A photograph of a member of the Wellington Emergency Management Office Emergency Response Team standing in a car park in the Christchurch central city. In the background is the Hotel Grand Chancellor. The hotel has a noticeable slump on the left side.
Posters created for Beca Heritage Week 2014, outlining SCIRT's repair work on the Armagh Street and Colombo Street bridges in the Central City. They were hung on the bridges for members of the public to read during SCIRT's walk and talk tours.
Christchurch's old central city police station building will now be demolished on Sunday by implosion. Another one of Christchurch recognisable buildings to be given a death sentence following the earthquakes of 2010/2011. Photo by Geoff Trotter at www.dreamdreams.co.nz
A PDF copy of pages 58-59 of the book Christchurch: The Transitional City Pt IV. The pages document the transitional project 'Port-A-Loos on the Pine Mound'. Photo: Elizabeth Peacock
A photograph of street art by several artists, including the DTR crew and Wongi. The artwork depicts Doctor Who in his Tardis. This city centre street is walled off by temporary fencing, road cones, and a road sign.
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A photograph of the Manchester Street bridge, captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The River Avon viewed from near the Edmonds Rotunda".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "164-170 Hereford Street with the tell-tale gravel spread on the roadway signalling imminent demolition".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Earthquake damage to the Retour Restaurant in the Edmonds Band Rotunda on Cambridge Terrace".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Earthquake damage to the Retour Restaurant in the Edmonds Band Rotunda on Cambridge Terrace".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Edmonds Clock Tower, Oxford Terrace, stopped at 12.51, the time of the 22 February 2011 earthquake".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Earthquake damage to the Retour Restaurant in the Edmonds Band Rotunda on Cambridge Terrace".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The former Post Office clock tower in Cathedral Square, the clock face boarded up with plywood".
An aerial photograph looking south west over the Christchurch CBD with the Avon River visible to the left and Hagley Park in the distance.
A video of Lianne Dalziel speaking to a public gathering about her reasons for standing for the mayoralty of Christchurch. Dalziel talks about starting her mayoralty where Share an Idea left off, making the Council a high performing team, and getting the community involved in the decisions about the future of the city. The video also includes footage of Dalziel taking a tour of the Christchurch central city. Dalziel visits the ChristChurch Cathedral, pointing out a sign which reads, "The earthquakes stopped us, but inept procedures are killing us". She also visits the new Westende Jewellers building, which she notes was the first rebuild in the Christchurch central city but will come down as part of CERA's Transport Plan. Dalziel is shown socialising with members of the public and watching the Christchurch Wizard bless New Regent Street.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The McKenzie & Willis building on Tuam Street. The building next door to it has suffered more damage from the 23 December 2011 earthquake".
A video of an address by Lianne Dalziel, Mayor of Christchurch, at the 2014 Seismics and the City forum. This talk was part of the Breakfast Presentations section, the theme of which was Building Momentum.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Looking from Gloucester Street to the Square. Remains of the Cathedral bell tower and the old post office in the background".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Bus Exchange on Lichfield Street which has suffered more damage as a result of the 23 December 2011 earthquakes".
A photograph taken from the top of the BNZ building. The photograph is captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Triangle Chambers on High Street about to be demolished".
A photograph of people walking past the Convention Centre on Kilmore Street. Wire fencing has been placed along the street to keep people away from the damaged Town Hall.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A view looking towards the Odeon Theatre from the corner of Lichfield and Manchester Streets. SOL Square is on the right".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Moira Fraser standing near the intersection of Madras and Armagh Streets. In the background is a large and empty demolition site".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Hereford Street/Manchester Street intersection - west view".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Hereford Street/Manchester Street intersection - east view".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Hereford Street/Manchester Street intersection - south view".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Armagh - Manchester Street intersection (south-west view)".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Armagh - Manchester Street intersection (north-west view)".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Armagh - Manchester Street intersection (south-east view)".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Colombo Street/Hereford Street intersection - west view".