I walked past this hotel so many times before I realised what made it so inviting.

Okay, so it’s kind of obvious when I take a photo and lead the post with it.

The Marriott hotel on College Street, Darlinghurst – across the road from Hyde Park – has a green wall (or garden panel, as the manufacturer calls it). It’s a garden of pre-grown plants, trained for vertical growing, and watered and fed by an automated drip system, and it all grows in a lightweight biodegradable foam (instead of soil).

It’s not cheap for the modules and drip system – an Age article last year quoted it at $1800 per metre.

Not cheap. And still reasonably token. But still far more striking and inviting than your typical hotel lobby.

We spotted this lego man on Francis Street, Darlinghurst, up near Hyde Park.

I went looking for him, tipped off by one of our readers, emac.

Have you seen the super cute little lego man on Francis St? Up the top near College. On the concrete ventilation thing out front of the Lumina apartment block.

Despite the clues I had to walk by several times before catching a glimpse.

OK. There it is. But what’s he about – a by-product of extra lego, tribute to a friend, nostalgic street art?

This picture was taken from the fourth floor of the new wing at the Australian Museum, which we visited last weekend.

And this one is from the top of William Street two Sundays ago, just before a massive storm broke.