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, April 13, 2018
Playground off Eaton Street (Eaton Parade), Laverton, Victoria
A plan produced under the Housing Commission of Victoria from the mid-70s held in the Public Records Office of Victoria shows a 'play ground' in the three-cornered block of the Laverton Estate. View the actual site here and you will see that, while the street plan was executed roughly to this ideal the internal reserve in question was not included (or at least is not there now). Once again, I would have loved to have been a fly on the wall when this argument (if argument it was) was had.
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