Changes to the terraces along Victoria Street in Darlinghurst have shocked locals.

In March, we blogged about the hospital’s moves.

This week, all over Darlinghurst, stickers appeared saying, “STOP ST VINCENT’S HOSPITAL DESTROYING DARLO!!!”

The changes are shocking. So OK, not like electric shock. But walking the streets – one of the greatest things to do in this neighbourhood – it’s changing very quickly. The sight is an unpleasant surprise, and some locals have reacted.

The stickers are outside the Green Park Hotel on Victoria and Liverpool streets, and on walls and telegraph poles right around the neighbourhood. St Vincent’s Hospital has long owned the stretch of terraces, but the rapid expansion is really changing the local skyline, and more importantly, the street level urban fabric.

The work has well and truly begun, though, so I wonder if there is anything to be gained from this street activism?

Spotted on McLachlan Ave, Rushcutter’s Bay, underneath the railway line is this addition.

Someone, crack the code!

UPDATE (28/8/09):

This one on the left is fading, it’s on Liverpool Street between Womerah Avenue and Victoria Street in Darlinghurst – just across from the Green Park Hotel. The one on the right is newer, it’s on Liverpool Street, near Darlinghurst Road (thanks, Blake).

So now we have:

A is for “azimuth”
C is for “cephlapod”
E is for “entropy”
K is for “kibosh”
M is for “modulate”
N is for “nebulous”
T is for “thought bubble”
Y is for “yesterday”
Z is for “zipper”

Riddle or just randomly chalked letter clarifications?

Walking past the Green Park Hotel this morning, I caught sight of a familiar couple.

Keep your eyes peeled.

They get around those two.