With the rollback of the lockout laws on Sydney’s CBD in full effect, photographer Ollie Minnett went on a mission to see if the first weekend of no curfews would live up to its hype.
In the process of visiting a heap of venues across Oxford St, the CBD and more, he found a moment to dip into Kings Cross to see how things were fairing on a Saturday night. The outcome? Haunting. The bare skeleton of what was Sydney’s creative ‘come as you are’ hub. A ghost town of gentrification and lease signs with venues that were weekly communal hubs converted into gyms or sporting oversized signs that scream desperately for someone to lease them.
Formerly where SOHO and YU
Formerly known as Favella
Formerly known as The Backroom
A shot of Darlinghurst Rd Potts Point
Formerly Cafe Roma
Formerly The World Bar and Cali Club
Candy’s Apartment – One of the only surviving clubs
Kings Cross Hotel still going strong
An empty Kings Cross station on a Saturday night
