Actually we don’t hear the sounds of the police in this neighbourhood as much as you might think.

This graffiti on the corner of Kells Lane and Langley Street, Darlinghurst, seems like a way to claw that back. Yes, the police visit our neighbourhood. See, look at this permanent bit of police tape, the paint on the kerb seems to say.

This painting appeared on the corner of Langley Street and Kells Lane, just behind Oxford Street, Darlinghurst, a while ago. It’s very… old school tattoo.

I couldn’t place the name at first – Mr Perso’s – but then I hit the web and remembered. Mr Perso & Detch was the ‘legal graffiti company’ behind a spate of Green Day pieces on walls around the city last year. Can’t say I’m feeling the concept.

I rode past this ribbon on the corner of Palmer and Liverpool Streets, Darlinghurst.

It reminded me of this stoop we passed on Crown Street, on the left.

The one on the right is on Langley Street. And there’s another around the corner on Kells Lane.

Someone’s gift-wrapping our neighbourhood, and we want to know why.

An odd memorial appeared on Kells Lane, Darlinghurst, two months ago. It was a pink upside-down triangle, attributed to The Invisible Man, that said ‘Remembering “Lani”‘ in big letters.

Another Invisible Man plaque appeared this week on Taggarts Lane, Surry Hills, near the Hope Street Mission.

This time, the words are inscribed on a red inverted triangle.

Crispin “Kit” Dye Xmas Eve 1993 Unsolved Plaque by The Invisible Man ’09

In the comments for the Kells Lane memorial, Phil said there are a couple of similar plaques on Gibbons Street in the Alexandria/Redfern area.

They’re near Redfern station and are references to the gay-hate murders of Bill Allen and Richard Johnson in the late 80s in the vicinity of Alexandria Park.

They say:
William Allen 50 Unsolved 29-12-88 Invisible Man ‘09
Richard N. Johnson 33 15/1/90 Invisible Man Plaque ‘09

Both are written on inverted pink triangles with black lettering.

It’s a mystery. Is it memorial, advocacy, awareness raising, art?

We saw this odd street art on Kells Lane, Darlinghurst, today.

An off-kilter unicorn and a snorting android, paint peeling, with stars sparkling.

But tacked on top of the unicorn’s rump is this message.

Remembering “Lani”
Please boycott
Tim Tams
African slavery
Art by Invisible Man

Is it a reference to Lani Guinier (Clinton’s aborted nominee for Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights in April 1993)? Or something else, and who is Invisible Man?