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Date: 5 June 2012

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

Reference: PADL-000765

Description: Photographs showing the effects of the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011 taken on 5 June 2012 by BeckerFraserPhotos, particularly wide shots taken from roofline and ground level shots of Christchurch central business district buildings under demolition. Includes cityscape views taken from the roof of Alice in Videoland business at corner of Tuam and High streets showing remaining central city buildings surrounded by vacant lots, specifically bicycles outside Le Petite Croix and the back of the Yellow Cross Bar and Pizzeria buildings on Sol Square, views looking down High Street to Cathedral Square at cranes working on ANZ, BNZ, Grant Thornton building, Holiday Inn, Westpac Tower and Clarendon Tower, the demolition site of Strange & Co building near Lincoln House and Bonnington House at corner of High Street and Lichfield Streets, kinetic sculpture 'Nucleus' by Phil Price at intersection of High, Lichfield and Manchester streets (Holiday Inn in background), looking west down Tuam Street past Odeon Theatre and Canterbury Brewery, the fly tower of the Odeon Theatre, two views looking across roofs at cranes near Clarendon Towers in Oxford Terrace, plus Westpac Bank, Grant Thornton House, ANZ bank, BNZ bank and Holiday Inn (all for demolition), looking down at foundations for the EPIC technology centre (Enterprise Precinct and Innovation Campus) on Manchester and Tuam streets, looking north east at IRD building behind CF Cotter & Co, Goodbye Blue Monday bar and Twisted Hop Real Ale Brew pub on Poplar Lane and Lichfield Street, looking west across Manchester street along Tuam Street past Sol Square, Real Groovy shop and EPIC technology centre, looking south and south east along Manchester and Tuam streets at construction work on EPIC technology centre (new build) next to damaged McKenzie & Willis building, looking east at McKenzie & Willis building near Poplar Street, Poplar Lane and Tuam street. Includes views of CBD buildings designated for demolition or under repair taken from ground level on High Street, showing Westpac Tower, Grant Thornton House, ANZ and Holiday Inn on High Street, steel framework against the facade of the McKenzie & Willis Ltd building corner of High and Tuam streets while under repair, rubbish hanging out of broken mirror walls and digger beside debris outside building at Hallensteins and Unlimited Paenga School site Includes views of CBD buildings taken from ground level in Hereford street, showing demolition crew and digger on pile of rubble from demolished BNZ bank in foreground of All Seasons Hotel and Holiday Inn in Cashel street, cracks on facade of damaged Anglican Centre at Allan Pyatt House, workers on cherry picker crane outside the repaired Ibis Hotel before reopening, concrete cutter with workmen salvaging steel into bins on huge debris pile, the BNZ bank covered in netting while under demolition Includes views of CBD buildings taken from ground level on Cashel Street, showing All Seasons Hotel, looking west along Cashel Street from Manchester Street intersection at tall crane and rubble below office buildings, a painted old advertisement on brick building revealed after demolition of Grumpy Mole building at Cashel and Manchester Streets, earth pile and diggers on site of demolished Hotel Grand Chancellor with Te Waipounamu House in background, the long reach excavator 'Twinkle Toes' ready to start work on the Holiday Inn, a bare tree in the middle of rubble on the site of the demolished Grumpy Mole with Holiday Inn and Westpac Tower behind Includes view of CBD buildings taken at ground level in Manchester street, looking at fenced off vacant lot and 'Twinkle Toes' excavator next to Holiday Inn and other buildings to be demolished, All Seasons Hotel on right, 'Leigh's Construction' and scaffolding surrounding half built Westende Building (new build) on corner of Manchester and Worcester streets Includes views taken at ground level on Worcester street, showing damaged former Trinity Congregational Church building, crane outside Radio Network House as it was being readied for demolition by implosion, the mural 'Here are the people and there is the steeple' (Steeple people) by Kay Rosen on the east wall of the Christchurch City Art Gallery, looking over to the Forsyth Barr building on Armagh street, a crane near Price Waterhouse Coopers building on Armagh street while under demolition with scaffolding over the Isaac Theatre Royal in foreground (restoration) Includes views taken at ground level in Cathedral Square showing wild grass outside damaged Christchurch Cathedral with former Government Life building behind, broken roof tiles on the south west corner of the Cathedral, a staircase from the BNZ Bank being winched past the Millennium Hotel on the Square Arrangement: Files were originally delivered to the Library within a folder called 'June 05 - CBD' Quantity: 44 digital photograph(s).

