When the Wind Blows

A nineteen-thirties art deco block of flats sits tucked behind a contemporary apartment building. Washing hangs along the rooftop clothes lines drying freely in the breeze, while the modern building relies on a clothes dryer in every unit. The new balconies are too small for drying clothes … even if it was permitted in the strata by-laws. Over the years our aspirations and expectations of convenience have continued to grow, not always for the better. When the wind blows …