Digital Photograph: South side of London Street, Lyttelton

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One landscape colour digital photograph taken on 19 November 2011 showing the alleyway next to 29 London Street. These steps provided access to the Wunderbar and the Monsta Bar (closed). Visible to the left is the Lyttelton Coffee Company building being repaired. Prior earthquake strengthening enabled the Lyttelton Coffee Company to undertake w...

Digital Photograph: Lyttelton Fire Station, London Street, Lyttelton

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One landscape colour digital photograph taken on 19 November 2011 showing the Lyttelton Fire Station. The building is fenced off and unused due to earthquake damage. To the right of the photograph the front of one of the Fire Appliances and the shipping containers set up in the rear car park to provide temporary facilities can be seen. Followin...

Digital Photograph: North side of London Street, Lyttelton

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One landscape colour digital photograph taken on 19 November 2011 showing part of the north side of London Street. The properties visible from left to right are Lyttel Piko Organic and Wholefoods, and Satchmo Café Pizzabar The Lyttelton streetscape has changed dramatically from its pre-earthquake appearance and will continue to change as new bu...

Digital Photograph: North side of London Street, Lyttelton

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One landscape colour digital photograph taken on 19 November 2011 showing part of the north side of London Street. The properties visible from left to right are: Himalaya Design (obscured), Coffee Culture (downstairs), J Voyce and Co Ships Providore (upstairs), empty shop, and Lyttel Piko Organic and Wholefoods The Lyttelton streetscape has cha...

Digital Photograph: North side of London Street, Lyttelton

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One landscape colour digital photograph taken on 19 November 2011 showing part of the north side of London Street. The properties visible from left to right are: part of Lyttel Piko Organic and Wholefoods, Satchmo Café Pizzabar, Milly May and Snoclothes New Zealand. The empty section was formerly occupied by No. 6 Cafe. The Lyttelton streetsc...

Digital Photograph: Lyttelton Coffee Company, London Street, Lyttelton

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One portrait colour digital photograph taken on 19 November 2011 showing the framework of the Lyttelton Coffee Company Building surrounded by safety fencing. On the fencing are election hoardings and an advertisement for Samo, the café established by employees of the Lyttelton Coffee Company. Prior earthquake strengthening enabled the Lyttelton...

Digital Photograph: Lyttelton Sea Foods, Norwich Quay, Lyttelton

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One landscape colour digital photograph taken on 19 November 2011 showing the temporary premises of Lyttelton Sea Foods in a relocatable building on Norwich Quay. The building is located on the site of the Lyttelton Hotel. Also visible in the photograph are (left to right) the side of Shadbolt House, the rear of the Pacifica Building which was t...

Digital Photograph: Looking east from Norwich Quay, Lyttelton

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One landscape colour digital photograph taken on 19 November 2011 looking east from Norwich Quay from approximately the base of Canterbury Street. Visible in the photograph are the partially deconstructed former Lyttelton Harbour Board Offices, the Holcim Cement Silos, the Oxford Street Railway Overbridge, Lyttelton Port of Christchurch's storag...

Digital Photograph: Elevated view of London Street, Lyttelton

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One landscape colour digital photograph taken on 26 May 2013 of London Street, Lyttelton. The photograph was taken from St Davids Street looking west. The roofs of the portable buildings forming the temporary Lyttelton Police station are visible in the foreground. The Lyttelton Port Company offices and Tunnel Portal are prominent in the midgrou...

Digital Photograph: Exterior of Christchurch Chinese Methodist Church

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One portrait colour digital photograph taken on 6 September 2010 showing earthquake damage to the red brick building of the Christchurch Chinese Methodist Church, 165 Papanui Road. The Christchurch Chinese Methodist Church on Papanui Road sustained severe damage during the 4 September 2010 earthquake. The church still stands although financial ...

Digital Photograph: Van outside Christchurch Chinese Methodist Church

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One landscape colour digital photograph taken on 6 September 2010 showing earthquake damage to a van caused by red bricks from the Christchurch Chinese Methodist Church, 165 Papanui Road. The Christchurch Chinese Methodist Church on Papanui Road sustained severe damage during the 4 September 2010 earthquake. Constructed from unreinforced red br...

Digital Photograph: Exterior of Christchurch Chinese Methodist Church

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One landscape colour digital photograph taken on 6 September 2010 showing earthquake damage to the red brick building of the Christchurch Chinese Methodist Church, 165 Papanui Road. The Christchurch Chinese Methodist Church on Papanui Road sustained severe damage during the 4 September 2010 earthquake. The red placards placed on the door of the...

Digital Photograph: Exterior of Christchurch Chinese Methodist Church

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One landscape colour digital photograph taken on 6 September 2010 showing earthquake damage and a red placard on the red brick building of the Christchurch Chinese Methodist Church, 165 Papanui Road. The Christchurch Chinese Methodist Church on Papanui Road sustained severe damage during the 4 September 2010 earthquake. The red placards placed ...

Digital Photograph: Sign Advertising Whakahorohoro Ceremony in Lyttelton

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One portrait colour digital photograph taken on 8 June 2011 of a sign advertising a Whakahorohoro Ceremony in Lyttelton. The sign is a printed piece of paper which has been laminated and attached to the fence on the site of Ground Delicatessen on the corner of London and Canterbury Streets. The cleared site is visible through the fence in the ba...

Digital Photograph: Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament demolition

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One digital photograph showing the demolition of the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament. A digger arm and nibbler claw can be seen in the photograph removing stone from the exterior, intact columns and ionic column capitals can be seen inside. Taken by the Catholic Diocese of Christchurch in September 2020.

