Digital Photograph: Earthquake damage in Oxford Street, Lyttelton

Maker
Michael Davies
Production date
25 February 2011
 Description
One landscape colour digital photograph taken on 25 February 2011 showing earthquake damage on western side of Oxford Street, Lyttelton Taken from the footpath looking downhill from Lyttelton Main School. The buildings visible (from the foreground) are: London Street Restaurant; Bells Pharmacy; Maritime House (McKay - ISS Limited, Shipping Agents); Offices of Maritime Union of New Zealand, Lyttelton Local Branch 43; The Lyttelton Lounge; block of shops (Norton's Building) including The Opportunity Shop, God Save the Queen, a souvenir shop and an antique shop; "Tin Palace"; Magma Gallery (formerly the Canterbury Hotel); The Old Post Office. Visible in the background is the damage to the light house on the Eastern Mole.
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Maker
Production place
Lyttelton/Christchurch/Canterbury/South Island/New Zealand
Collecting unit
Pictorial
Production role
Photographer
Researcher comments/remarks
Of the ten buildings visible in this photograph of Oxford Street only two remained standing in September 2013. Some, like the former Norton's Building (with the collapsed frontage), were demolished within days. Others remained standing until 2013 as decisions about their future were not made until engineering and insurance assessments could be carried out to determine if it was economically viable to repair them.
Associated place
Lyttelton/Christchurch/Canterbury/South Island/New Zealand
Associated place notes
Oxford Street
Associated event
Earthquake, 22 February 2011 Christchurch, New Zealand
Associated event notes
Damage caused
Associated period
2011/2010s
Current rights
Creative Commons - CC BY-NC
Current rights code
Creative Commons - CC BY-NC
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Other id
DSC03535
Accession number
2013.17.11

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