Digital Photograph: Earthquake Damage to Canterbury Hotel and shops. Oxford Street, Lyttelton

Maker
Michael Davies
Production date
15 Jun 2011
 Description
One landscape colour digital photograph taken on 15 June 2011 showing earthquake damage to the former Canterbury Hotel and adjoining row of shops on Oxford Street. This photograph was taken on Oxford Street and shows the collapsed façade of the row of shops behind safety fencing, the interior of the building is exposed.
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Production place
Lyttelton/Christchurch/Canterbury/South Island/New Zealand
Collecting unit
Pictorial
Production role
Photographer
Researcher comments/remarks
The design of many older commercial buildings was to build an imposing and decorative street frontage, with less expensive cladding for the rest of the building. In many instances, this resulted in the collapse of the facade. In many parts of Christchurch there was severe damage caused by unreinforced parapets toppling onto the street below. The advice from New Zealand Civil Defence to 'Drop, Cover and Hold' during an earthquake recognises that the areas immediately surrounding a building can sometimes be more dangerous than remaining in a building during a severe earthquake.
Associated place
Lyttelton/Christchurch/Canterbury/South Island/New Zealand
Associated place notes
Oxford Street
Associated event
Earthquake, 13 June 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
DSCF1033
Accession number
2013.17.86

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