A record of field trips and other explorations of a particular urban design element - the internal reserve - a 'pocket park' surrounded on all sides by residential housing but accessible by pedestrian pathways from the street. They are exclusive, secluded, sometimes neglected, sometimes celebrated, suburban spaces. This blog welcomes contributions: comments, images, memorabilia. Please email nicholsd@unimelb.edu.au
Tuesday, June 4, 2019
Sunday, June 2, 2019
Saturday, June 1, 2019
Glenhurst Park, Coldstream
Coldstream, effectively a north-eastern suburb of Melbourne, is a small commuter settlement that has always confused me as it seems to conform to many of the style elements of the 1920s subdivision - not least because of its three internal reserve spaces - but there does not seem to be any record of it before the 1960s. Whether the subdivisional plan was completed long before any land was sold is unclear. It may be that it is a genuine 1960s idea. Possibly someone who reads this will have some better idea than I do.
As is evident from Google Maps, whatever status Glenhurst Park enjoys in the original plan, it is actually open-ended to the north - at present. This is not to say it will not, at some stage, be fully enclosed.Visit it here.
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