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As i brushed my teeth this morning i spotted this fresh graffiti out the window, "HELLO LANFRANCHIS".
I live in a warehouse space in Chippendale, commonly known as Lanfranchi's for the "artist-run performance space" upstairs. It's been going since 2002 under that name and has had many previous lives as a fairly bohemian living and performance space.
The name Lanfranchi's comes from Warren Lanfranchi, who was murdered in the back alley (now graffitied with his name) behind the warehouse in the 80's. That murder was made famous in the mini-series Blue Murder, which pinned the crime on notorious crooked cop Roger Rogerson.
But Lanfranchi's and the warehouse is coming to an end. All 5 spaces, housing about 30 people have been served an eviction notice. They're turning the place into a backpacker hostel to sleep over 300. So we're packing up and saying goodbye to one of the last affordable, unrenovated warehouses left in the inner city.
Comments (6)
Just quietly...Blue Murder is one of the best pieces of Australian TV ever made!
Posted by Adam Weathered | May 12, 2007 7:57 PM
a sad day it will be.
Posted by Jo | May 13, 2007 10:03 PM
A sad day indeed... with regards to Roger Rogerson, I had the misfortune of being dragged to a Mark Chopper Reed "show" that this scum bag was also talking at. A more boring, self righteous, disgusting man you will never encounter. I felt rather guilty for paying $20 to hear this bloke brag about killing people... Turned my stomach.
Posted by Rhys | May 14, 2007 11:39 AM
That bites Dan, good luck in finding somewhere new to live without having to spend stupid amounts of money on rent..
Posted by Matt | May 14, 2007 3:24 PM
hey man,
this is danny's buddy who used to come around and pass out at various locations around te ware-house in a smoke induced stupor.
sad day that it's coming to an end.
is there going to be a farewell party?
shawn
Posted by shawn | June 11, 2007 1:04 PM
Lanfranchis was on level 2 of the warehouse. The warehouse itself was/is known as the Chocolate Factory.
Posted by Artist Dev | January 9, 2008 7:28 PM