A photograph of badly-damaged buildings on Colombo Street.
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Post-earthquake buildings".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Post-earthquake buildings".
A photograph of a badly-damaged shop on Colombo Street. The front wall of the top storey of the building has crumbled into the street, exposing the inside of the building. Steel and wooden bracing is keeping the ceiling up.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to a building in central Christchurch. Broken glass and other rubble litters the courtyard in front of the building. There is a large crack in the brick wall to the right. A red sticker on the glass door indicates that the building is unsafe to enter.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to a building on the corner of Armagh and Barbadoes Streets. The outer walls of the building have collapsed and the bricks have spilled onto the footpath and road below. Steel and wire fences have been placed around the building as a cordon.
A photograph of a car on Gloucester Street which has been crushed by falling bricks from the Canterbury Times and Star building. There is a pile of bricks on the front of the car.
A crushed car on Lichfield Street. Bricks from the above building fell during the quake onto the parked car. Fortunately, nobody was inside.
The A and T Burt building on Ferry Road in Woolston. Much of the roof and front wall has collapsed, spilling bricks onto the footpath.
The A and T Burt building on Ferry Road in Woolston. Much of the roof and front wall has collapsed, spilling bricks onto the footpath.
The A and T Burt building on Ferry Road in Woolston. Much of the roof and front wall has collapsed, spilling bricks onto the footpath.
The A and T Burt building on Ferry Road in Woolston. Much of the roof and front wall has collapsed, spilling bricks onto the footpath.
Colour photograph dominated by a damaged Apex Car Rentals, with fallen bricks from exterior of the building on the footpath.
Bricks and rubble fallen from a building in Tramway Lane.
A photograph of a car parked off Montreal Street which has been crushed by bricks falling from an earthquake-damaged building.
A photograph of a car parked off Montreal Street which has been crushed by bricks falling from an earthquake-damaged building.
Damage to a building on Ferry Road. The side walls have partially collapsed, and part of the brick wall is bowing outwards in danger of further collapse.
Damage to a building on Ferry Road. The side walls have partially collapsed, and part of the brick wall is bowing outwards in danger of further collapse.
A damaged building on Lincoln Road. 'No go' has been spray-painted on the front window of the building and the brickwork of the upper front wall has collapsed onto the road.
Damage to Christchurch city following the 22 February earthquake 2011. A collapsed building on the corner of Ferry Road and Lancaster Street. The brick walls of the building have crumbled, bringing the roof down with them. The wall of the building opposite has been exposed, and there is now a doorway to nowhere.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to a building on the corner of Gloucester and Manchester Streets. Sections of the façade have crumbled, the bricks spilling onto the footpath below. Wire fencing has been placed around the building as a cordon. In the distance there are many other earthquake-damaged buildings.
A building on Manchester Street which has lost most of its upper brick wall. The windows remain, with their brick arches and scaffolding holding them together.
A building on Manchester Street which has lost most of its upper brick wall. The windows remain, with their brick arches and scaffolding holding them together.
Damage to an old building on Ferry Road in Woolston. Bricks have collapsed from the building's walls.
A photograph looking across a cleared building site in Cathedral Square. On the building ahead, the silhouette of a previously-neighbouring building has been created by exposed bricks.
Detail of damage to a building on Ferry Road. The side walls have partially collapsed, and part of the brick wall is bowing outwards in danger of further collapse.
Detail of damage to a building on Ferry Road. The side walls have partially collapsed, and part of the brick wall is bowing outwards in danger of further collapse.
A man removing bricks from a building on Oxford Street, Lyttelton.
A man removing bricks from a building on Oxford Street, Lyttelton.
A photograph of Kims Restaurant on Colombo Street with a damaged gable. The bricks have broken from the wall and fallen inside the building.