Sydney’s Evil Quarter is nearing practical completion. Taking shape on Philip Street between Martin Place and Hunter Street, the Evil Quarter hopes to do for the Black Arts what Sydney’s Spanish Quarter has done for our Spanish friends and their pigs, suckling.

Characterised by dark glass, velveteen mullions and gathering clouds of portent, the District of Evil has long been incomplete. The first two stages of the unholy trinity comprise the Goodsell Building, home of the Law Reform Commission - a body that has obviously benefited from its close proximity of Sydney’s future black heart and Stage Two, the State Bank Headquarters which rise from the asphalt like an inky fortress of solitude.

For years, the third development site remained undeveloped. Until five years ago when it was announced that the happy union of Lord Foster and Lend Lease would fill the gap with hundreds of German Bankers.

And now, after many years, Stage Three is approaching practical completion. Uber Lord Foster. Slayer of Hope. RIBA, has stated that he expects “A great evil” to be channelled from the depths of Phillip Street” upon the handing over of the site. Asked to expand, he added that “it is expected that a Three-Headed, Five-Tentacled Alber Speer will break free of the pavement, spitting fire, breathing savagery.” The Five Tentacles whose names are Pestilence, Fury, Famine, Faceted Curves and Polychromatic Brickwork are expected to wreak havoc on pedestrian access to Phillip and Hunter Streets.

While Sydney Town Hall has asked the City to take their Five Tentacled Overlords under their wing, State rail is asking commuters to avoid using Martin Place railway station over the next three weeks and to expect delays along the rest of the Eastern Suburbs line.