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- A Broken Window in a Broken City
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- A digitally manipulated image of a broken window on Spicer House. The photographer comments, "One of the office blocks in Christchurch City, New Zealand. As the window has not been fixed I am presuming that this building will be slowly demolished at a later date".
- Creator(s)
- Steven Taylor
- Date
- 11:08pm 1st February 2012
- Tags
- red stickered, Fitzgearald Avenue, damaged, broken, letterbox, overgrown, wall
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- The Way
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- An elaborate graffiti tag sprayed on a wall beside a demolition site on Tuam Street. A collection of abandoned objects lie on the site. The photographer comments, "Graffiti spotted in the Christchurch earthquake red zone. What I liked was the odd mixture of bits and bobs around it".
- Creator(s)
- Steven Taylor
- Date
- 10:50pm 1st July 2012
- Tags
- gas cylinder, mattress, flower pot, gravel, graffiti, tag, tagging, street art, Red Zone, demolition, CBD, wall, sign
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- Forgotten Street Art
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- Graffiti on a damaged building on Colombo Street. The photographer comments, "This street art has been unseen by the general Christchurch population as it was off limits in the Red Zone".
- Creator(s)
- Steven Taylor
- Date
- 2:09am 19th July 2011
- Tags
- Red Zone, street art, graffiti, wall, off limits, 22 February 2011, art, quake art
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- The Strangeness of Earthquakes
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- A concrete block wall with a large diagonal crack running through it. The photographer comments, "This wall has fascinated me. It has cracked across in a dead straight diagonal line during one of Christchurch's many earthquakes. How could this have occurred?".
- Creator(s)
- Steven Taylor
- Date
- 3:14am 31st January 2012
- Tags
- St Asaph Street, wall, block, cracked, diagonal, CBD, quake art
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- Titanic 3D
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- The roof of this collapsed building on Atlas Lane has fallen almost intact on top of the rubble. The photographer comments, "Whenever I go past this place it reminds me of a sinking ship".
- Creator(s)
- Steven Taylor
- Date
- 12:08am 8th April 2012
- Tags
- 22 February 2011, damaged, broken, CBD, collapsed, wall, roof, chimney, metal, iron, fence, quake art
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- I'll Kiss It Better
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- Digitally manipulated image of graffiti on a brick building on St Asaph Street. The graffiti depicts a sticking plaster over a broken section of the wall, with the words "I'll kiss it better". The photographer comments, "After the 22 February 2011 earthquake in Christchurch band aid plasters starting to appear in different parts of the city on damaged buildings. A year later most can still be seen. This one was once a whole plaster, but it has slowly broken up where it crossed the gap. The red bricks seen to symbolise the terrible wounds caused to the City and it's people".
- Creator(s)
- Steven Taylor
- Date
- 12:17am 24th June 2012
- Tags
- brick, CBD, damage, destruction, wall, plants, flowers, crack, cover, mend, graffiti
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- Willburn Furniture and Restoration Needs Restoring
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- A digitally manipulated image of furniture and machinery. The photographer comments, "This furniture restoration company got caught in the middle of the Christchurch earthquake and lost a whole wall. After constant exposure to the elements everything now needs a bit of restoration. They are now working in a different part of Christchurch, but their past can still be seen".
- Creator(s)
- Steven Taylor
- Date
- 3:29am 29th June 2012
- Tags
- repair, broken, table, chair, machine, lamp, damage, wall, collapsed, wiring, antique, wooden, CBD, 22 February 2011, Lichfield Street
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- Open Plan Living and Good Indoor/Outdoor Flow
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- A brick wall has fallen from this house, exposing the rooms within and leaving a pile of rubble in front. The ceiling has slumped and is held up with jacks. The photographer comments, "This was probably the result of the shallower February Christchurch earthquake rather than the bigger September one".
- Creator(s)
- Steven Taylor
- Date
- 8:24am 13th September 2011
- Tags
- 4 September 2010, 22 February 2011, 13 June 2011, CBD, damage, brick, wall, quake art
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- Down and Out
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- A digitally manipulated photograph of a letterbox lying on the ground in front of a red-stickered house. The photographer comments, "An abandoned red stickered house just outside the four avenues that surround Christchurch CBD. The letterbox came down when the wall it was attached to collapsed. The occupants would have had strict instructions to stay out as the property is too dangerous to enter in case there is another earthquake or big aftershock".
- Creator(s)
- Steven Taylor
- Date
- 1:26am 1st February 2012
- Tags
- red stickered, Fitzgearald Avenue, damaged, broken, letterbox, overgrown, wall
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- The Face of a Quake
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- A damaged brick building on Tuam Street. Bricks have fallen from the wall exposing the interior, where a wooden structure can be seen to have collapsed. The photographer comments, "This is the damage caused by the numerous earthquakes in Christchurch, New Zealand. It closely resembles a face and the round blob in the square hole at the top of the nose is a pigeon".
- Creator(s)
- Steven Taylor
- Date
- 12:09am 24th June 2012
- Tags
- pigeon, bird, CBD, Tuam Street, 22 February 2011, crumbled, collapsed, brick, wall, windows, wooden, metal, beam, rafters, broken, damage, moss, mould, leaking
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- LYTTELTON
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- A digitally manipulated image of the word 'Lyttelton' made out of damaged bricks. The photographer comments, "This shows the courage and humour of the earthquake wrecked port of Lyttelton. There is lots of little things that make you smile that the locals and volunteers from around the area have created".
