On the corner of Victoria and Surrey Streets, Darlinghurst, sits a one-time laundrette.

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.

Inside it is still the shell of a laundry.

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

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

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

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

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