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I've been reading this fantastic blog, It's Lovely! I'll Take It!. Weird photos from real estate listings, and great captions. Simple but awesome.
01 Aug 2009 09:11 [category: /weird] #
I heard from The Mayor that The Hub's development application has been rejected by the council. As such, it's now for lease, either long or short term, pending resolution of the DA issues, and I imagine an improvement in economic conditions.
At the very least this gives us a bit of a view inside. I've never been inside: it was an adult theatre when I moved into Newtown in the early 1990s, and since that closed I've never seen it open for any reason. Since it would be an amazing space for the emerging Sydney Hackerspace project, I thought I'd contact the estate agent and see what they wanted for it.
Now we know why it's vacant, and has been for so long. On a three year lease (with three year option) they want $350,000 a year (ex-GST), of nearly $7,000 a week! On a short term lease they want $5,000 a week (ex-GST). Yeesh! No wonder the place is empty. It's a brilliant space, but I can't think of many businesses that would be able to justify that, without some fairly major redevelopment -- which is exactly what the council has rejected.
It's a shame, as it's an absolutely brilliant space.
While trawling through this I did find a DA for someone planning to turn the old shop corner building next to it, on the corner of Bedford and Denison, into a cafe. Looks quite cool.
01 May 2009 00:54 [category: /weird] #
Chutzpah is... being a racist, Islamophobic, populist Dutch politician who calls for the Koran to be banned, then complain that being refused entry to a country is an affront to free speech. In a related item, be in a political party called the "Freedom Party" and call for the banning of a book.
12 Feb 2009 23:02 [category: /weird] #
Westminster and snowman, by Pablo Godoy
There's some amazing photos coming through on Flickr of the snow in London. Those of you in London, looks like loads of fun! Enjoy the time off work, those of you who couldn't make it in to work.
03 Feb 2009 01:08 [category: /weird] #
I've been babysitting my niece today and we got to watching a Goodies DVD I have. After getting through three episodes on one disc, she insisted on watching the South Africa episode. Now The Goodies are good entertainment in the same way as The Simpsons. There's enough dick and fart jokes, and physical humour, for the kids. And there's enough clever, intelligent humour for the adults.
The South Africa episode is a little different though. First I had to explain what Apartheid was all about, and why the rest of the world was boycotting and making fun of the white South Africans. But then how do you explain the cultural significance of blackface to an 8-year old growing up in a (somewhat) more tolerant era? (Hell, there was a biscuit called "Golliwog" sold by Arnott's in Australia in my childhood.)
So that was an amusing insight!
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