A reader sent this message today:
'Had a bit of a cruise through the Cross last night and I gotta say the red banners on Darlinghurst Road are very frumpy -- like some old nighties that have blown off someone's line. They have nowhere near the Stalinesque grandeur of their downtown counterparts on the Queen size poles. Which would've been a lot worse.
Also thought the paving and street upgrade is pretty unexciting considering the disruption it's caused -- and the new uniform signage on Macleay St is just plain scarey.
Still no sign of the Llankelly lights -- must be bringing the replacement parts in from overseas by camel. '
You have to admit the wide footpaths are refreshing, though -- ed.
4 comments:
I agree the smartpole banners aren't a success on Darlinghurst Road - they are very out of scale with the streetscape and do nothing to promote any sense of "village". Perhaps Council should have guidelines for where and how smartpole banners should be used, say for instance only on streets 4-6 lanes wide and not on narrow suburban streets. They work well enough defining avenues but Darlinghurst Road is anything but.
Of course the original blueprint had the bigger poles and banners you see in the city and on William St slated for the Cross. The whole idea was to eliminate anything uniquely Kings Cross because difference is, you know, intolerable to the smug middle class whose way of life is the only one that's valid. It was only after fierce community protest that Lucy Turnbull's council gave us the smaller, less inappropriate version.
She hasn't learned a thing, though -- her mate Sally Loane interviewed her this morning about the coming Redfern debacle and she kept saying something 'drastic' was needed for Redfern. This is Liberalspeak for lots more over-development because, you see, there is NOTHING worthwhile in the existing communities and smashing them asunder will cure the heroin problem. Yeah, right.
The Libs supported the Redfern Bill in the hope that, should Carr get voted out, they will get a share of the the kickbacks from their developer and financier mates. Call me cynical if you like, but if you want to know what's going on, just follow the money trail.
Of course the original blueprint had the bigger poles and banners you see in the city and on William St slated for the Cross. The whole idea was to eliminate anything uniquely Kings Cross because difference is, you know, intolerable to the smug middle class whose way of life is the only one that's valid. It was only after fierce community protest that Lucy Turnbull's council gave us the smaller, less inappropriate version.
She hasn't learned a thing, though -- her mate Sally Loane interviewed her this morning about the coming Redfern debacle and she kept saying something 'drastic' was needed for Redfern. This is Liberalspeak for lots more over-development because, you see, there is NOTHING worthwhile in the existing communities and smashing them asunder will cure the heroin problem. Yeah, right.
The Libs supported the Redfern Bill in the hope that, should Carr get voted out, they will get a share of the the kickbacks from their developer and financier mates. Call me cynical if you like, but if you want to know what's going on, just follow the money trail.
Of course the original blueprint had the bigger poles and banners you see in the city and on William St slated for the Cross. The whole idea was to eliminate anything uniquely Kings Cross because difference is, you know, intolerable to the smug middle class whose way of life is the only one that's valid. It was only after fierce community protest that Lucy Turnbull's council gave us the smaller, less inappropriate version.
She hasn't learned a thing, though -- her mate Sally Loane interviewed her this morning about the coming Redfern debacle and she kept saying something 'drastic' was needed for Redfern. This is Liberalspeak for lots more over-development because, you see, there is NOTHING worthwhile in the existing communities and smashing them asunder will cure the heroin problem. Yeah, right.
The Libs supported the Redfern Bill in the hope that, should Carr get voted out, they will get a share of the the kickbacks from their developer and financier mates. Call me cynical if you like, but if you want to know what's going on, just follow the money trail.
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