I'm also fairly confident that this 'park' did not exist. The site today is a cinema and shopping complex.
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
Monday, October 31, 2016
Glenwaverley Estate 1929
This is in the Melbourne Herald, 13 March 1929, p. 13. I am particularly interested in the quarter-circle park behind the 'Home Sites' on the corner of Union and Springvale Road. It appears that the thoroughfare to the park, though unlabelled, is for rear access to the business sites and the park itself, and would not be commonly referred to as a road (certainly it has not been given a name or a road/street designation).
I'm also fairly confident that this 'park' did not exist. The site today is a cinema and shopping complex.
I'm also fairly confident that this 'park' did not exist. The site today is a cinema and shopping complex.
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