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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Radio Network House, 155 Worcester Street. Described as 'Being discussed - still with owner about its future'".

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Cranmer Centre on the corner of Armagh and Montreal Streets, formerly the Christchurch Girls High School".

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A crane outside the badly-damaged Cranmer Centre on Montreal Street. The brickwork in the gables has collapsed into the lawns below.

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Contractors' safety notice for the BDO building, Victoria Street".

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A photograph of a digger demolishing a building. The photograph is captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "96 Gloucester Street".

Historic Christchurch venue on the urgent demolition list

From the time it opened in the 1920s, the Winter Garden ballroom was the place to go for debutante balls and big-band concerts in Christchurch. Queen Elizabeth II even dined there during her visit in 1954. But this special part of Christchurch's history is over and the Armagh Street building has been placed on the urgent demolition list because of earthquake damage. Tiny Kirk is the chairman of the Trade Union Centre which has owned the building since 1984.

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A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The demolition site of the Press building and Warners Hotel in Cathedral Square. The site has now been filled and compressed so that it provides a much pleasanter environment. From here, there is now a marvellous view of the Heritage Apartments building, which allows us a wider perspective of the building than was possible before".

The Sign of the Ozone

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A digitally manipulated photograph of the Ozone Hotel's sign, leaning against a cordon fence. The photographer comments, "This sign was all that remained after the demolition of the historical Ozone Hotel, which was damaged in the Christchurch earthquakes. The sign disappeared so hopefully it will reappear at a later date in a museum. The bits of blue were the painted bricks of the hotel, which made it really stand out".

Christchurch CBD revival on hold until demolition decision

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More than ten weeks after being damaged beyond repair by the Christchurch earthquake, there is still no decision about how or when the Grand Chancellor Hotel will be demolished.

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A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The IRD building on Cashel Street seen from across the demolition site of the Occidental Hotel on Hereford Street".

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A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Loading the remains of 107 Manchester Street into a demolition truck. The water is to keep the dust down.".

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A photograph of the demolition site of Forbe's Store in Lyttelton. A section of the remaining floor has the words, "Robert Forbes" inlaid in the tiles.

Photograph of City Council Civic Offices, 194-198 Manchester Street (47)

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A photograph of the ceiling of the City Council Civic Offices on Manchester Street. The room has been exposed by the partial demolition of the building.

Photograph of City Council Civic Offices, 194-198 Manchester Street (28)

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A photograph of the partially-demolished City Council Civic Offices on Manchester Street. The rooms inside have been exposed by the partial demolition of the building.

Photograph of City Council Civic Offices, 194-198 Manchester Street (29)

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A photograph of the partially-demolished City Council Civic Offices on Manchester Street. The rooms inside have been exposed by the partial demolition of the building.

BeckerFraserPhotos September 2011 photograph 255

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Gloucester Street. Demolition rubble and a shop window mural reflected in a mirror on the back wall of a shop".

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Intersection of Colombo and St Asaph Street, where road cones have been placed on the road to divert traffic from a demolition site in the background.