One word across a citySourced
Sydney’s recurring chalk inscription had an author
Arthur Stace repeatedly chalked Eternity on Sydney footpaths in the early morning. His activity began in 1932 and continued for about thirty-five years, with an estimated half a million inscriptions. The writer’s identity did not become widely public until much later.
A single recurring word became a city memory.
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