Theosophical Society (Christchurch, N.Z.)

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).