Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A Gap Filler project on the cleared site of the Starlight Theatre in London Street, Lyttelton".
A photograph of the cleared site of the Oxford Terrace Baptist Church.
A photograph of demolition equipment on a cleared site on Hereford Street.
Damaged stores on Colombo Street with a cleared building site in front.
A photograph of the site of a demolished building on Gloucester Street near Latimer Square. An excavator on the site is working to clear the rubble.
Fences surround two cleared sites at 15 and 17 Oxford Street in Lyttelton. The sites formerly housed Lyttelton Lounge cafe, The Opportunity Shop and NZ Souvenir.
The Heritage and Millenium Hotels viewed from a cleared site on Worcester Street.
A large cleared site on Tuam Street left after several buildings were demolished.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The cleared site of 198 Hereford Street".
A sign for the Cranmer Centre remains as a digger clears the site.
A photograph of two people standing in a cleared site in Cashel Mall.
A photograph of excavators on cleared sites between Cashel Street and Hereford Street.
A photograph of excavators on cleared sites between Cashel Street and Hereford Street.
The Heritage and Millenium Hotels viewed from a cleared site on Worcester Street.
A photograph of a cleared building site between High Street and Lichfield Street. Graffiti can be seen on the brick wall at the back of the site.
This thesis was completed by Abigail Thompson for her Master of Architecture (Professional) at the University of Auckland in 2012. It was initiated with the aim of the addressing the destruction of many Christchurch buildings following the earthquakes, and investigates the role of architecture in public memory and ways of reconnecting people with the city. Note that some images in the thesis have been obscured in order to avoid copyright infringement.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Heritage Hotel (the old government departmental building), Worcester Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Exercise anyone? On the corner of Manchester, Lichfield and High Streets looking south-east".
The site of the Historical Court House in Kaiapoi, completely clear now. Wire fencing still bars off the entrance to the site, keeping people away.
A cleared site on the corner of London Street and Oxford Street in Lyttelton.
A photograph looking across from Cashel Street to cleared building sites on High Street
A photograph of a cleared building site on Lichfield Street, opposite Re:Start mall.
A photograph looking across from Cashel Street to cleared building sites on High Street
Diggers being used to clear the rubble on the site of the CTV Building.
A photograph of a cleared building site on Lichfield Street, opposite Re:Start mall.
A photograph of piles of gravel and building rubble behind a cleared site on Barbadoes Street.
A photograph looking across to Hereford Street from a cleared building site on Cashel Street.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "205 Manchester Street across the cleared site of 207".
A cleared building site on the corner of Oxford Street and London Street in Lyttelton.
A photograph of a cleared building site on High Street, near the corner of Cashel Street.