
A photograph of fabric banners reading 'Faith', 'Hope', and 'Love', on a fence behind the former site of the St Paul's-Trinity-Pacific Church.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "An angel on the fence of St Josephs Catholic Church, Winchester Street, Lyttelton".
A photograph of the Durham Street Methodist Church. Damage can be seen to the parapet of the northern tower.
A photograph of the Durham Street Methodist Church. Damage can be seen to the parapet of the northern tower.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A decoration on the fence of St Josephs Catholic Church, Winchester Street, Lyttelton".
A photograph of workers in a crane-raised platform above the Knox Church on the corner of Bealey Avenue and Victoria Street.
A photograph of a brick from St Paul's-Trinity-Pacific Church. A frog stamp reading, "W N" can be seen.
Scattered masonry that has fallen from St John the Baptist Church in Latimer Square. Some of the stones have been stacked on pallets.
A page banner promoting an article titled, "Court ruling: cathedral demolition halted".
A photograph looking west down Worcester Street towards the ChristChurch Cathedral. Fences surrounding damaged buildings and rubble can be seen in the distance.
File reference: CCL-2012-02-22- IMG_9639 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
File reference: CCL-2012-02-22-IMG_96624 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
File reference: CCL-2012-02-22-IMG_9638 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
Unreinforced masonry churches in New Zealand, similarly to everywhere else in the word have proven to be highly vulnerable to earthquakes, because of their particular construction features. The Canterbury (New Zealand) earthquake sequence, 2010-2011 caused an invaluable loss of local architectural heritage and of churches, as regrettably, some of them were demolished instead of being repaired. It is critical for New Zealand to advance the data collection, research and understanding pertaining to the seismic performance and protection of church buildings, with the aim to:
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Former Trinity Congregational Church to be retained and rebuilt".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Octagon Live (formerly Trinity Congregational Church), 124 Worcester Street (corner of Manchester Street)".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Christ Church Cathedral with pallets of stone from the demolished tower ready to be stored".
A photograph of the ChristChurch Cathedral cross and spire, on display in the Canterbury Quakes exhibition at the Canterbury Museum.
A photograph of the ChristChurch Cathedral cross and spire, on display in the Canterbury Quakes exhibition at the Canterbury Museum.
A photograph of a sign post in Cathedral Square. A large pile of rubble lies next to the badly-damaged ChristChurch cathedral in the background.
A photograph looking east down Worcester Street from near the Regent Theatre. The badly-damaged ChristChurch Cathedral can be seen in the distance.
Damage to St John the Baptist Church in Latimer Square. The tower has collapsed, exposing its structure. The building's roof has been weather proofed with plywood.
Damage to St John the Baptist Church in Latimer Square. The tower has collapsed, exposing its structure. The building's roof has been weather proofed with plywood.
Bracing made of steel beams and concrete blocks that has been applied to the wall of St John the Baptist Church in Latimer Square.
A pub in a church might seem unusual, but then life in Christchurch after both the September and February earthquakes has been anything but normal.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Knox Church showing the diagonal cracking in the brick work by the front door".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Our Lady Star of the Sea, Catholic Church in Menzies Street, Sumner".
Stonework from St John's Anglican Church where it fell during the 4 September earthquake. It is October and the daffodils have almost died.
A photograph of children playing on a bouncy castle at the Gap Filler Fun Fair.
A photograph of people listening to live music at the Gap Filler Fun Fair.