Effects of the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011, particularly of Christchurch central business district red zone

Effects of the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011, particularly of Christchurch central business district red zone
Date
23 June 2012
Reference
PADL-000774
Description

Photographs showing the effects of the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011 taken on 23 June 2012 by BeckerFraserPhotos, particularly of Christchurch central business district street corners, buildings and demolition work within the red zone cordon.

Includes views taken on Oxford Terrace showing Durhams truck carrying diggers to a new site

Includes views taken on Gloucester Street showing Crystal Plaza arcade stripped out and ready for demolition

Includes views taken on Colombo Street showing McDonalds and TimeZone, Christchurch Town Hall, Ballantynes department store open for business

Includes views taken at intersection of Colombo and Armagh Streets showing Copthorne Hotel, Price Waterhouse Coopers building, Victoria Square, Forsyth Barr building, Isaac House, Victoria Square Apartments

Includes views taken at intersection of Colombo and Gloucester Streets showing Forsyth Barr building, Farmers car park, Price Waterhouse Coopers, new Press building, Novotel Hotel, Rendezvous Hotel, Camelot Hotel, Christchurch Cathedral, Government Life Insurance building, 720 Colombo Street, Telecom Exchange building, new public access point in cordon on Gloucester Street, soldiers manning the cordon entry point

Includes views taken on Cathedral Square showing top half of old Christchurch Central Post Office, Telecom Exchange building, Clarendon Towers under demolition and Rydges Hotel, soldiers manning the red zone cordon entry point and a new public access point on the cordon

Includes views taken at the intersection of Hereford, Colombo and High Streets showing the ANZ and BNZ bank buildings, Holiday Inn, the 'Flour Power' sculpture by Regan Gentry, tram tracks

Includes views taken on Hereford Street showing Gough House under demolition, Shands Emporium (wooden building with tyres on roof), Vero House, Christchurch Central Police Station

Includes views taken at intersection of Colombo and Cashel streets showing Triangle Centre partially demolished, Hotel All Seasons, big crane working on Westpac Tower, The Crossing (housed Discovery1 primary school), the air bridge and Ballantynes, and ReSTART: Cashel Mall as seen behind cordon barriers

Includes views taken on Cashel Street showing BNZ building, remains of Triangle Centre and Hallensteins building and Te Waipounamu House (on Hereford Street)

Includes views taken at intersection of Colombo and Lichfield streets showing Frontrunner, R & R Sport and Bivouac shops, and barriers

Includes views taken at intersection of Manchester, High and Cashel Streets showing Majestic Theatre, Holiday Inn, Westpac Tower, Bonnington House, ANZ Bank, the 'Nucleus' kinetic sculpture by Phil Price, tram tracks, shipping containers and vacant lots from demolished buildings

Includes view taken at intersection of Lichfield and Manchester Street showing rubble on site of demolished Ruben Blades Hair Academy (fomerly Ridley's building)

Includes views taken at intersection of Manchester and Hereford Streets showing China Bistro, Dick Smith electronics shop

Includes view taken on Manchester Street of Trinity Congregational Church

Includes view taken at intersection of Worcester and Colombo Streets showing Radio Network House pre demolition and Westende House (new build)

Includes view taken on Armagh Street showing damaged Canterbury Provinical Council Chambers

Arrangement: Files were originally delivered to the Library within a folder called 'June 23 - CBD red zone'

Quantity: 78 digital photograph(s).

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Part of
BeckerFraserPhotos :Photographs relating to the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011
Format
78 digital photograph(s), Photographs, Digital images, Digital photographs
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