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Date: 1 Apr 2012

From: BeckerFraserPhotos :Photographs relating to the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011

Reference: PADL-000730

Description: Photographs showing the effects of the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011, taken 1 April 2012. Particularly of Oxford Clinic Hospital demolition, Canterbury Society of Arts building prior to demolition, Christchurch Convention Centre, City Centre Map detailing the 'Red zone' which remains cordoned off from public access, signs protesting the demolition of heritage buildings, businesses notifying customers of continued business despite demolitions, demolition site of St Mary's Merivale, art installations on Kilmore Street, Victoria Clock Tower, Knox Presbyterian Church, Blax Espresso Bar, Dorset Towers under demolition, Brigittes (Aikmans Road, Merivale), Oxford Terrace builing demolition, Design and Arts College of New Zealand, Demolition machinery and trucks, new buildings being erected in Armagh Street, The Grange Motel (Armagh Street), rubble of Amuri Courts carpark, Crown Plaza Hotel in later stages of demolition, photograph installations on boarded up portions of Cranmer Court building, Guardian Trust building at Petersborough Street, Ironside House, Quinns specialist ladies department store in shipping containers in Merivale. Arrangement: Files were originally delivered to the Library within a folder called "April 01 - City" Quantity: 115 digital photograph(s).

Date: 7 Mar 2012

From: BeckerFraserPhotos :Photographs relating to the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011

Reference: PADL-000707

Description: Photographs of Christchurch City showing the effects of the 2010 and 2011 Canterbury earthquakes and the recovery effort, taken 7 March 2012. Shows photographs of buildings damaged from the earthquakes. Includes images of land and buildings recently re-zoned as red, Barbadoes Street Cemetery, Bangor Street No.3 Pump (1907), damage to the riverbanks of the Avon, damage to the Wards Brewery historic area of buildings, Lyttelton Catholic and Public Cemetery, road and sewerage works, Lyttelton Cemetery, Foster Terrace residential buildings, Waygreen Avenue liquefaction and staganant water. Arrangement: Files were originally delivered to the Library within a folder called "Mar 07 - Crighton Cob -Dallington -Shirley -New Brighton" Quantity: 86 digital photograph(s).

Date: 13 Dec 2011

From: BeckerFraserPhotos :Photographs relating to the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011

Reference: PADL-000662

Description: Photographs relating to the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011 taken 13 December 2011 by Ross Becker. Shows aerial photographs of Christchurch city documenting the damage, including Westfield Riccarton (Riccarton Mall). Arrangement: Files were originally delivered to the Library within a folder called "Flying - selected" Quantity: 104 digital photograph(s).

Date: 3 June 2012

From: BeckerFraserPhotos :Photographs relating to the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011

Reference: PADL-000763

Description: Photographs showing the effects of the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011 taken on 3 June 2012 by BeckerFraserPhotos, particularly of demolition sites and recovery efforts in Christchurch central city (CBD). Includes views taken around Oxford Terrace and Madras Street showing graffiti on sign for an alternative location for the Oxford Terrace Baptist Church Sunday morning service at the church demolition site on Madras Street, the Edmonds Clock tower under repair on grass at the corner of Madras Street and Oxford Terrace, shows top section removed from bottom section and covered in plywood and duct tape, and a side view of the the ACC building at 258 Oxford Terrace showing bare trees reflected in blue mirror tiles, one tile missing Includes views of two Gap Filler projects, the urban garden landscape at 822 Colombo Street surrounded by graffiti street art murals, and the Butterfly Gap project on the corner of Barbadoes Street and Worcester Street consisting of a colourfully painted shed with butterfly motifs and fabric covered metal cylinders next to the street signs Includes views taken on Kilmore Street showing demolition site of commercial property building at 151 Kilmore Street (Medlab building), shows vast pile of rubble, a digger and shipping container beside half demolished walls, a pile of broken plasterboard and site office next to twisted rubble of building seen from corner of Peterborough and Kilmore Streets, signs saying 'MacKay Leighs Demolition Ltd', 'Site Hazard Board' and 'No Entry' on wire fence in front of badly damaged building at 151 Kilmore Street Includes ground level view of demolition rubble pile on the Christchurch Convention Centre site in front of the Central Library Petersborough, part of Christchurch City Libraries, on Kilmore Street Includes exterior views of new Press House building at 158 Gloucester Street at dusk showing office lights on for The Press newspaper staff and cars parked outside, view from Cathedral Square shows red brick rubble and Cathedral Vistors Centre building in foreground (The Press staff are first to return to central city after red zone cordon was reduced 15 May 2012) Includes views of damaged Christchurch Cathedral showing pallets of stone from the demolished tower ready to be stored, steel structure beside half demolished church, Portacom unit, portaloo and digger in foreground of Citizens War Memorial (or Soldiers War Memorial) and Cathedral. Includes views of 185 Chairs, an art installation by artist Peter Majendie which is a memorial for the 185 people who died as result of February 22 2011 earthquake, shows installation of white chairs and carrycot set beneath autumn coloured trees on site of the destroyed Oxford Terrace Baptist Church Includes views taken on Colombo Street showing two Jurgens excavators with nibbler attachments beside building at 814 Colombo Street, view of barriers and road signs along Colombo Street looking towards the Chalice in the Square (Cathedral Square) from the cordon Includes views taken on Armagh Street, bare autumn trees beside Price Waterhouse Coopers building under deconstruction, several cranes surrounding the Ernst & Young, Forsyth Barr and Price Waterhouse Coopers buildings Includes views taken along the River Avon, a view looking west from the Manchester Street bridge along the river lined with Price Waterhouse Coopers building, a crane and the Edmonds Band Rotunda, a closer view showing the damaged wall lining the section of the Avon River near the Edmonds Band Rotunda, and Charles Luney House at 250 Oxford Terrace reflected in the river Includes exterior view of the Theosophical Society building as it is being prepared for demolition, cracks visible in facade and a 'BFC Group Ltd Contracting' digger in foreground Arrangement: Files were originally delivered to the Library within a folder called 'June 03 - City" Quantity: 30 digital photograph(s).

Date: 7 June 2012

From: BeckerFraserPhotos :Photographs relating to the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011

Reference: PADL-000768

Description: Photographs showing the effects of the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011 taken on 7 June 2012 by BeckerFraserPhotos, particularly of Christchurch central city scenic views after snowfall, showing Avon River looking towards Cambridge Terrace and Oxford street buildings, a red car driving out from townhouses on Cambridge Terrace between Montreal street and Rolleston avenue, a view looking east down Worcester Boulevard past Clarendon Towers towards a tall crane in Cathedral Square (red telephone boxes on pavement), and Christchurch Arts Centre surrounded by wire fence. Arrangement: Files were originally delivered to the Library within a folder called 'June 07 City' Quantity: 6 digital photograph(s).