Gap Filler (Christchurch, N.Z.)

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: 4 Feb 2012

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

Reference: PADL-000717

Description: Photographs showing the effects of the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011, taken 4 February 2011. Includes photographs of nightclubs (The Darkroom, The Archives) and restaurants (Lotus Heart) on St Asaph Street, installations on empty sites by Gap Filler, White Lights of Hope beaming up on the Christchurch skyline, effects of liquefaction and earthquake damage on properties in Kaiapoi, protest signs against red zone, signs warning motorists to slow down on Cass Street Arrangement: Files were originally delivered to the Library within a folder called "Feb 4 - Kaiapoi city bars, Sydenham, Lights of Hope" Quantity: 34 digital photograph(s).

Date: 6 Feb 2012

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

Reference: PADL-000720

Description: Photographs showing the effects of the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011, taken 6 February 2011. Particularly of Brynn Lane, Colombo Street, Ferry Road and Waygreen Avenue. Includes photographs of residential properties in Bexley, Gap Filler sites in Colombo Street, wildflowers planted on vacant sites by local schools, view of the Grand Chancellor Hotel under demolition, properties in Waygreen Avenue showing algae growth, stagnant water pools, house interiors, effects of liquefaction. Arrangement: Files were originally delivered to the Library within a folder called "Feb 6 - Ferry Rd, Bexley, Waygreen" Quantity: 39 digital photograph(s).

Date: 21 Feb 2012

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

Reference: PADL-000727

Description: Photographs showing the effects of the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011, taken 21 February 2011. Particularly of Christs College and Worcester Boulevard. Includes photographs of the damaged library building, foundation stone laid by Sir Paul Reeves on 13 Oct 1987, Chapel building, detailed stonework, Hare Memorial Block, Big School building, repointed buttresses and replaced gables on stone buildings, Old Boys Theatre, Refectory, and memorial boards. Also includes the chess board Gap Filler project in Colombo Street, and temporary cafes and container shopping in Worcester Boulevard. Arrangement: Files were originally delivered to the Library within a folder called "Feb 21 - Christs College, Worcester Bvd" Quantity: 31 digital photograph(s).

Date: 23 Feb 2012

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

Reference: PADL-000729

Description: Photographs showing the effects of the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011, taken 23 February 2011. Particularly of '185 Empty Chairs' a temporary art installation tribute to the people who loss their lives Includes the demolition of 291 Madras Street, Edmonds Clock, various tributes to the 13 people (9 on the bus and 4 on the pavement) who died on Colombo Street on 22 Feb 2011, new carpark, pathing and landscaping on Colombo Street, Crowne Plaza Hotel under demolition, new building developments on Montreal and Colombo Streets, new housing and building sites in Salisbury Street, Gap Filler site 'The Book Fridge' on the corner of Barbadoes and Kilmore Streets, the new Herb Centre and Piko Cafe on Kilmore Street, building site of the demolished historic hotel at 192 Moorhouse Avenue, new front on 514 Colombo Street, and protest signs on fences around the city. Arrangement: Files were originally delivered to the Library within a folder called "Feb 23 - Cones, Tributes, new build" Quantity: 41 digital photograph(s).

Date: 2 Apr 2012

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

Reference: PADL-000731

Description: Photographs showing the effects of the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011, taken 2 April 2012. Shows photographs of Gap Filler spaces, Coffee Zone caravan (with installations of Lego blocks), Tui billboard 'Earthquake? We are closed for renovations. Yeah right', new building sites, Westende Jewellers, dairy operating in a shipping container, murals on walls of buildings next to vacant sites, and Kennetts and Donnells Jewellers store. Arrangement: Files were originally delivered to the Library within a folder called "April 02 - City South" Quantity: 28 digital photograph(s).

