Bonnington House (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Date: 23 June 2012

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

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).

Date: 22 June 2012

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

Reference: PADL-000773

Description: Further photographs showing the effects of the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011 taken on 22 June 2012 by BeckerFraserPhotos, particularly of buildings and demolition work within the Christchurch central business district (CBD) red zone cordon. Includes views taken on Colombo Street showing remains of the Triangle Centre, the BNZ building, Millennium Hotel, Mid City Centre (663 Colombo street), Copthorne Central Hotel, BNZ building, Price Waterhouse Coopers, Forsyth Barr, New Zealand army soldier at red zone cordon checkpoint hut Includes views taken at intersection of Colombo and Kilmore streets showing road signs, orange road cones and digger near a cordon checkpoint, small park, Christchurch Town Hall Includes views taken in Cathedral Square showing the Citizens War Memorial, Clarendon Tower, Christchurch Cathedral supported by steel structure during deconstruction of bell tower, rubble and salvaged stone from the Cathedral, Grant Thornton House, Government Life Insurance building (before its 'dirty demolition' due to presence of asbestos), the Chalice, ANZ Bank building, Novotel Hotel, crane and demolition crew near buildings along Worchester Boulevard (Clarendon Tower, Rydges Hotel, Grant Thornton House), rubble being piled up to be platform for 'nibbler' excavator before demolition of Grant Thornton House, site of demolished Regent Theatre, old Christchurch Central Post Office, new Telecom House (partial view), digger demolishing building Includes views taken on Cambridge Terrace of the Scottish Pioneer Tribute plaque, Edmonds Band Rotonda and Poplar Crescent building steps Includes views taken on Hereford street showing Torrens House, partially demolished Gough House, and view taken on Cathedral Square looking at rear of old Post Office Telephone Exchange building at 95 Hereford Street Includes views taken on Cashel Street showing digger on demolition site of Triangle Centre at intersection of High, Colombo and Cashel streets near Trinity Centre, Westpac Tower, tram tracks past Hotel All Seasons, The Crossing and Westpac Tower, the rubble of the demolished Hotel Grand Chancellor, the rear of Te Waipounamu House, diggers at work, Southern Star building (former DIC and Cashfields building), digger 'Goliath' and a damaged Westpac Bank ATM (cash machine) Includes views taken on Lichfield street showing Frontrunner shop, the Bus Exchange, rear of Christchurch City Council Civic Offices at 163-173 Tuam street (former Millers Department store) Includes views taken on High Street showing Bonnington House, Work and Income building, Holiday Inn, Westpac Tower Includes views taken on intersection of Cashel and Manchester streets showing two demolition crew on Manchester street, Shooters bar, sites of demolished buildings, diggers and trucks, 'Twinkle Toes' digger, Boogie Nights nightclub in the Money Club building, Sullivans bar, Kensington House, Bourbon Street bar, Dick Smith shop, Includes views taken on Armagh street showing National Bank Victoria Square branch in Isaac House, Price Waterhouse Coopers, Forsyth Barr building, Victoria Square Apartments, Craigs Investment Partners House, Farmers car park building and the rear of New Zealand Post building (147 Armagh) Includes views taken at Victoria Square showing statue of Queen Victoria below Forsyth Barr building, statue of Captain James Cook Includes views taken beside the Avon River showing the rear view of Christchurch Town Hall, reflections of BNZ and Price Waterhouse Coopers buildings, and the Copthorne Central Hotel, Includes views taken on Kilmore street showing Scenic Suites Christchurch, huge pile of demolition rubble on site of demolished Crowne Plaza Hotel, Ernst & Young building, Price Waterhouse Coopers, Forsyth Barr and Copthorne Central Hotel, site of demolished Pyne Gould Corporation (PGC), BNZ, Edmonds Band Rotonda, across site of demolished Convention Centre to Central Library Peterborough, truck carrying worker parking near rubble pile, cranes on skyline of Farmers car park and Victoria apartments prior to demolition Includes view taken on High Street showing Westpac Tower being demolished with partially demolished Hallensteins building and Coffee Culture cafe nearby, floor slab on winch (cut and crane demolition method), Includes view of lights shining under the woodwork celing of Knox Church in Bealey Avenue Arrangement: Files were originally delivered to the Library within a folder called 'June 22 - CBD red zone' Quantity: 93 digital photograph(s).

