tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-376405536306737023.post2685739806112968588..comments2024-02-19T12:42:14.502+11:00Comments on My Darling Darlinghurst: Across the Border: Kings Cross: History: Hensley HallViolet Tinglehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14603098573011347863noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-376405536306737023.post-73379614668034065362012-04-24T10:26:22.938+10:002012-04-24T10:26:22.938+10:00Yes, it's sad, but that's what the Cross i...Yes, it's sad, but that's what the Cross is all about - amazing people coming and going - giving their best...and their worst. <br /><br />If you remember,before Barry moved in, Hensley Hall was an empty shell with a murdered caretaker. We used to clean the Bayswater Brasserie and saw the wasted space that that sad place was.<br /><br />Then Barry moved in. His first act was to scrap the paint off the ground floor walls at the front. My business partner went across to ask what he was doing and Barry told him that he was beginning a work of art. And he was.<br /><br />It was Barry's creativity, vision, philosophy and hard work that made the difference and the magic that that place became.<br /><br />It is Barry's life and contribution that is marked here in your blog, probably as much as the Pyramids were a legacy of the people who built them and lived around them.<br /><br />We are so lucky to have your blog document this moment in time with your beautiful pictures and researched words. You have honored this old girl beautifully.<br /><br />In Barry's culture, the building is seen as a person, with a spirit and a link to the people who live within,<br /><br />The Cross has always been about the people, clamoring over and living in the shells of buildings built by our ancestors.<br /><br />I say it is the people that are important. It is the people to remember. It is the people who make the history. It is the people who have made the Cross.Mike Kennedyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07641558849498079350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-376405536306737023.post-68026272575701375092012-04-13T12:47:39.377+10:002012-04-13T12:47:39.377+10:00Christine - Tewkesbury Ave resident:
Truly sad day...Christine - Tewkesbury Ave resident:<br />Truly sad day for our area. It's not just the local characters and personalities that are going but so too are the buildings and the memories.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-376405536306737023.post-55159477236172219852012-04-13T08:24:01.816+10:002012-04-13T08:24:01.816+10:00That is so sad, I loved seeing Barry's garden ...That is so sad, I loved seeing Barry's garden evolve.<br /><br />Glad to have found your great BlogLucy - Royston st Turret residentnoreply@blogger.com