A sign on a cordon fence at the corner of Manchester and St Asaph Street. The sign reads, "Extreme danger, Keep Out".
A photograph of members of the Wellington Emergency Management Office Emergency Response Team and the Red Cross, standing on the corner of Lichfield and High Streets. In the background large piles of rubble from earthquake-damaged buildings line the street.
A view through a safety fence to excavators working on the demolition of the Hillary and Marshall Limited building on Manchester Street.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Central city with the cathedral at the bottom right and the Hotel Grand Chancellor, Westpac Building and Holiday Inn clustered in the bottom right".
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the Iconic Bar and the former Christchurch City Council offices on Manchester Street. The outer walls of the Council offices and the top storey of Iconic have collapsed, exposing the insides of the buildings. The bricks and other rubble have been cleared from the footpath in front. USAR codes have been spray-painted next to the entrance of Iconic.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A digger clearing the remains of Tulsi Restaurant on the corner of Manchester and Gloucester Street".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "An old painted corrugated iron wall which was uncovered during the demolition of 112 Manchester Street".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "An old painted corrugated iron wall which was uncovered during the demolition of 112 Manchester Street".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A digger clearing the remains of Tulsi Restaurant on the corner of Manchester and Gloucester Street".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Old Civic Chamber on Manchester Street. The stained-glass window is still miraculously intact".
Damaged buildings on Manchester Street, the facades of which have fallen into the street. The Grand Chancellor can be seen in the background. The photographer comments, "A bike ride around the CBD. Central city, Grand Chancellor at back".
A photograph of a truck. The photograph is captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A view of the corner of Manchester and Tuam Streets".
A colour photograph of detail on the Hotel Grand Chancellor showing broken windows, exposed pipes, and the lean of the building.
A sign reading, "For sale by tender" outside an empty lot on Manchester Street. A building has been demolished and cleared from the site.
A damaged building on the corner of Manchester and Tuam Streets. There is extensive cracking in the brickwork, and wooden bracing supports the walls.
Damaged buildings on Manchester Street. The facades have fallen, crushing the awnings below. The photographer comments, "Just after the aftershock settled on Tuesday afternoon, myself and colleagues fled our Tuam Street office to absolute devastation outside. We couldn't see more than a block in either direction due to the clouds of dust that had arisen from buildings that had just collapsed ... From here, we picked up our vehicles from the CCC car park and headed out to get out of the chaos to a position where we could check on loved ones. Heading first along Manchester Street, buildings that were already heavily damaged were now completely written off".
An excavator bunching up scrap metal as part of efforts to clear the site of the demolished Hillary and Marshall Limited building on Manchester Street.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Loading the remains of 107 Manchester Street into a demolition truck. The water is to keep the dust down.".
A section of masonry from the apex of the gable of St Luke the Evangelist Church on Manchester Street resting at the base of the church.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The plaque listing the mayors of Christchurch on the wall of the old City Council Civic Offices on Manchester Street".
People walk and drive along Manchester Street shortly after the 22 February earthquake. Bricks from collapsed buildings litter the road. The photographer comments, "Just after the aftershock settled on Tuesday afternoon, myself and colleagues fled our Tuam Street office to absolute devastation outside. We couldn't see more than a block in either direction due to the clouds of dust that had arisen from buildings that had just collapsed ... From here, we picked up our vehicles from the CCC car park and headed out to get out of the chaos to a position where we could check on loved ones. Heading first along Manchester Street, buildings that were already heavily damaged were now completely written off".
The top portion of this building on Manchester Street has fallen away, littering the ground below. USAR codes have been spray painted on the walls and footpath.
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A skip on Manchester Street outside the Orion building. Shattered glass litters the footpath in front and tape has been placed around the building as a cordon.
A view down Gloucester Street. The NewsTalkZB building can be partially seen on the left, and the Manchester Securities House in the middle is being demolished.
An aerial photograph of the Christchurch central city. The photograph has been captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The central city, with the Majestic Theatre in the centre of the photograph. Lichfield Street runs from bottom left diagonally up the photograph to the top right. The City Council building is prominent in the bottom left corner and Latimer Square in the top left corner".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A view looking from the Edmonds Band Rotunda across the River Avon to the intersection of Manchester Street and Oxford Terrace".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Octagon Live Restaurant, formerly the Trinity Congregational Church, with the recent damage to the Rose Window from the 23 December 2011 aftershock".
A damaged house on Manchester Street. A section of wall where masonry has collapsed has been weather proofed with a black tarpaulin. The building's chimney has fallen on to its roof.
A video of an interview with Anne Mackenzie, structural engineer at Build Green Ltd, about her work to retrieve items from The Suit Doctor and Smith's Bookshop on Manchester Street.