Darlinghurst Nights » laundrette http://darlinghurstnights.com Darlinghurst Nights Sat, 15 Jan 2011 09:08:31 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 A laundry long since forgotten http://darlinghurstnights.com/2009/08/a-laundry-long-since-forgotten/ http://darlinghurstnights.com/2009/08/a-laundry-long-since-forgotten/#comments Thu, 06 Aug 2009 23:43:34 +0000 pl http://darlinghurstnights.com/?p=942 On the corner of Victoria and Surrey Streets, Darlinghurst, sits a one-time laundrette.

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Months ago, we noticed a development application plastered on the wall outside with plans for a new pharmacy.

The DA was approved, according to the City of Sydney Council’s records, on 22 January this year.

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Inside it is still the shell of a laundry.

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Outside it is a partly boarded up wall of graffiti, chicken wire, stickers and posters for upcoming gigs.

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With the cost of the development estimated at $65,000, is the continuing state of disarray a sign of the GFC?

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