I haven't been there, but it seems very intact. Here's what's said about it in Osborn and Whittick's 1963 The New Towns: the Answer to the Megalopolis (pp. 258-9):
'Following one footpath in an easterly direction one comes on an extensive lawn sprinkled with trees and containing in one part the various odd objects of a children's playground. Some of the houses front on to this open space, others have their small walled or white-fenced gardens adjoining it.'
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
Friday, January 19, 2018
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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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A search on something else entirely led me to the June 1927 issue of one of Florence Taylor's publications, Construction and Local Go...
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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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A place I have not yet visited but hope to within the next twelve months. An attempt to contextualise it historically can be found here . Go...