A photograph of emergency management personnel crossing the intersection of High, Colombo, and Hereford Streets. In the background is the earthquake-damaged Fisher's Building. Large sections of the top storey have collapsed, the masonry spilling onto the footpath and damaging the awning.
A photograph of members of the Wellington Emergency Management Office walking down Gloucester Street towards the intersection of Manchester Street. Bricks from an earthquake-damaged building cover the footpath in the distance. Wire fences have been placed around the rubble as a cordon.
A photograph of members of the Wellington Emergency Management Office Emergency Response Team and the Red Cross, standing on the corner of Lichfield and High Streets. In the background large piles of rubble from earthquake-damaged buildings line the street.
A photograph taken from a corner of the Barbadoes and Worcester Streets intersection. On the opposite corner a brick building has collapsed, crushing three parked cars. To the right a rural fire van and a fire truck are parked on Worcester Street.
A photograph of the site of a demolished building on Gloucester Street, near the intersection of Colombo Street. A Southern Demolition excavator is being used to clear the rubble away. In the background are the Forsyth Barr building, the Copthorne Hotel and the PricewaterhouseCoopers building.
A photograph of the shape left on a building on the corner of Colombo Street and Gloucester Street, where the neighbouring building has been demolished. Julia Holden has termed this a 'ghost building'. In front of this is a pop-up garden and seating area, installed by Greening The Rubble.
A photograph of stencilled words on a footpath on Peterborough Street. The words read, "On Peterborough Street the houses are wonky. The ground has been pulled out from underneath them. The trick worked and the houses stayed up, but they are wonky. If you lived in them you might become wonky too".
A photograph of damaged buildings along Colombo Street.
A view looking east down Hereford Street.
Abandoned house on Brook Street.
View into the CBD from Peterborough Street.
A written history of 208 Hereford Street, Perry's Occidental Hotel.
A written history of 70 Kilmore Street, Crowne Plaza Christchurch.
A written history of 280 High Street, the Fisher's Building.
A written history of 120 Manchester Street, the Excelsior Hotel.
Abandoned house on Brook Street.
Police and USAR personnel on Durham Street.
Abandoned house on Brook Street.
Damage to a building on Barbadoes Street.
Damage to a house on Peterborough Street, Christchurch.
A photograph looking north down Manchester Street.
A photograph looking north down Manchester Street.
A photograph of damaged buildings on Manchester Street.
A written history of 214 Tuam Street, the Odeon Theatre.
Liquefaction on Manchester Street.
Damage to a property on Cashel Street.
Liquefaction and damaged footpath on Manchester Street.
Truck passing under sprayers on Kilmore Street.
Buildings behind cordon fence on Colombo Street.
Birch Street in Bexley, hard hit after the earthquake.