Archive for the ‘Oxford Street’ tag
The Pop Shop is back
A couple of years back, the Pop Shop, on Oxford Street, shut its doors.
I noticed the familiar faces of owners Angelo and Robert in Blueprint, on Macleay Street, earlier this year.
And then today, walking down Crown Street, between Campbell and Albion Streets, I noticed this:
They’re back!
Three Saints on Oxford Street
A strip of Oxford Street in Darlinghurst – on the way up to Paddington – renamed itself ‘Three Saints’ recently.
It actually happened in the second half of 2008. Businesses on the Oxford Street, South Dowling Street, Victoria Street and Barcom Avenue intersection started talking renaming, set up a website, and started jamming out some names.
- Fruit Bat Crossing
- Penguin Square
They settled on Three Saints, due to nearby St Vincents, St Sophia and Sacred Heart.
So they’ve got the branding down.
Top picture is the window of Ariel bookshop – and below, Ariel’s shopping bags.
Is this common, this renaming business?
Kill Pixie vs Ozco
With all the recent hubbub about artists and children, you’d think Kill Pixie would steer clear of this kind of work.
The evidence is there though. Kill Pixie flagrantly flouting the Australia Council for the Arts‘ ruling on artists working with young children, here at the Paddington Early Childhood Centre. But maybe, to be fair, it’s a relic, a throwback to a happier, more innocent time.
