Saturday, 18 May 2019

Haphazard and Hopeless in Haymarket


Rough edges, sudden bumps, grey blotches.
Unfriendly fences, bored workers, negative vibes.
Paths keep changing, dust in the air and no one cares.
There is a warzone for quiet battles, long delays in completion and accumulating hidden costs.

The character of a once vibrant place has been degraded.
Its denizens wander like zombies, the throbbing soul of the earth beneath scarred.
The promise, the beauty and the delivery as seemingly hopeless now as snow on Sydney streets.
"Haphazard and Hopeless in Haymarket"
Laying new tram tracks, Sydney 2017-2019

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