograph of a partially-demolished building. The photograph is captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The intersection of Hereford Street and Liverpool Street".
A photograph of coloured shipping containers stacked in front of the facade of the partially-demolished Excelsior Sports Bar building on Manchester Street.
A view after the 6.3 magnatude quake hit Christchurch 22 February 2011. These buildings were demolished this afternoon 09 March 2011 - Gone!
A photograph looking across several sites of demolished buildings in the Christchurch central city. A excavator can be seen clearing rubble from a site.
An excavator sits on top of a partially demolished building. The concrete posts have been kept intact by the reinforcement cable which runs through them.
Shands Emporium standing alone on Hereford Street, the buildings on either side of it demolished. The exposed west side is protected by plastic sheeting.
An excavator sits on top of a partially demolished building. The concrete posts have been kept intact by the reinforcement cable which runs through them.