Pacific Tower (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Date: 23 Mar 2012

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

Reference: PADL-000711

Description: Photographs of Christchurch CBD Red Zone showing the effects of the 2010 and 2011 Canterbury earthquakes and the recovery effort, taken 23 March 2012. Includes photographs of demolition sites (Shands [Shades] Arcade, Brannigans building, Hotel Grand Chancellor, BNZ building), damage to the Christchurch Cathedral (in particular the Rose window), views from Victoria Square, salvaged stone and windows from 205 Manchester Street building, buildings with large steel strut braces across the front, cleared sites, intersections, interior view of the Christchurch City Library with books on the floor. Arrangement: Files were originally delivered to the Library within a folder called "Mar 23 - CBD red zone" Quantity: 131 digital photograph(s).

Date: 3 Apr 2012

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

Reference: PADL-000736

Description: Photographs showing the effects of the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011, taken 3 April 2012, particularly of Christchurch CBD (Central Business District). Shows a memorial to those who died in the PGC (Pyne Gould Corporation) building, demolition of the Convention Centre, rubble from demolition sites, damage to Edmonds Band Rotunda, PriceWaterhouseCoopers building, a building in Cambridge Terrace with a green sticker (no demolition), road works on Kilmore Street, MedLab building, Ward Demolition Ltd wrecking equipment and vehicles, the removed ebridge between the Convention Centre and the Town Hall, Crowne Plaza hotel demolition, Colombo Street Bridge, Forsyth Barr building and Copthorne Hotel, Assembly point sign for the Forsyth Barr Tower at Victoria Square, Queen Victoria statue and Maori carved pole in Victoria Square, to the Christchurch Cathedral (protective material laid in front), Clarendon Tower, DIA (Dept of Internal Affairs), BNZ, Westpac buildings under demolition, Calendar Girls open for business, 205 Manchester Street, crack repairs to the Rendezvous Hotel, workers assembling a crane, McKenzie & Willis building damage and remedial strengthening work, sign notifying the special significance of specific sites, demolition in Madras Street, intersection street views of Colombo Street, Gloucester Street, Kilmore Street, Millennium Hotel, demolition on High Street, new Westend building, and site of St John's Church in Madras Street. Arrangement: Files were originally delivered to the Library within a folder called "April 03 - CBD" Quantity: 135 digital photograph(s).

Date: 6 Mar 2012

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

Reference: PADL-000705

Description: Photographs of Christchurch City showing the effects of the 2010 and 2011 Canterbury earthquakes and the recovery effort, taken 6 March 2012. Shows images of demolition crews, inspectors, sewerage tankers, trucks (one fittingly called 'Red Zone'), cranes, aftershock damage, remedial work (bracings) on buildings, construction workers, mannequins (running joke after earthquake), protection of historic trees, scaffolding, old truck tyres made into impact barriers, and intersection views. Also shows detailed damage to the Christchurch Cathedral (particularly the rose window and bell tower) and the demolition of the Grand Chancellor Hotel. Arrangement: Files were originally delivered to the Library within a folder called "Mar 06 - CBD Red Zone" Quantity: 135 digital photograph(s).

Date: 3 May 2012

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

Reference: PADL-000745

Description: Photographs showing the effects of the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011, taken 3 May 2012, particularly aerial views of Christchurch and Lyttelton. Shows views of schools, parks, Westfield Riccarton (Riccarton Mall), suburbs, rock falls, cliff collapses, demolition and damage to buildings, and the changing landscape of the city following demolition. Arrangement: Files were originally delivered to the Library within a folder called "May 03 - flying Ross" Quantity: 113 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: 4 June 2012

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

Reference: PADL-000764

Description: Photographs showing the effects of the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011 taken on 4 June 2012 by BeckerFraserPhotos, particularly of central Christchurch city and the suburbs of Bexley, Ferrymead and Mount Pleasant. Includes views taken on vacant earthquake damaged houses in Seabreeze Close, Bexley, showing grass growing in roof gutter of number 30 house, visible cracks in entrance to brick home which is surrounded by overgrown garden and damaged concrete driveway, portaloo and 'Still here' graffiti on number 4 house, dried mud and overgrown garden at houses numbers eight, 26, 30, 32, 33 and 20, looking down fenced lane between homes (including number 14 Seabreeze Close) at puddles and silt, broken fence and rubble in a front garden, wide view of damaged houses, overgrown gardens and grass verge on street, a view looking down nearby Waireka Lane, interior views of 2 Waireka Lane house showing overtuned furniture, liquefaction or water damage and rumpled carpet showing floor movement Includes views taken on Victoria Street showing cityscape of Price Waterhouse Coopers, Pacific Tower and Forsyth Barr buildings and Rendezvous Hotel, roof of damaged Knox Church viewed from Victoria Street with 'Victoria Ski Sport' and 'Vic's' at 130 and 132 Victoria Street in foreground, the Diamond Jubliee clock tower (also known as Victoria Street clock tower) showing bent spire, cityscape with crane between Price Waterhouse Coopers, Forsyth Barr and Christchurch Casino buildings, looking down Victoria Street at digger on rubble from demolished Crowne Plaza Hotel with Pacific Tower and Forsyth Barr buildings in background, Knox Church behind vacant lot at 134-138 Victoria Street (formerly site of BDO and Lumley House), black polythene plastic covering damaged 165 Victoria Street (Procope Coffee House) next to vacant lot (formerly site of Fidelity House 167 Victoria Street), newly built Carlton Butchery building at 179-181 Victoria street Includes view of digger moving rubble of Water's Edge Apartments beside Avon-Heathcote estuary on Ferry Road, Ferrymead, in final stages of demolition Includes views taken on Salisbury Street showing Ironside House under restoration, construction site of Briscoes Building being rebuilt Includes view of boarded up house surrounded by rubble in Cannon Hill Crescent, Mount Pleasant No image within folder is attributed to Sumner suburb Arrangement: Files were originally delivered to the Library within a folder called 'June 04 - Bexley City Sumner' Quantity: 28 digital photograph(s).

Date: 5 September 2011

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

Reference: PADL-001648

Description: Photographs and video footage relating to the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011 taken by Ross Becker on 5 September 2011 in the Red Zone central business district of Christchurch City. Images show wide views taken at intersections and on pavements of earthquake damaged buildings and demolition work. Named streets are: Armagh, Colombo, Durham, New Regent Street, Manchester, Madras, Chester, Gloucester, Hereford, Liverpool, Lichfield, Tuam; and also Cathedral Junction, Cathedral Square, and Cashel Mall. Identified buildings are: Forsyth Barr, Pacific Tower (Marque Hotel), PricewaterhouseCoopers, Copthorne Hotel, District Court, AMI, Isaac Theatre Royal, Novotel Hotel, Heritage Hotel, Hotel Grand Chancellor, Regent Theatre, ANZ Bank, Millennium Hotel, and Warner's Hotel. Images of particular scenes show: a demolition worker posing next to a concrete mulcher, shoes next to a bin, gas bottles, Kenton Chambers foundation stone, recovered computer monitor and fire equipment, workers repairing a footpath, and a comic note on an ATM. Includes two video clips showing excavator with concrete mulcher (nibbler) tearing down brick buildings. Arrangement: Files were originally delivered to the Library in a folder called "CEQ 13 - Sept 03-06 2011/Sept 05 CBD Red Zone" Quantity: 142 digital photograph(s). 2 digital video recording(s).