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
Showing posts with label Raymond Unwin. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Raymond Unwin. Show all posts
Friday, July 27, 2018
Leicester Anchor Tenants' Estate
Unwin, Town Planning in Practice p. 232. Read about the Anchor Tenants Estate here. I think that the open space at the centre of this plan is here - and now appears to be agricultural allotments.
Thursday, July 26, 2018
Wednesday, July 25, 2018
Raymond Unwin hypothetical (?)
This image is captioned 'Groups of buildings designed to maintain square roof lines on a curving road' on p. 346 of Raymond Unwin's Town Planning in Practice (1909). Although it appears in a general discussion of Letchworth Garden City it is not designated as an actual place and I suspect it may be hypothetical. Note the Tennis Court on the lower right and the small park on the top left featuring a sun dial.
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Kabbera Central, Kelso, NSW
Look at it here. Kelso is essentially a suburb adjoining the regional city of Bathurst but it has an identity greater than mere adjacent su...

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Comparison between the above from a relatively new UBD street directory and the current Google Map shows some disparity in the shape of t...
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Now for something different: the industrial internal reserve. Two examples of this lie within the northern portion of Griffin’s Milleara Est...
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A search on something else entirely led me to the June 1927 issue of one of Florence Taylor's publications, Construction and Local Go...