Effects of the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011, particularly of Bexley, central Christchurch city, Ferrymead and Mount Pleasant

Photographs showing the effects of the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011 taken on 4 June 2012 by BeckerFraserPhotos, particularly of central Christchurch city and the suburbs of Bexley, Ferrymead and Mount Pleasant.

Includes views taken on vacant earthquake damaged houses in Seabreeze Close, Bexley, showing grass growing in roof gutter of number 30 house, visible cracks in entrance to brick home which is surrounded by overgrown garden and damaged concrete driveway, portaloo and 'Still here' graffiti on number 4 house, dried mud and overgrown garden at houses numbers eight, 26, 30, 32, 33 and 20, looking down fenced lane between homes (including number 14 Seabreeze Close) at puddles and silt, broken fence and rubble in a front garden, wide view of damaged houses, overgrown gardens and grass verge on street, a view looking down nearby Waireka Lane, interior views of 2 Waireka Lane house showing overtuned furniture, liquefaction or water damage and rumpled carpet showing floor movement

Includes views taken on Victoria Street showing cityscape of Price Waterhouse Coopers, Pacific Tower and Forsyth Barr buildings and Rendezvous Hotel, roof of damaged Knox Church viewed from Victoria Street with 'Victoria Ski Sport' and 'Vic's' at 130 and 132 Victoria Street in foreground, the Diamond Jubliee clock tower (also known as Victoria Street clock tower) showing bent spire, cityscape with crane between Price Waterhouse Coopers, Forsyth Barr and Christchurch Casino buildings, looking down Victoria Street at digger on rubble from demolished Crowne Plaza Hotel with Pacific Tower and Forsyth Barr buildings in background, Knox Church behind vacant lot at 134-138 Victoria Street (formerly site of BDO and Lumley House), black polythene plastic covering damaged 165 Victoria Street (Procope Coffee House) next to vacant lot (formerly site of Fidelity House 167 Victoria Street), newly built Carlton Butchery building at 179-181 Victoria street

Includes view of digger moving rubble of Water's Edge Apartments beside Avon-Heathcote estuary on Ferry Road, Ferrymead, in final stages of demolition

Includes views taken on Salisbury Street showing Ironside House under restoration, construction site of Briscoes Building being rebuilt

Includes view of boarded up house surrounded by rubble in Cannon Hill Crescent, Mount Pleasant

No image within folder is attributed to Sumner suburb

Arrangement: Files were originally delivered to the Library within a folder called 'June 04 - Bexley City Sumner'

Quantity: 28 digital photograph(s).