York Street III

The new apartment building on Bent Street sits adjacent to the long, grotty York Street. The backs of old buildings within cyclone fencing and barbed wire on one side, bright yellow modern apartment building on the other. An interesting contrast.

Bent Street

I think these are left over from the last Fringe Festival. Looks like they have been tacked up to cover the barrier put up by the building works. I think they look great. Seems wrong to have them on display just so they can cover up something people would rather not see.

"Sym Choon" Lane I

As far as I know, this alleyway, running between Union Street and Frome Road, doesn't have an official name. The Sym Choon clothing store seems to have opened up a garage sale of sorts in its rear loading entrance. The sign advertising the sale on the Frome Road footpath announces the garage sale as being down "Sym Choon Lane". That's good enough for me.

"Sym Choon" Lane II

"Sym Choon" Lane III

Just some more stencil art. Love that stuff...

Union Street

Liberman Close

I found it odd that this upmarket residential area would have big lettering on the wall regarding its plumbing.

Charlick Circuit

When it came time to photograph Charlick Circuit, I struggled to find anything interesting enough to inspire me. The Circuit is primarily residential, clean and new. A few ghosts from the days of the East End Markets but not much of the grotty side that I tend to seek out when I'm looking for subjects. This archway was the most interesting thing I could find.

Vardon Avenue I

I don't know what this stuff is but I would best describe it as a type of foam. I have no idea what it is or why it is on the wall. Strange.

Vardon Avenue II

Just to the right of the strange brown foam. Old doors and signage continue to appeal to me.

King William Street/East Terrace, North Terrace/Rundle Street and Rundle Mall

To manage my progress throughout the city, I've divided the city into quarters using Victoria Square as the centre. The first quarter I have decided to photograph is the North-Eastern quarter. I've further divided this quarter into bands, bordered on the East by East Terrace and on the West by King William Street. I will use the main streets and roads running East/West for my Northern and Southern borders.

Vaughan Place I

This is the part of Vaughan Place that runs off Rundle Street. Sometimes there are stalls here with people selling barbequed meat and handmade jewellery. I think all of the renovations that are going on here at the moment are letting this place slip a bit in terms of its tidyness and appeal. It appears that a lot of business here have shutdown. Our Imax cinema was down here too, but that closed years ago.

Vaughan Place II

This is Paxtons Walk, a very small walkway between buildings at the end of Vaughan Place that leads around to Ayres House and North Terrace. A nice little shortcut to my bus after getting a falafel on Rundle Street.

Vaughan Place III

I think a lot of stencil graffiti looks fantastic - depth and definition with just one colour.

Vaughan Place IV

Another L-shaped lane. This part runs off Frome Street, the other part off Rundle Street. I think they are building some appartments here, just as they are all over the East End. It's all blocked up with machinery and scaffolding - I had to sneak under a fence to get this shot.

Synagogue Place I

The other side of Market Bazaar, which has its front entrance on Centrepoint Lane.

Synagogue Place II

The teacher of a university course I did called 'Writing the City' told me that these doors orginated from a palace in India.

Synagogue Place III

Apparently, the big bluish building you can only see a little bit of on the left was once a Jewish synagogue. Now it's a nightclub called 'Church', with a great big neon Star of David above the entrance.

Centrepoint Lane

My favourite second hand book store on Magill road closed down a few months ago. Shortly before that, the Orange Lane markets in Norwood - another place where I once enjoyed searching for books - also closed down. I went in the Market Bazaar few weeks ago and found a lot of the stock from these two places here. A colourful addition to an otherwise uninteresting lane.

Apollo Place

More bins and graffiti. These two things are quickly become my favourite parts of these places. Always there, always different.