Date: 27 Feb, 7 May, 24 May 2013

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

Reference: PADL-000864

Description: Comprises views of Christchurch central city area within the four main Avenues and within the central business district (CBD) taken by Ross Becker on the 27 February, 7 May and 24 May 2013. Shows effects of Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011 on buildings and streets, crews at work within the red zone cordon around the CBD, artworks, Gap Filler projects, murals and posters, demolition and rebuild efforts. Includes views of Christchurch Cathedral showing scaffolding and steel supports, and shipping containers. Nearby are the Chalice sculpture and the Citizens' War Memorial. Includes views of street intersections, Hereford and Mancester street showing sites of demolished buildings, refurbished Art Deco building (formerly part of High To Hereford building) intersection of Hereford and Colombo Streets showing BNZ building, 'Flour Power' sculpture by Regan Gentry, the intersection of High Street and Cashel Street showing 140-154 Cashel Street (Foot Locker, Kathmandu, Southern Star building, The Crossing), rubble pile, vacant sites, tram tracks, intersection of High Street, Lichfield Street and Manchester Street showing 'Nucleus' sculpture by Phil Price, the Majestic Theatre building now housing Plush clothing, intersection of Cashel Street and Manchester Street showing Shooters bar, Oaks iStay on Cashel hotel, rubble piles, Hotel All Seasons, demolition truck and rubble on Cashel Street near intersection with Manchester Street. Includes views around Cathedral Square showing remaining four floors of the BNZ building (before demolition), refurbished Heritage Apartment Hotel, digger at work in basement of ANZ Bank demolition site, Old Post Office, cranes in foreground of Rendezvous Hotel and Novotel Hotel, Millenium Hotel, Old Exchange building, Telecom building in rebuild zone. Includes views of public artwork and Gap Filler projects showing mini golf on Manchester Street, murals on Peterborough Street, the giant green lounge suite on Gloucester Street, sprinklers watering a bright green lawn on a demolition site (tended daily by a CERA manager) (greening the red zone), examples of 'All Right" series of posters, artwork by children in New Regent Street, artworks at Re:START Cashel Mall, a shop mannequin buried head first in Manchester Street footpath, a self portrait sculpture by Ronnie Van Hout standing on the roof of 209 Tuam Street, orange tree covered in high visibility by Peter Majendie in Manchester Street. Includes views on Victoria Street showing intersection with Salisbury Street, Christchurch City Council sign, crew with machinery working on foundation of Victoria Street Clock Tower. Includes views of the Peterborough Apartments on Montreal Street, New Regent Street showing the south entrance, pallet outdoor seating at north end, and people outside new shops, Includes views on Hereford Street showing Telecom Green sign, Telecom Exchange building 95 Hereford street, 'Old Public Toilets 2013' artwork by Mike Hewson on wall at 111 Hereford Street vacant lot, digger on edge of water filled basement of the ANZ Bank demolition site on Cathedral Square and Hereford Street, refurbished 150 Hereford Street building housing Avonmore College and several retailers, an Orion worker checking power distribution cabinet, female soldier at red zone cordon entry point, hut has CERA signage. Includes view looking along Colombo Street and surveyors at work, puddle reflection of Christchurch City Council civic administration building on Lichfield Street and Tuam street, remains of Price Waterhouse Cooper building in Armagh Street, Kilmore Street Medical Centre nearly completed, the From High To Hereford building under restoration, MSC building at 92-94 Lichfield Street, Christchurch Town Hall and site of demolished Convention Centre, Kilmore Street, steel supports against remains of MKenzie and Willis building in Tuam Street, Includes views across High Street of the Crossing and Ballantynes, Bridge of Rememberance under repair, remains of the Holiday Inn at High Street and Cashel Street, new building under construction on former site of W.Strange & Co. building on corner of High Street and Lichfield Street, people walking down tram tracks on High Street. Includes building covered in scaffolding while under repair, Bonnington House on Manchester Street, Cathedral Junction complex in Worcester Street, shipping containers holding up the facade of the Isaac Theatre Royal. Includes views of the Bridge of Rememberance under repair, Our City Otautahi building (formerly Municipal Chambers) near bridge, large digger demolishing BNZ building in Armagh Street. Arrangement: Files were originally delivered to the Library in a folder called "2012-2013/CBD & inside the four Avenues" Quantity: 130 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: 3 June 2012

