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161 Cashel Street - Building History

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A written history of 161 Cashel Street, the Hotel Grand Chancellor.

BeckerFraserPhotos May 2012 photograph 194

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Westpac building (centre), Radio Networks House (lower left), Pacific Tower (right) and Novotel hotel (extreme right) and Cathedral roof behind it".

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An aerial photograph of the Christchurch central city with Armagh Street in the foreground and Christ Church Cathedral in the centre.

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A view of the city looking south-west from the roof of the Ibis Hotel. Gough House in Hereford Street is being demolished, with the Bridge of Remembrance behind".

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The BNZ building on Armagh Street with the PWC building under construction and Copthorne Hotel being demolished behind. The Forsyth Barr building can also be seen".

BeckerFraserPhotos October 2011 photograph 554

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Avon Loop. Holiday Inn hotel at centre left. Oxford Terrace to the left of the Avon and Cambridge Terrace to the right of the Avon. Barbadoes Street Cemetery top and right".

BeckerFraserPhotos October 2011 photograph 553

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Avon Loop. Holiday Inn hotel at top left. Oxford Terrace to the left of the Avon and Cambridge Terrace to the right of the Avon. Barbadoes Street Cemetery at top right".

BeckerFraserPhotos October 2011 photograph 427

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A pile of rubble on the corner of Manchester and Worcester Streets. In the background, the Design and Arts College and the Heritage Hotel can be seen.

BeckerFraserPhotos September 2011 photograph 550

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Forsyth Barr Building on the corner of Colombo and Armagh Streets with PricewaterhouseCoopers Building to the left and Marque Hotel in the distance".

Mike Cameron WEMO Photograph 01

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A photograph of the Carlton Hotel on the corner of Papanui Road and Bealey Avenue. The top storey of the building's walls have crumbled, the bricks spilling onto the street below. Steel bracing has been placed against the building to the left.

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A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A view from Cambridge Terrace towards Cathedral Square. The partially deconstructed Hotel Grand Chancellor no longer dominates the sky line. Here it appears between the PricewaterhouseCoopers building on the left and the Novotel Hotel on the right".

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An aerial photograph the Christchurch Central City. The photograph has been captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Hotel Grand Chancellor closely surrounded by the Westpac Building and the Holiday Inn".

Scott Memorial and Clarendon Hotel Christchurch

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A black and white historic photograph of the Clarendon Hotel on the corner of Oxford Terrace and Worcester Street. In the foreground is the Scott Memorial statue made by Scott's wife Kathleen Scott and unveiled in 1917.

And the Walls Came Tumbling Down

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A digitally manipulated photograph of the partially-demolished Ozone Hotel. The photographer comments, "As if a deadly disease is moving out from Christchurch City red zone, the heritage buildings are being put down".

WEMO ERT Set 3 - February 2011 - Photograph 205

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A photograph of members of the Wellington Emergency Management Office Emergency Response Team descending the stairs in the Crowne Plaza Hotel. Pieces of plaster and paint have crumbled from the walls.

BeckerFraserPhotos September 2011 photograph 608

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Looking down Tattersalls Lane from Hereford Street with a concrete truck and pump delivering concrete to the 1st floor of the Hotel Grand Chancellor".