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?