Former brothel

Two men passing by told me about this building. It was a brothel until well into the 20th Century. Ladies would stand on the balconies and yell to men on the sidewalk. It's now a restaurant.

Many of the 19th C. buildings of Sydney are reminiscent of New Orleans because of the use of iron balcony railings. When I mentioned this to an Australian woman, this is what she told me: The iron pieces came on the English ships that brought settlers (I guess as opposed to prisoners). They were apparently scrapped in England, used as ship ballast, then dumped into Sydney Harbor upon arrival and later fished out for use in construction. The story seems very convoluted, but that's what she told me.