- Creator(s)
- Steven Taylor
- Date
- 10:51am 11th November 2012
- Tags
- Lyttelton, port, Banks Peninsula, wrecked, damaged, broken, sign, brick, corner, wall, floor, corrugated, iron, plants, pot
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- He's Not Heavy, He's My Brother
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- A large concrete beam, still partially connected by reinforcing rods to the partially-demolished building it came from lies across an entranceway.
- Creator(s)
- Steven Taylor
- Date
- 6:00am 9th December 2011
- Tags
- CBD, 22 February 2011, wall, crack, broken, support, heavy, lintel, damage, Antigua Street, bent, supports
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- Living in an Earthquake Zone Can Be Unreal
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- A photograph of a damaged house has been reflected in the lower part of the image and digitally manipulated.
- Creator(s)
- Steven Taylor
- Date
- 1:54am 31st January 2012
- Tags
- 4 September 2010, 22 February 2011, 13 June 2011, CBD, damage, brick wall, bricks, curtains, collapsed, damaged, broken, wall, quake art, art
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- The Nervous Pigeon
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- A pigeon perches in the beams of a damaged building. The photographer comments, "The building next door was demolished after the Christchurch earthquake, which exposed the side of this building with it's very old corrugated iron walls. Some of the sheeting was damaged and exposed parts of the interior. The pigeon was sitting on a bit of wood with the beam above it had a very serious crack. I think you would be nervous as well".
- Creator(s)
- Steven Taylor
- Date
- 10:18am 28th June 2012
- Tags
- pigeon, bird, corrugated iron, metal, building, demolition, damaged, wall, rafter, wood, cracked, split
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- Plastic Surgery
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- The top of the water slides in the QEII swimming pool, exposed by its demolition. The slides themselves have been broken off, leaving only the entry points. The photographer comments, "After assessment of the damage caused by the numerous earthquakes in Christchurch, New Zealand they decided to demolish the QEII stadium and it's swimming pool".
- Creator(s)
- Steven Taylor
- Date
- 7:48am 21st October 2012
- Tags
- plastic, pool, swimming baths, water, slide, tunnel, QEII, stadium, demolished, damage, broken, wall, frame, framing, pipes, Parklands, timber
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- What Happens When You Have a Saggy Bottom
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- A fence along the side of the Avon River near the Retour Restaurant has broken and is leaning towards the river. The photographer comments, "After the Christchurch earthquakes the land moved towards the river Avon and in a lot of places buildings and walls sagged down in the direction of the waterway".
- Creator(s)
- Steven Taylor
- Date
- 10:39pm 23rd June 2012
- Tags
- 22 February 2011, Avon River, waterway, slump, sag, liquefaction, lateral spread, leaning, wall
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- Back of the Princess Cinema
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- Detail of damage to the former Princess Cinema in New Brighton. Bricks have fallen from the wall, exposing the interior. The photographer comments, "This is the side view of the back of the old Princess Cinema in New Brighton after the earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand on 22 February. The bricks seem to be just about to fall, but stayed in place after several big aftershocks. This building has now been knocked down as it was so dangerous".
- Creator(s)
- Steven Taylor
- Date
- 2:34am 24th February 2011
- Tags
- 22 February 2011, New Brighton, Beresford Street, Princess Cinema, Bargain House, bricks, brick, collapse, collapsing, collapsed, wall, broken, shaken, crack, Oram Avenue
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- Polson's Paint Wall Sign
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- An old advertising sign exposed by the demolition of an adjoining building. The photographer comments, "'Protect your investment. Paint your property regularly - and save money. Polson's decorators and sign writers.' The building that was adjacent to this one was demolished after the Christchurch earthquake and revealed this fabulous old wall sign.
- Creator(s)
- Steven Taylor
- Date
- 10:07pm 1st July 2012
- Tags
- Polson's, sign, advertisement, CBD, Red Zone, barrier, containers, corrugated iron, wall, barricade
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- That Sinking Feeling
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- Liquefaction in a residential property in North New Brighton. The fence has subsided into the silt, and a temporary water line runs along the street in front. The photographer comments, "Because this is in the Christchurch red zone the people living here, if they have lost one of the normal essentials such as sewage they will not get it repaired. It is get out or live in third world conditions. The blue line is the temporary water pipe, which will be removed when the area is depopulated".
- Creator(s)
- Steven Taylor
- Date
- 1:15am 2nd April 2012
- Tags
- 22 February 2011, North New Brighton, sinking, wall, liquefaction, water, pipe, supply, Wattle Drive
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- Does Autumn Colours Help Disguise the Damage?
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- A digitally manipulated image of a damaged fence. Concrete blocks have fallen from the wall leaving a large gap, through which autumn leaves are visible.
- Creator(s)
- Steven Taylor
- Date
- 2:05am 16th May 2012
- Tags
- autumn, wall, broken, 22 February 2011, damaged, blocks, bushes, tag, tagging, graffiti, art