A photograph of a map used by emergency management personnel to inspect buildings after the 22 February 2011 earthquake. The map is of central Christchurch. Almost all of the blocks outside four streets (Moorhouse Avenue, Oxford Terrace, Kilmore Street, and Barbadoes Street) have been highlighted in yellow. Latimer Square has also been highlighted. A message written at the top of the map reads, "Query pile checked by dogs".
The wooden church of St Luke the Evangelist, stood in Manchester Street, just north of the Avon, from 1858 until it was pulled down in 1908 to make way for a larger stone and brick structure, faced…
Story telling at the site of the Think Differently Book Exchange.
A book reading at the site of the Think Differently Book Exchange.
A book reading at the site of the Think Differently Book Exchange.
The badly damaged Cranmer Courts Building on the corner of Montreal and Kilmore Streets . The front window and archway has crumbled, rubble and debris littering the footpath below.
The badly damaged Cranmer Courts Building on the corner of Montreal and Kilmore Streets . The front window and archway has crumbled, rubble and debris littering the footpath below.
Ryan Reynolds from Gap Filler at the opening of the Think Differently Book Exchange.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Crowne Plaza Hotel".
People listening to a reading at the site of the Think Differently Book Exchange.
People listening to a reading at the site of the Think Differently Book Exchange.
An aerial photograph of the Crowne Plaza Hotel.
People listening to a reading at the site of the Think Differently Book Exchange.
People listening to a reading at the site of the Think Differently Book Exchange.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Looking south along Manchester Street from Kilmore Street to the giant crane being readied for the demolition of the Hotel Grand Chancellor".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Looking south along Manchester Street from Kilmore Street to the giant crane being readied for the demolition of the Hotel Grand Chancellor".
Metro Floor and Pomeroy's Old Brewery Inn on Kilmore Street. A section between the roof and wall has been covered with a tarpaulin to protect it from the rain.
A view after the 6.3 magnitude earthquake in Christchurch 22 February 2011. Corner of Barbadoes and Kilmore Streets. So sad to see history die - both buildings and business.
The Think Differently Book Exchange fridge, now decorated with paper cut outs and filled with books.
Army and fire service personnel looking on from beside cordon fencing on Kilmore Street as a digger demolishes the Piko Wholefoods building. Behind the fencing is another badly damaged building.
An aerial photograph of the Peterborough Apartments on the corner of Peterborough and Montreal Streets.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to a section of the ceiling of the Crowne Plaza Hotel.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Demolition of Crichton Cobbers in Fitzgerald Avenue".
A photograph of glass from the broken windows in the entrance to the Crowne Plaza Hotel.
The intersection of Kilmore Street and Fitzgerald Ave. Damaged buildings in the background have been cordoned off with fencing and road cones. Plastic road barriers have been placed to divert the traffic.
The intersection of Kilmore Street and Fitzgerald Ave. Damaged buildings in the background have been cordoned off with fencing and road cones. Plastic road barriers have been placed to divert the traffic.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Looking north along Barbadoes Street, Cashel Street at the bottom".
An aerial photograph of Victoria Street with the Christchurch Casino in the bottom right of the photograph.
Coralie Winn, director of Gap Filler, with members of the public at the opening of the Think Differently Book Exchange.
Coralie Winn, director of Gap Filler, with members of the public at the opening of the Think Different Book Exchange.