Fitzroy’s Brunswick Street attracts the crowds, but a proposal seeks to turn one of the “hot, exposed, loud” strip’s iconic side streets into a pedestrian oasis of greenery, seating and brightly painted asphalt.
An architecture firm has developed a proposal for a pedestrian-focused makeover of one of Fitzroy’s side streets.
The proposal has yet to go to the council, but the firm hopes it will receive community support and council backing. Osman said he and co-director Khalid Bouden had prayed weekly at the Fitzroy mosque on Palmer Street for years and dreamt the vision together.aims to reconfigure 66 residential parking spots between Nicholson and Fitzroy streets to widen the footpaths by about 1.5 metres, and remove 16 parking spots along the narrow one-way stretch between Fitzroy and Brunswick streets to make way for a raised, decorated road, where pedestrians would take priority over cars.
“The footpaths aren’t very safe or accessible, so people generally walk on the road anyway, so it’s really just about improving that.” “Since we were all very little, we were taught to stay off the asphalt,” he said. “The paint and lack of separation between footpath and road shows us the rules are different, and the benches show us we’re welcome.
Croeser welcomed the Palmer Street proposal and said while it was ambitious, it was in a practical location.“Brunswick Street has really low amenity – hot, exposed, loud – so these adjacent spaces can play a big role for the community,” he said.
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