QuakeStories Photographs
Photographs contributed to the QuakeStories website.
Last updated
9:57am 5th February 2021
Type
Collection
Identifier
qsr-collection:22228
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- QuakeStory Photo 319
- A photograph submitted by Raymond Morris to the QuakeStories website. The description reads, "The New Zealand Express Co. Ltd. building (Manchester Courts) built in 1906 on the corner of Manchester and Hereford Sts. In its time it was Christchurch’s tallest office building. This painting is from the Raymond Morris Collection of earthquake demolished buildings.".
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- QuakeStory Photo 320
- A photograph submitted by Raymond Morris to the QuakeStories website. The description reads, "Oxford Terrace Baptist Church, corner Oxford Terrace and Madras St. 1881-2011".
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- QuakeStory Photo 321
- A photograph submitted by Raymond Morris to the QuakeStories website. The description reads, "Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, Barbadoes Street. The Cathedral was opened in 1905, the architect was Frank Petrie, and was designed in the Italian renaissance style as a basilica. It is not certain yet whether it will be reconstructed after the 2011 earthquakes.".
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- QuakeStory Photo 322
- A photograph submitted by Raymond Morris to the QuakeStories website. The description reads, "The Provincial Hotel, corner Barbadoes and Cashel streets is one the buildings now missing after the 2011 earthquakes, paintings of others can be found on the artist Raymond Morris’s flickr site (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rayso180/sets/72157626939956494/)".
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- QuakeStory Photo 323
- A photograph submitted by Bettina Evans to the QuakeStories website. The description reads, "Free hugs at Lyttelton arts and crafts market, handed out by American student volunteers a few weeks after the February earthquake.".
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- QuakeStory Photo 325
- A photograph submitted by Bettina Evans to the QuakeStories website. The description reads, "A memorial blanket in creation, depicting some of the buildings lost in the earthquake in Lyttelton. Dozens of people are helping with the sewing – this is a follow on from the heart stitching which happened spontaneously in Lyttelton on London street after the February earthquake.".
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- QuakeStory Photo 326
- A photograph submitted by Gaynor James to the QuakeStories website. The description reads, "Clifton Terrace taken 23 July 2011.".
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- QuakeStory Photo 327
- A photograph submitted by Gaynor James to the QuakeStories website. The description reads, "DTZ building going, 20 July 2011. A small crowd watches the demolition …There is an eerie silence- no excited buzz – people watching yet another part of their history turning into rubble. The wrecking ball, delicately positioned, drops and is followed by the cracking and rending of floor after floor and the debris tumbles down … It starts to clear and an extraordinary sight greets us. Hundreds and hundreds of sheets of paper drift down like giant confetti.".
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- QuakeStory Photo 328
- A photograph submitted by Gaynor James to the QuakeStories website. The description reads, "Kiwi humour never far away. Photo taken 21 July 2011".
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- QuakeStory Photo 329
- A photograph submitted by Bettina Evans to the QuakeStories website. The description reads, "Church in Lyttelton after 22-2-11 EQ".
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- QuakeStory Photo 330
- A photograph submitted by Bettina Evans to the QuakeStories website. The description reads, "Anglican Church ‘Trinity’, Winchester Street, Lyttelton, collapsed finally after June 23rd EQ".
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- QuakeStory Photo 331
- A photograph submitted by Bettina Evans to the QuakeStories website. The description reads, "Demolition of old Fire Station/Library in Lyttelton, corner London Street/Oxford Street".