Now almost every one glows with a colourful
proclamation – hope, joy, optimism, belong – while love is spelt out in
three different languages. The residents secured funding for the Lights
Up Caroline project from the City of Sydney. ‘‘We asked everyone to put
up something positive, to project to the world something that you felt
you wanted to say,’’ resident Louise Lammers told reporter Kim
Arlington. ‘‘There’s been a lot of negativity here. This street has
history.’’ Caroline Street is one of the streets which borders the
Block. The Redfern riot exploded just around the corner seven years ago.
But things are changing. The area is being redeveloped and residents
noted with some amusement that, for the first time in memory, pizzas
were delivered to the street this week. And in a strip where a kickboxer
and cage wrestler live side by side with nuns and a pyrotechnician, one
thing they have in common is pride in their community – something the
project has continued to foster.
Redfern, Eveleigh, Darlington, Waterloo Watch