Date: 9 June 2012

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

Reference: PADL-000771

Description: Photographs showing the effects of the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011 taken on 9 June 2012 by BeckerFraserPhotos, particularly street views of prominent buildings in Christchurch central city (CBD). Includes views taken on Hereford Street showing site of demolished Kenton Chambers on corner of Hereford and Liverpool streets, site of demolished Manchester Courts (known as MLC building) 158-160 Manchester street, 167 Hereford street (housed Mancinis Coffee), gravel in front of Gough House which has large steel cross brace on exterior facade, view looking west along Hereford street past Vero House and others, the old Post Office Telephone Exchange (95 Hereford street) Includes views taken on Cashel street showing 152-166 buildings, Holiday Inn, Kathmandu, Silvermoon, Southern Star House (housed Unlimited Paenga Tawhiti school), Westpac Tower, The Crossing on south east corner of Cashel and Colombo streets (formerly Beaths Department Store) which housed Discovery1 School Includes views taken on Lichfield street showing MSC House, the former Wellington Woollen Manufacturing Company building at 96 Lichfield street (housed Minx Dining Room), the site of the demolished Strange building at north west corner of Lichfield and High Streets with nearby Bonnington House covered with scaffolding during repair process, Westpac Tower and Holiday Inn behind, portaloo at site of demolished Ruben Blades Hair Academy (former Ridley's building 116 Lichfield street) at south west corner of Lichfield and Manchester streets, looking across demolished site at propped up facades of McKenzie & Willis building, New Excelsio Backpackers (formerly Excelsio Hotel) and 201-203 High Street (housed Victoria Black), demolished site of Bismark House and Mayfair building at 138-14B Lichfield street near Polar Street and Poplar Lane (formerly housed Twisted Hop Real Ale Brewpub and Goodbye Blue Monday bar), army soldier in hut at red zone cordon entry point at 141 Lichfield street with IRD building and Bedford Row behind Includes views taken on Cashel Street, showing "Twinkle Toes' nibbler excavator parked outside iStay Oak Apartments, looking across carpark puddle to site of CTV building 207-213 Cashel Street, Holiday Inn under demolition (Westpac Tower behind) Includes views taken on Bedford Row showing 128 Manchester street building, IRD building Includes views taken on Tuam Street and the corner of Tuam and High Streets, showing a site of demolished buildings that crosses three lots of land, the demolished sites on Poplar Lane (Poplar Street), steel supports on facade of McKenzie & Willis building 185 High Street, 209 Tuam street building (former High Street Post Office) which houses Alice in Videoland and C1 Coffee with CF Cotter & Co behind, Billens building 167-175 High Street (formerly England Brothers House), Odeon Theatre, Lawrie and Wilson Auctioneers building at 210 Tuam street (also housed Christchurch City Council Parking Unit and Pink Pussy Cat), Cinnamon Cafe at 194 Tuam street, and a view over the old bus station at cranes silhouetted against a cloudy sky Includes views taken on High Street showing cleared site of Poplar Lane after demolition, CF Cotter & Co building, 158-170, facade of Victoria Black at 199, demolition site of 110-116 Lichfield street, scaffolding on Bonnington House (Red Cross) 207 while under repair, Work and Income at 231, Westpac Tower on corner of High and Cashel streets while under deconstruction Includes views taken on Manchester street showing foundations for EPIC technology centre (Enterprise Precinct and Innovation Campus), Real Groovy music shop at 125 Manchester street, a wall of shipping containers holding up facade of New Excelsio Backpackers, the kinetic sculpture 'Nucleus' by Phil Price at corner of Manchester and High Streets in front of Bonnington House, Majestic House 122-126 (known as Majestic Theatre or Church), crane and demolition work on Westpac Tower on Cashel street. Arrangement: Files were originally delivered to the Library within a folder called 'June 09 - CBD - Street by Street (sample)' Quantity: 48 digital photograph(s).