Tuesday, December 9, 2014

Clifton Ave, Clifton Hill

This small park space in Clifton Ave, Clifton Hill is one of those halfway internal reserve spaces which only qualify on certain measures, and don’t qualify at all on others. The space is not enclosed, in fact, it has road access on all sides. The facing streetscape includes: vehicle access doors on the south side, a row of flats on the north side, a newly-built home on the east.

Yet it seems to follow much of the classic IR principles in its very local (‘village green’) use, its relatively hidden/out of the way status and its benches for passive recreation. As is very clear from the Google map, it is also very close to a much larger park space (in fact, a series of linear parks for active and passive recreation).

One tiny detail may illustrate the value of this space to its users. While photographing it I realised I was being observed by a woman in one of the flats, looking I think out of her kitchen window. Eyes on the park were watching. 









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