city walks

today i walked a total of a few km-s in the city. round and around..
going into places i've never been before.. surprising myself with what i found. sometimes u have to be forced to do things, then only u'll do it. well.. thats me anyway.
so i've decided that my site will be in some of the alleyways in king street, perth city. my intention was to improve upon neglected alleys and laneways. those which are rubbish filled and scary.. but then. it scared even me!!! venturing alone, i feared for my 'longevity' if i were to go down one of those alleys... confirming what i've metioned in my thesis proposal, about sevice lanes being unmaintained and isolated and psychologically intimidating. the designer daren't go into her preferred site!!!
so anyway, there was a particular alley beside esprit that looked pretty 'interesting'.. i didn't want to go down it, so i walked along the main pedestrian mall pathway, then roundnight activities are in northbridge. the cultural precinct of perth city.. well.. howed up from st georges tce. i tried to find a service lane or soemthing leading out from it, but perhaps there were to omany turns behind the building that my 'gauging' of the service lane couldn've been way off.
i figured that there had to be vehicular access to at least one end to realise my project. which was to make a part of the city come alive and accessible during the day and especially at nite. currently all night activites are basically centralized in northbridge, the cultural precinct of perth city. = night clubs, clubs, pubs, bars, cafes, jazz bars.. ETC ETC!!. its really hopping on friday and saturday nights. so anyway.. why can't some stuff be happening IN the cbd?? i mean, melbourne cbd is 'excelling excellently' in that department. hidden bars, tiny cafes, packs of people at nite. its a different city at nite. totally awesome. perth could be like that.. !
if i had an apartment someday, i wouldn't mind mine being accessed through an alley.. there's one called DURHAM HOUSE in an alley in king street. a 5 storey apartment building.. it looks really cozy and tucked away.. altho pretty quiet.

too many things to do and too little time!!!!!!!