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

Reference: PADL-000763

Description: Photographs showing the effects of the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011 taken on 3 June 2012 by BeckerFraserPhotos, particularly of demolition sites and recovery efforts in Christchurch central city (CBD). Includes views taken around Oxford Terrace and Madras Street showing graffiti on sign for an alternative location for the Oxford Terrace Baptist Church Sunday morning service at the church demolition site on Madras Street, the Edmonds Clock tower under repair on grass at the corner of Madras Street and Oxford Terrace, shows top section removed from bottom section and covered in plywood and duct tape, and a side view of the the ACC building at 258 Oxford Terrace showing bare trees reflected in blue mirror tiles, one tile missing Includes views of two Gap Filler projects, the urban garden landscape at 822 Colombo Street surrounded by graffiti street art murals, and the Butterfly Gap project on the corner of Barbadoes Street and Worcester Street consisting of a colourfully painted shed with butterfly motifs and fabric covered metal cylinders next to the street signs Includes views taken on Kilmore Street showing demolition site of commercial property building at 151 Kilmore Street (Medlab building), shows vast pile of rubble, a digger and shipping container beside half demolished walls, a pile of broken plasterboard and site office next to twisted rubble of building seen from corner of Peterborough and Kilmore Streets, signs saying 'MacKay Leighs Demolition Ltd', 'Site Hazard Board' and 'No Entry' on wire fence in front of badly damaged building at 151 Kilmore Street Includes ground level view of demolition rubble pile on the Christchurch Convention Centre site in front of the Central Library Petersborough, part of Christchurch City Libraries, on Kilmore Street Includes exterior views of new Press House building at 158 Gloucester Street at dusk showing office lights on for The Press newspaper staff and cars parked outside, view from Cathedral Square shows red brick rubble and Cathedral Vistors Centre building in foreground (The Press staff are first to return to central city after red zone cordon was reduced 15 May 2012) Includes views of damaged Christchurch Cathedral showing pallets of stone from the demolished tower ready to be stored, steel structure beside half demolished church, Portacom unit, portaloo and digger in foreground of Citizens War Memorial (or Soldiers War Memorial) and Cathedral. Includes views of 185 Chairs, an art installation by artist Peter Majendie which is a memorial for the 185 people who died as result of February 22 2011 earthquake, shows installation of white chairs and carrycot set beneath autumn coloured trees on site of the destroyed Oxford Terrace Baptist Church Includes views taken on Colombo Street showing two Jurgens excavators with nibbler attachments beside building at 814 Colombo Street, view of barriers and road signs along Colombo Street looking towards the Chalice in the Square (Cathedral Square) from the cordon Includes views taken on Armagh Street, bare autumn trees beside Price Waterhouse Coopers building under deconstruction, several cranes surrounding the Ernst & Young, Forsyth Barr and Price Waterhouse Coopers buildings Includes views taken along the River Avon, a view looking west from the Manchester Street bridge along the river lined with Price Waterhouse Coopers building, a crane and the Edmonds Band Rotunda, a closer view showing the damaged wall lining the section of the Avon River near the Edmonds Band Rotunda, and Charles Luney House at 250 Oxford Terrace reflected in the river Includes exterior view of the Theosophical Society building as it is being prepared for demolition, cracks visible in facade and a 'BFC Group Ltd Contracting' digger in foreground Arrangement: Files were originally delivered to the Library within a folder called 'June 03 - City" Quantity: 30 digital photograph(s).

Date: 6 May 2012

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

Reference: PADL-000748

Description: Photographs showing the effects of the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011, taken 6 May 2012, particularly of Christchurch, CBD, and Waygreen Avenue. Shows plans for new buildings, Dance-O-Mat (Gap Filler project) on the corner of Manchester and St Asaph Streets, remains of the Hotel Grand Chancellor, Novotel Hotel, Rydges Hotel, plaque set into the pavement in High Street (Laid by the Canterbury Pilgrims & Early Settlers Association in celebration of Canterbury's centenary in 1950), remains of the DIA building, damage to Our City O-Tautahi building, Isaac Royal Theatre, views along streets cleared of rubble, Ironside House being repiled, demolition of St Stephen's Anglican Church (Shirley), damage to houses in Waygreen Avenue (shows houses abandoned and demolition sites, next to occupied homes). Arrangement: Files were originally delivered to the Library within a folder called "May 06 - City, CBD, Waygreen" Quantity: 83 digital photograph(s).