Colour Photograph: Unknown Female Sitting at Victoria Square

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One landscape colour photograph of an unknown female sitting in Victoria Square. In this colour photograph, an unknown young woman is sitting under a tree in Christchurch’s Victoria Square with the Hamish Hay Bridge in the background. This photograph was left at the Canterbury Television (CTV) site and is one of many commemorative tributes for ...

Colour Photograph: Eighteen English Language Students and Teacher

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One landscape colour photograph of eighteen English language students and their teacher taken at 12.05pm on an unknown day. This photographic tribute is to the students and teachers from King’s Education language school who were killed in the collapse of the Canterbury Television (CTV) building during the 22 February 2011 earthquake. We do not ...

Photocopied Photograph: Ten English Language Students and Teacher

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One photocopied photograph on blue paper of ten English language students and their teacher in an inside setting. A message at the bottom reads 'Miss you always x Rama'. This tribute is a photocopied photograph of some students and teachers from King’s Education language school that was located in the Canterbury Television (CTV) building. When ...

Colour Photograph: Six People in a Private Residence

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One square colour photograph of six people in a private residence. In this colour photograph six unknown people are shown in a private residence. This photograph was left at the Canterbury Television (CTV) building site. It is one of many commemorative tributes left behind for the 115 people killed when the CTV building collapsed during the 22 ...

Digital Photograph: Earthquake damage to the old Vicarage, Lyttelton

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One landscape colour digital photograph taken on 25 February 2011 showing the damage to the former Anglican Vicarage on Ripon Street Lyttelton. Taken from the footpath. Architect The sense of loss felt when confronted with the collapse or demolition of an historic building is compounded when that building is also a home. While the community sees...

Digital Photograph: Painting on Retaining Wall, The Gravy Train

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One landscape colour digital photograph taken on 28 April 2012 showing a painting of a steam train with seven visible carriages or wagons. A caption painted below the train reads "The Gravy Train" The painting was executed in blue on large curved concrete blocks of a temporary retaining wall in Cunningham Terrace, Lyttelton. The retaining walls...

Digital Photograph: Earthquake damage to the Lyttelton Timeball Station

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One landscape colour digital photograph taken on 25 February 2011 showing earthquake damage to the Lyttelton Timeball Station. Also visible is damage to some of the houses in the foreground such as temporarily patched holes in roofs where chimneys have fallen. Architect The Lyttelton Timeball Station was completed in 1876. Its function was to p...

Digital Photograph: Earthquake damage to the Lyttelton Timeball Station.

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One landscape colour digital photograph taken on 16 June 2011 showing the eastern skyline of Lyttelton without the tower of the Timeball Station and Signal Mast. Part of the ground floor remains visible. The Holcim Cement Silos and Lyttelton Port of Christchurch log storage yard are visible in the foreground. Photograph taken from Oxford Street...

Digital Photograph: Corner of London and Canterbury Streets, Lyttelton

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One landscape colour digital photograph taken on 19 November 2011 showing the site of the Albion Hotel/ Ground Delicatessen. After the demolition of the building the site was used for a Gap Filler initiative called the Lyttelton Petanque Club. The photograph shows the temporary furniture, landscaping and public Petanque court. The site formerl...

Digital Photograph: Corner of London and Canterbury Streets, Lyttelton

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One landscape colour digital photograph taken on 19 November 2011 showing the corner of London and Canterbury Streets. Visible in the photograph (left to right) are the Lyttelton Library, Freemans Dining Room, Ray White Real Estate and Min Sargison Real Estate on London Street. The photograph is looking to the southeast. The site of the Timebal...

Digital Photograph: Earthquake damage to searchlight emplacements, Godley …

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One landscape colour digital photograph taken on 26 May 2013 showing the southern cliffs of Godley Head. Taken from the middle of the shipping channel. Some earthquake damage to the cliffs is visible. There were several major rock falls along the coastal cliffs near Christchurch and Lyttelton Harbour. At Godley Head these caused damage to the W...

Digital Photograph: Corner of London and Oxford Streets, Lyttelton

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One landscape colour digital photograph taken on 19 November 2011 showing the site of the old Lyttelton Library, Council Chambers and Magistrates' Court on the corner of Oxford Street and Sumner Road. At the time of the 22 February 2011 Earthquake the building was in private ownership and was the premises of Moda Fotografica and a private resid...

Digital Photograph: Sign Advertising a Matariki celebration in Lyttelton

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One portrait colour digital photograph taken on 8 June 2011 of a sign advertising Matariki Celebrations in Lyttelton. The sign is a printed piece of paper which has been laminated and attached to the fence on the site of the Volcano Restaurant on the corner of London and Canterbury Streets. The cleared site is visible through the fence in the ba...

Digital Photograph: Demolition of Coastal Living, London Street, Lyttelton

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One portrait colour digital photograph taken on 15 April 2011 showing the demolition of Coastal Living Design Store on London Street. This photograph shows the building's flagpole being salvaged for the building owner during the demolition. Also visible are the stock and shop fittings which were unable to be retrieved. In Christchurch's Centra...

Digital Photograph: Demolition of Coastal Living, London Street, Lyttelton

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One landscape colour digital photograph taken on 15 April 2011 showing the demolition of Coastal Living Design Store on London Street. In Christchurch's Central Business District many of the high profile demolitions took place out of public view in the Red Zone. By contrast, the demolitions on London Street after the 22 February 2011 earthquake...