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Date: 30 September - 3 October 2014

From: Love, Valerie J, 1980- : Photographs

Reference: PADL-001280

Description: Photographs of Christchurch City taken 30 September - 3 October 2014, showing the effects of the 2010 and 2011 Canterbury earthquakes. The photographs show street scenes, damaged buildings, vacant lots, construction sites, rebuilding efforts, signage, and new buildings. The images also include photographs of transitional spaces and temporary art installations around the central city, including projects by GapFiller and Greening The Rubble, and the NZ Ice Fest, and art works by Sara Hughes, Chris Heaphy, Neil Dawson, Julia Morison, and Lonnie Hutchinson. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Valerie Love is a staff member at the Alexander Turnbull Library. The photographs were taken while she was in Christchurch attending the Archives and Records Association of New Zealand (ARANZ) 2014 annual meeting. Quantity: 154 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 May 2012

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

Reference: PADL-000745

Description: Photographs showing the effects of the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011, taken 3 May 2012, particularly aerial views of Christchurch and Lyttelton. Shows views of schools, parks, Westfield Riccarton (Riccarton Mall), suburbs, rock falls, cliff collapses, demolition and damage to buildings, and the changing landscape of the city following demolition. Arrangement: Files were originally delivered to the Library within a folder called "May 03 - flying Ross" Quantity: 113 digital photograph(s).

Date: 2 May 2012

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

Reference: PADL-000743

Description: Photographs showing the effects of the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011, taken 2 May 2012, particularly of Christchurch CBD (Central Business District). Shows bumper sticker ('Kia kaha I'm staying Christchurch), Unlimited School, Christchurch Cathedral, Canterbury Provincal Council Chambers, Alice in Videoland sign, restoration work on buildings in High Street, views of buildings (including Westpac building, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Forsyth Barr), Hotel Grand Chancellor and Crowne Plaza demolition, Clarendon Tower, Magistrates Court repair, pavement deformation from liquifaction, workers doing remedial work to buildings, repair work on Edmonds Clock Tower, new construction at 75 Manchester Street, demolition of 248 High Street, street views of intersections of Colombo & Gloucester, Armagh & Colombo, Gloucester & Manchester, Hereford & Manchester, Cashel & Manchester streets, Chancery Lane, Central Library (exterior and interior views), overgrown gardens in Victoria Square, Medlab building under demolition, memorial tributes at PGC (Pyne Gould Corporation) building, 'Info Gap' on the corner of Colombo and Petersborough streets (Students from University of Technology Sydney urban design projects). Arrangement: Files were originally delivered to the Library within a folder called "May 02 - CBD" Quantity: 118 digital photograph(s).

Date: 8 Feb 2012

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

Reference: PADL-000724

Description: Photographs showing the effects of the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011, taken 8 February 2011. Particularly of Christchurch City CBD, Riccarton and Bealey. Shows photographs of the temporary InterCity bus depot and Thai restaurant operating out of a caravan and container at Bealey Avenue, damaged Christchurch Cathedral (including the salvaged spire), Central Library in Petersborough Street, make-shift coffee shops in Colombo Street, people witnessing the demolition of a Brannigans building, workers on the site of the Provincial Council Chambers, demolition of the Gallery Apartments, stencillism art, Archives NZ building in Christchurch, Under the Red Verandah (cafe & restaurant), damage to St James Church and Antonio House on Riccarton Road, tombstone of Sibylla Emily Maude (pioneer nurse), St Peter's Anglican Church, the site and remaining rubble, bell tower and oak tree of St Luke's Church, a memorial on the fence outside the St Luke's Church site of 185 crosses signifying the deaths on Feb 22, demolition workers, demolition of Crowne Plaza, cafes and restaurants on Victoria Street, and views from the roof of the BNZ Building (Cathedral Square) showing many of building in the process of being demolished or yet to be demolished (Triangle Chambers, Millennium Hotel, City Council Building in Tuam Street, Holiday Inn Hotel, Police Station, Ibis Hotel, MFL Building, Grant Thornton Building, Christchurch Cathedral, Pacific Tower, Clarendon Towers, Rydes Hotel, Government Life building, Farmers building, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Forsyth Barr). Arrangement: Files were originally delivered to the Library within a folder called "Feb 8 - City, CBD, Riccarton, Bealey" Quantity: 114 digital photograph(s).

Date: 6 June 2012

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

Reference: PADL-000766

Description: Photographs of Christchurch showing the effects of the Canterbury earthquakes and the recovery effort, taken on 6 June 2012 by BeckerFraserPhotos. The photographs were taken in the CBD red zone area during thick snowfall. Includes views taken in Cathedral Square showing diggers, crane, a few workers and shipping containers surrounding the snow covered Christchurch Cathedral partially supported by a steel framework, also visible are the Millennium Hotel, snow covered trees near the Chalice and empty stone plinth where the statue of John Robert Godley stood, the Novotel Hotel, the Citizens' War Memorial, BNZ, Christchurch Central Post Office building which housed the Christchurch i-SITE Visitor Centre, old Post Office Telephone Exchange building on Hereford Street and salvaged stones from the Cathedral Includes views showing snow falling thickly over Westpac building in High Street and a large digger behind wire fence and cones clearing rubble Includes view taken looking down Worcester street showing Kaplan International College building (former State Insurance), Heritage Hotel Government buildings) Includes various views taken at the intersection of Hereford and Manchester streets showing deserted snowy streets, a vacant lot, a white van and a Taylor-Smith Transport lorry backed up against Dick Smith Electronics shop, the China Bistro and the Trinity Congregational Church Includes views taken at the intersection of Colombo, Hereford and High Streets showing snowfall over ANZ building, crane and 'Hawkins Infrastructure' barriers around the BNZ building, the 'Flour Power' steel sculpture of wheat by Regan Gentry on Stewart Plaza at corner of High and Colombo streets, workers in high visibility jackets and cars on site near partially demolished 699 Colombo street (former Burger King) Arrangement: Files were originally delivered to the Library within a folder called 'June 06 - CBD red zone snow' Quantity: 24 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).