A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Central city, from Manchester Street".
A photograph of the Heritage Hotel. The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "Central city, from Manchester Street".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Central city, from Manchester Street".
A photograph of the Heritage Hotel. The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "Central city, from Manchester Street".
A digitally manipulated image of the Lawrie and Wilson Auctioneers building on Tuam Street. The photographer comments, "This building at 210 Tuam Street is still off limits after the Christchurch earthquake. It has Lawrie and Wilson Auctioneers at the top and Christchurch City Council below. In the past it had a City Photography and at a different time a Parking Unit sign".
Topics - the latest twist in the Kim Dotcom saga is that the police have announced they're investigating the Government Communications Security Bureau's illegal surveillance of the internet mogul. New research has shown that membership of all mainstream Christian denominations has fallen to historic lows - except for Catholicism. New research has uncovered the role underground rock structures played in stopping the September 2010 Christchurch earthquake from linking up with the Port Hills faultline and causing greater damage to Christchurch.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "78 Colombo Street. Nick Dobson and her daughter talk with sympathetic neighbours as they watch their historic home being demolished".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Odeon Theatre, 214 Tuam Street".
A photograph of the former Trinity Church. The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "Central city, from Manchester Street".
A photograph of the former Trinity Church. The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "Central city, from Manchester Street".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Shands Emporium".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Edmond's Clocktower, Oxford Terrace and Madras Street".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Edmond's Clocktower, Oxford Terrace and Madras Street".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Central city, from Manchester Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Knox Church, viewed from Victoria Street".
Exposed side of the Cathedral Junction building, with the Heritage Hotel in the background.
Shows rain falling over two gondolas of people floating past flooded Christchurch damaged houses. One person points to people in balaclavas climbing over the houses and calls out 'And look...the wildlife's returning!'. Context: Heavy rain and flooding hit Christchurch suburbs, including earthquake damaged homes (Newstalk website 14 August 2012). At the same time, wildlife (possums and rare birds) are moving into abandoned suburbs (Stuff 13 August 2012) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Part of Mike Hewson's installation 'Homage To Lost Spaces' in the Cramner Courts building, photographs of people riding bicycles have been inserted into a gap in the building. The photographer comments, "Cranmer Courts was very badly damaged in the quakes that unexpectedly hit Christchurch. Originally big photographs were put into the holes where the doors and windows were, but now these massive pictures have been put across the boarded up ends of the buildings to keep them alive in the minds of the people of Christchurch. The project was thought up by Mike Hewson".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Hotel Grand Chancellor behind the Heritage Apartments".
Witnesses before the Canterbury Earthquake Royal Commission have been questioned over whether preservation of heritage buildings was given more consideration than preserving human lives.
The Canterbury Earthquakes Royal Commission has heard evidence that a heritage order on a row of dangerous buildings may have contributed to the deaths of a dozen people in the February quake.
Exposed side of the Cathedral Junction building, with the Heritage and Millenium Hotels in the background.
A photograph of the Heritage Hotel, taken from the site of a demolished building on Manchester Street.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Public Trust building, 152 Oxford Terrace".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Isaac Theatre Royal - being repaired".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Manchester Street car park building, which is a listed heritage site. Viewed from Manchester Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Poplar Crescent on Cambridge Terrace. This building was built in 1929 as part of the Edmonds Band Rotunda".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Gough House, 90 Hereford Street".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 7 August 2012 entitled, "Good Graffiti".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Gough House, 90 Hereford Street".