Date: 27 December 2011

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

Reference: PADL-001681

Description: Digital photographs and a video file relating to the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011 taken by Ross Becker on 27 December 2011 showing children and mothers playing the painted piano at the Gap Filler project site on Ferry Road. Arrangement: Files were originally delivered to the Library in a folder called "CEQ 19 - Dec 26-31 2011/Dec 27 - Ferry Road piano" Quantity: 3 digital photograph(s). 1 digital video recording(s).

Date: 26 December 2011

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

By: Gap Filler (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: PADL-001675

Description: Photographs relating to the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011 taken by Ross Becker on 26 December 2011 showing a painted piano at 636 Ferry Road site, a Gap Filler "Painted Piano Project"; and sunflowers planted by local school children on a vacant lot. Arrangement: Files were originally delivered to the Library in a folder called "CEQ 19 - Dec 26-31 2011/Dec 26 - Ferry Rd Piano - sunflowers" Quantity: 2 digital photograph(s).

Date: 12 November 2011

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

Reference: PADL-001667

Description: Photographs relating to the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011 taken by Ross Becker on 12 November 2011 showing shipper container shops and people at Re:Start Cashel Mall. Includes images taken on Colombo Street: the interior of Honeypot Cafe, an overbridge, vacant sites, people working on the giant chess set Gap Filler project, and people on laptops at the temporary South City Library in Sydenham Mall. Also includes two panoramic views of Christchurch City skyline taken from Cashmere Hills. Arrangement: Files were originally delivered to the Library in a folder called "CEQ 17 - Nov 11-13 2011/12 Nov - City" Quantity: 34 digital photograph(s).

Date: 14 October 2011

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

Reference: PADL-001661

Description: Photographs relating to the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011 taken by Ross Becker on 14 October 2011 showing scenes taken in the city of building demolition (National Library site in Salisbury Street, BDO building in Victoria Street, the Establishment Apartments), the Knox Church remains, Gap Filler community book exchange and sign "Gap Filler". Images taken at Sumner show the remains of Shag Rock, 14 Kinsey Terrace house hanging over the collapse cliff, and the damaged Our Lady Star of the Sea church. Includes an image of the street art work by Otis Frizzell for New Zealand Police recruitment campaign at 817 Colombo Street featuring Constables Nao Yoshimizu and Spence Kingi hugging and a bunch of flowers with the addition of graffiti reading "you can paint but we can't". Arrangement: Files were originally delivered to the Library in a folder called "CEQ 16 - Oct 13-16 2011/Oct 14 - City - Sumner" Quantity: 34 digital photograph(s).

Date: 3 September 2011

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

Reference: PADL-001646

Description: Photographs relating to the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011 taken by Ross Becker on 3 September 2011 in the Lyttelton and New Brighton areas. Includes three aerial views over the Christchurch City, New Brighton coastline, and Waimakariri River. Images taken in Lyttelton show: damaged buildings, churches, pavements, homes, graffiti, signs, and reopened businesses on Winchester Street, Oxford Street, Norwich Quay, London Street, and Sumner Road. Also includes images of the Loons Theatre set for 'Macbeth" on the site of Volcano Cafe, London Street; Gap Filler art installation and park; and people at the Christchurch City Council "Central City Plan Roadshow". Images taken in Heathcote Valley show: damage near the Lyttelton tunnel, temporary sewage pumping station, and closure signs on Bridle Path Road, portaloos, felled trees, and water tank at Heathcote Valley Road School. Images taken near New Brighton show: traffic, containers, and road damage on Main Road, Mount Pleasant, sand volcanoes in Heathcote Estuary, damage and road cones on Bridge Street and Estuary Road, South Brighton, Scarborough suburb on hillside (seen from New Brighton beach), artwork by Peter Donnelly (Sand Dancer) on New Brighton beach, containers along Main Road, Redcliffs, and houses teetering on cliff edge in Kinsey Terrace, and Shag Rock, Sumner. Arrangement: Files were originally delivered to the Library in a folder called "CEQ 13 - Sept 03-06 2011/Sept 03 - Lyttleton, New Brighton". Quantity: 104 digital photograph(s).