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There’s something about this urinal…

17 January 2008 in Photography, Sydney by Stilgherrian | 5 comments

Photograph of hexagonal tiles on the toilet floor, Lansdowne Hotel, Sydney

For some reason, I love the hexagonal tiles on the floor of the men’s toilet in the Lansdowne Hotel, Chippendale, in Sydney. Could it be because I’m old enough to remember when military simulations were played out on maps with a hexagonal grid?

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