Betting Station Size:L relocated from storage at Royalla

relocated from storage at Royalla and repainted since arrival

dust settled thick across every surface

its outline still readable but its surfaces no longer its own

The building sits somewhere between standing and gone

Intact signage and dust-covered stock record a business that simply stopped

Betting Station Size:L relocated from storage at RoyallaThe TAB Sportsbet counter inside Balmain Leagues Club, its blue fascia buried under layers of graffiti, a spray painted face staring outward from the partition wall. Loose wiring drops from the ceiling; debris covers the floor. The club at the corner of Victoria Road and Darling Street, Rozelle, closed 28 March 2010 and sat derelict for years before demolition. Part of the Balmain Leagues Club series.