Rear Windows

Posted by Mike Walsh

6/25/06 5:33 AM

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// REAR WINDOWS
Evolution is not always an upward ascent. I pass by this building everyday on my way to News Limited in Surry Hills and for a long time never really looked up. At street level, there is a collection of equally appalling fast food outlets - Chinese and Korean respectively. If you look closely, in the rear of one you can see the remains of what was once a grand stairway - a fading echo of what was once clearly an extraordinary building.

I sometimes get the same feeling about brands. Kodak, Porsche, Pioneer, Tag Heuer. You kind of get the sense that there was perhaps something majestic there that the functional, modern day outgrowth obscures. That's not to say that any of those brands are not shipping lots of product. After all - Lam's Chinese Takeaway is doing a roaring trade as well.

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