Date: 30 May 2011

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

Reference: PADL-000832

Description: Photographs relating to the 2010 and 2011 Canterbury earthquakes taken by BeckerFraserPhotos on 30 May 2011. The majority of these were taken in the CBD (central business district) within the red zone area which was cordoned off after 22 February 2011 earthquake. Several photographs were taken in the suburb of Papanui. Approximately 100 photographs focus on closer details of the damage to buildings and streets, cracks in masonry and pavements, rubble, broken windows, debris, scaffolding, shop window mannequins, signs. The remainder of the photographs show wider shots of the buildings within their street environment and activity within the red zone. -Includes views taken on Durham Street which show the Copthorne Hotel, St Michael's Church School, Ireland Property Management building, Temple Court building (the office of Green MP Kennedy Graham), Contours, the demolition site of Laycock's building, former Canterbury Society of Arts Gallery, Durham Street Methodist Church, Christchurch District Court and a sculpture in front of the building, Training and Development Centre for Christchurch Casino and Vidpro, Christchurch Casino, Amuri Court, and buildings at 218-220, 344, 332, 330, 328 and 284 Durham Street. -Includes views taken on Colombo Street showing Chloes Bar, part of Oxford on Avon restaurant and bars, 794 Colombo Street, the Colombo Street Bridge, buildings at 683, 736, 617-621, 628-636, 656, 662-670, 663. 672, 678-684, 683-689, 690, 694, 702-208, 708-710, 732, 735, 736, 753-757, 772-779, a demolition site at 633-637 Colombo Street, Benson Restaurant No.1, Mutual Funds House, Farmers building, Starbucks and Whitcoulls, Forsyth Barr building, the ANZ building, Victoria Square National Bank branch, the Allan McLean building (Bearing Gifts Ltd). -Includes views taken on Chester Street West and Chester Street East showing Radio Network House, Crowne Plaza Hotel and Christchurch District Court entrance, building at 55 Chester Street West, Poplar Apartments. -Includes views taken on Cambridge Terrace showing Provincial Council Chambers, the Library Chambers (previously Canterbury Public Library), buildings at 97, 129, 141 Cambridge Terrace, the Christchurch City Council office block and Axiom House at 109 Cambridge Terrace. -Includes views taken on Armagh Street showing Victoria Square Apartments, staircases of Forsyth Barr building, Christchurch Magistrates Court, Centennial Leisure Centre, interior and exterior views of 195 Armagh Street, Kens Camera and Video, Munns, the BNZ building, Real Estate House, and buildings at 195-199, 236, 281, 200, 218, 154, 139, 176, 198, 240 Armagh Street. -Includes views taken on Manchester Street showing demolition of Druids building, Treehouse Karaoke Party Bar, an MED sub station, Public Trust Customer Centre, the demolition site at 293, Hotel Grand Chancellor, Kensington House, Sullivans Irish Pub, Peaches and Cream, Christian World Service building, and buildings at 173-175, 178, 128, 267, 230, 128 Manchester Street, and very damaged buildings at 141-149 Manchester Street. -Includes views taken on Worcester Street showing the liftwell of SBS building, Trinity Centre and views taken on Gloucester Street showing Marque Hotel, and buildings at 176, 173, 62-78, 84, a view at the intersection of Gloucester and Colombo Streets. -Includes views taken on High Street showing the McKenzie and Willis building, the intersection of Manchester, Lichfield and High Streets, the 'Nucleus' sculpture by Phil Price. -Includes views of buildings taken on Bedford Row, Salisbury Street, Kilmore Street, Tuam Street (Drakes Leisure Centre and Lighthouse Lighting), SOL Square, Cashel Street, Oxford Terrace (Bohemian Cafe and Bar, Edmonds Telephone Cabinet and Drinking Fountain, demolition site of Oxford Terrace Baptist Church), Madras Street (Leicester House), Struthers Lane, Hereford Street (former Christchurch Central Police Station), the intersection of Peterborough and Durham Streets. -Includes views taken in Papanui showing rubble at corner of Harewood Road and Main Road North, St Pauls Anglican Church and sign, the Haralds shop on Papanui Road. -Also photographs of activity within the CBD red zone show diggers demolishing the Druids building, the 'Southern Demolition' crane at work, a furniture removal van and crew at work, a crew in high visibility vests and hard hats walking down a street, council crew at intersection of Colombo and High Streets during clean up work, laying shingle on Cashel Mall, a large digger on a truck, a 'Greening the Rubble' installation (brick gabions), a policeman on a bicycle, men working on a high voltage power cable in a ditch. Quantity: 322 digital photograph(s).