15 Tyne Street, Carlton Vic.

For our hundredth post, we ask: how does this plot of vacant land fit into the 'Internal Reserves' world? Well, it does and it doesn't - but it definitely could. 

The space is here, behind a bustling section of Lygon Street. It is certainly an area bereft of park space which would undoubtedly benefit from a pocket park off a laneway space (Tyne Street, however it is delineated, is definitely not a through street). The block here no doubt once contained a shop and/or business and is now basically a backstreet car park; it is a prime candidate for the kind of space we advocate.

Birds love it, people tend not to, but that second aspect could be changed without too much trouble - it is, however, prime real estate which is the major issue (and the traders, particularly the cafe owners and restauranteurs of the area probably don't want to see places where people can just sit without buying something!).