Darlinghurst Nights » Surrey Street

St Vincent’s Hospital moves in on the Cross

pl — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:02:59 +0000

Have you noticed St Vincent’s Hospital is gradually moving north up Victoria Street?

Bill Warner’s chemist recently shut up shop, but it too is moving north, to the old laudromat site, on the corner of Surrey Street.

With the Garvan Institute on one side of the pharmacy, the other used to be two Victorian terrace houses, one of which was St Vincent’s Hospital’s Diabetes Education Centre. I am sad to see these lovely old buildings go.

The new community health unit is about to open on Burton Street, or maybe it already has, meaning the old Caritas building on Forbes Street is up for redevelopment and residents don’t seem all too happy about it.

The skyline looking south down Victoria Street is about to change.

And it’s called St Vincent’s Hospital.

And your time starts… Now

pl — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 09:29:22 +0000

The parking situation in our inner city locale is about to get worse.

Spotted yesterday on Surrey Street, Darlinghurst, were some brand new parking ticket dispensers, still under wraps.

Sure residents can continue to park without charge or time limits, but it’s all too bad for your friends/family/tradespeople/others. I wonder what the hourly rate will be?

I hope this doesn’t spread throughout the neighbourhood.

Take it home and see if it works: Toilet

pl — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 20:11:35 +0000

When you’ve got to go, you’ve got to go.

We spotted this loo a couple of weeks ago, on Craigend Street, at the corner of Surrey Street.

You could take it home and see if it works, or you could just find out on the spot if the urge was that great.

Filmed stealing

ml — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 05:53:23 +0000

Walking down Surrey Street, Darlinghurst, this week, we were confronted with this threatening sign.

It doesn’t seem like a neighbourhood for empty threats – the owners have either gone to the police with the film or they haven’t.

It’s hard to imagine someone who’s prepared to uproot a nascent hedge (is it really a hedge at that height?) in a high traffic area like Surrey Street worrying over a handwritten sign.

Chalk alphabet – updated

ml — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:35:09 +0000

The mystery continues. More chalk on the walls in Darlinghurst.

These were picked up by Allie Townsend. They’re hard to read because of the light, but both are on Craigend Street, the photo on the left is on the corner of Surrey Street.

So to recap, we now have:

A is for “azimuth”
C is for “cephlapod”
D is for “diatribe”
E is for “entropy”
F is for “fiasco”
G is for “gyroscope”
K is for “kibosh”
M is for “modulate”
N is for “nebulous”
T is for “thought bubble”
Y is for “yesterday”
Z is for “zipper”

Anagram, riddle, random inspiration?

A laundry long since forgotten

pl — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 23:43:34 +0000

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?