Effects of the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011, particularly of aerial views of Christchurch City CBD and suburbs

Comprises aerial photographs of the effects of the Canterbury earthquakes and the rebuild of Christchurch City, taken on 5 March 2013 by Ross Becker. Shows central business district buildings, parks and reserves, rebuilding and Gap Filler initiatives, schools and sporting facilities, new housing developments, outlying suburbs, beaches, Avon River and Waimakariri River.

Includes aerial views of Preston Downs housing development by developer Gillman Wheelans, West Melton, Selwyn District showing Brampton Drive, Brinsworth Avenue, Rotherham Drive, and development of industrial land and the new housing development Faringdon in Rolleston area.

Includes aerials views of Lincoln University buildings, the new housing estate Te Whariki being developed by Ngai Tahu Property, Edward Street bisecting the new housing estates of Liffey Springs and Rosemerryn in Lincoln.

Includes aerial views of Prebbleton Central, Sterling Park and Cairnbrae housing developments in Prebbleton, Christchurch.

Includes aerial views of new housing subdivisions and suburbs near Halswell, Longhurst (a Fulton Hogan site bounded by Murphys Road and Halswell Junction Road, Quaifes Road, Whincops Road), Knight's Stream Park in Aidanfield suburb. Plus aerial over Wigram Skies housing development on former Wigram Aerodrome land.

Includes aerial views of Rowley Avenue School, Hoon Hay, Manning Intermediate School and Hillmorton High School and Spreydon School, Addington Raceway and Rugby league park (AMI Stadium), Cashmere High School.

Includes aerial views on fine day over the central business district (CBD) of Christchurch City showing Columbo Street, Madras Street, Manchester Street, Fitzgerald Avenue, Ferry Road, Moorhouse Avenue, South Hagley Park, Latimer Square, Barbadoes Street, Cashel Street, site of CTV building, St John the Baptist Church, the Transitional 'Cardboard' Cathedral under construction, Cathedral Square, Kilmore Street, Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament (Christchurch Basilica), Marian College, Phillipstown suburb, AMI Stadium, Phillipstown School, the Avon River loop, the North-West quadrant inside the four avenues, Hereford Street, Worcester Street, Cambridge Terrace, Ernst and Young building, Kilmore Street, site of former PGC building, Christchurch Town Hall, Avon River, Canterbury Provincal Government Buildings on Durham street, Armagh Street, BNZ building, Christchurch Central Library, Christchurch Cathedral, Forsyth Barr building, Gloucester Street, IRD building near Lichfield Street, Armagh Street, remains of Te Waipounamu building in Hereford Street, Holiday Inn in Cashel Street, High Street, ReSTART Cashel Mall, Ballantynes, view out to New Brighton suburb, cluster of Christchurch Arts Centre, Christs College, Canterbury Museum near North Hagley Park and Worcester Boulevard, Christchurch City Council administration building in Worcester Street, Christchurch Art Gallery, Montreal street, Heritage Christchurch hotel, Millenium Hotel Christchurch, old Christchurch Central Post Office, Rydges Hotel buildings on the east of Cathedral Square, the site of the 2013 Ellerselie Flower Show in North Hagley Park, the giant inflatable rugby ball on Manchester Street, lower High Street, Isaac Theatre Royal, New Regent Street, Victoria Square, new Kilmore Street Medical Centre under construction, the Bridge of Rememberance on Cashel Street Bridge.

Includes aerial views over rebuild initatives showing an art installation by Peter Majendie (a tree draped in high visibility orange and a frost cloth on the corner of Manchester Street and Cambridge Terrace), the newly planted grass on the site of the former PGC building and adjoining site (CERA initative), Christchurch Town Hall near the Gap Filler 'Pallet Pavilion' on the cleared site of the Crowne Plaza Hotel.

Includes aerials over Christchurch East, particularly Horsehoe Lake, Burwood, New Brighton and Bexley suburbs (residential red zone areas) showing Horsehoe Lake Reserve, Avondale Park, Anzac Drive, Travis Wetland Nature Heritage Park, Avon River, Tasman and Moncrieff Place, Irene Street, Goodman Street, Kingsford Street, Alice Street, Viscount Place, Jean Batten Place, Liggins Street, Queensbury Street, New Brighton Road, Bottle Lake Reserve, Donnell Park, Anzac Drive Reserve, New Brighton pier, Pages Road, Rawhiti Domain and the temporary housing village there, Seabreeze Close, site of former QEII Stadium (liquefaction), Waygreen Avenue and Freeville School, Atlantis Street, Wattle Drive, Cockayne Reserve, Hulverston Drive, Owles Terrace Reserve, River Avon, Central New Brighton School, Seaview Road, Hawke Road, North New Brighton houses, Eastwood rise at Waimari Beach Gold Course, Ashton Drive, the landfill at Bottle Lake, road diversion on New Brighton Road past several residential red zone houses, Burwood School, North New Brighton School and surrounding streets.

Includes aerial views over Avonside suburb showing Avonside Girls High School, Indoor Tennis Centre at Z Energy Wilding Park, River Avon near Gayhurst Road, Dallington suburb, Porritt Park Hall, Canterbury Rowing Club building at Kerrs Reach rowing course at Porritt Park, Avonview Retirement Village and Rest Home on Locksley Avenue, The Palms shopping centre in Shirley suburb.

Includes aerial views of Brooklands and Pines Beach (Kairaki Beach) area showing mouth of Waimakariri River, Golden Grove, Kaiapoi River, Courtenay Drive, Kaiapoi, Sovereign Palms, Sovereign Green and Sovereign Lakes housing developments, North East Kaiapoi, Kaiapoi North School, Williams Street and the recently built New World supermarket, aerials over houses in west and south Kaiapoi, barriers surrounding the old BNZ building, Charles Street, Kaiapoi.

Includes views above the Waimakariri River looking towards Christchurch City and the Port Hills, Peppers Clearwater Resort at the Groynes, Cashmere from the airport.

Includes aerial views over two bridges over the Waimakariri River, northern motorway and south east Christchurch, Belfast suburb looking towards the Port Hills, Waimakariri River, the lake in Sawyers Reserve and wide aerial looking towards Christchurch CBD, Cashmere and Port Hills.

Arrangement: Files were originally delivered to the Library in a folder called "2012-2013/Aerials - March 05"

Quantity: 191 digital photograph(s).