Croydon, The Strand
The Strand is a typical suburban street with a shopping strip in the inner west suburb of Croydon. It is part of the Malvern Hill Estate which was subdivided in 1909 and designed as a model suburb with Federation style houses and tree-lined streets. Lined with rows of shops in the Federation style and palm trees in the centre traffic island, this street is now heritage listed in its entirety.
Very interesting street scene! Love the difference between your streets and ours here in Canada.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous pictures on your blog!
ReplyDeleteIt could be one of our Gold Rush era towns except everyone is driving on the wrong side of the road ;>)
ReplyDeleteI love this street -- I'm not much of a shopper at all and I hate strip malls. but this street looks like it would be fun to stroll on -- I'd be more tempted to look in the windows and maybe even buy something than. I'm glad it's heritage listed.
ReplyDeleteLooks far more interesting than its counterpart in the UK.
ReplyDeleteI am confused by the 'roundabout' traffic sign against a one-way street.
ReplyDeleteBill, it's not a one way street. There are three lanes in the direction towards the camera and two lanes away from it, on the other side of the traffic island and palm trees. The cars on that side are waiting for pedestrians to cross at the zebra crossing. There's a roundabout at the end of the street in front of the houses.
ReplyDeleteI am always very interested in town planning at the turn of the century. Those Edwardians certainly know about garden suburbs and model towns. I have created a link to your post,
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Hels
http://melbourneblogger.blogspot.com/2009/01/garden-cities.html
Thanks Hels.
ReplyDeleteWhat a peaceful sight, once again, one can only be impressed. Please have a Thursday just alike.
ReplyDeleteStrand - German word for Beach.
daily athens
I love your photo. I would love to visit.
ReplyDeleteSo cute and the shot is perfect!
ReplyDeleteah, that sunny weather! here the summer seems not to come anymore... yes, I am complaining a lot about it ;)!
ReplyDeleteThat looks to be an OK place to live and only a small traffic jam.
ReplyDeleteNice Blog and Beautiful pictures...
ReplyDeleteThanks for vising and Commenting..
Regards
Great shot of a very nice and characteristic street.
ReplyDeleteNice to know that it is going to be kept. It is looking pretty neat now.
ReplyDeleteLooks like a real rock solid block of shops, I love old suburbs like that. As they say they don't build them like that anymore.
ReplyDeleteVery interesting photos, nice place.
ReplyDeleteThanks for vising and Commenting! best regards
It looks like a pleasant place.
ReplyDeleteBrick walls and palm trees go very well together.
ReplyDeletenice place to go walking and maybe stop for a coffee..
ReplyDeleteI would love to wald down a street with palm trees. It's so exotic to me :) Great picture!
ReplyDeleteoh..do u know that strand is the name to the BEACH in swedish language
ReplyDeletegreat!!!
http://graceolsson.com/blog/2010/05/catch-the-rainbow/
Grace, I had no idea that Strand meant beach in Swedsh or German, as Robert has also mentioned. Croydon is actually quite far from the beach. I have a feeling it might have a connection to the famous street in London of the same name somehow but I'm not certain.
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