poetic justice

One of my long-time favourite lunchtime haunts, Mary Martin's bookshop and cafe at the Paramount on Bourke St, was forced to close up last Christmas, after the landlord at Paramount demanded a huge rent increase.

I walked past the old store today and noted, with some satisfaction, that it is still empty, with no sign of a new tenancy. What a pity... prime Bourke St shop frontage going to waste AND not bringing in any income for the poor landlord. Too bad :-D