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What are the white signs on the Altair building?

Walking past the Altair building on Kings Cross Road, we always wonder what all the white signs on the balconies are there for.

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Have they been put there by Lifeline, urging the inhabitants not to jump?

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Or are they just multiple reminders asking residents not to hang laundry on the balconies?

By pl. June 23, 2009

Tags: Altair, apartment, balcony, Kings Cross, Kings Cross Road, laundry, Lifeline

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