Thursday, 20 May 2010

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.
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25 comments:

  1. fredamansThursday, 20 May 2010 at 00:45:00 GMT+10

    Very interesting street scene! Love the difference between your streets and ours here in Canada.

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  2. AnonymousThursday, 20 May 2010 at 00:56:00 GMT+10

    Gorgeous pictures on your blog!

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  3. Martha ZThursday, 20 May 2010 at 02:17:00 GMT+10

    It could be one of our Gold Rush era towns except everyone is driving on the wrong side of the road ;>)

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  4. Sallie (FullTime-Life)Thursday, 20 May 2010 at 03:50:00 GMT+10

    I 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.

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  5. FABThursday, 20 May 2010 at 05:40:00 GMT+10

    Looks far more interesting than its counterpart in the UK.

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  6. BillThursday, 20 May 2010 at 07:21:00 GMT+10

    I am confused by the 'roundabout' traffic sign against a one-way street.

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  7. JimThursday, 20 May 2010 at 07:51:00 GMT+10

    Bill, 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.

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  8. HelsThursday, 20 May 2010 at 10:58:00 GMT+10

    I 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,
    many thanks
    Hels
    http://melbourneblogger.blogspot.com/2009/01/garden-cities.html

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  9. JimThursday, 20 May 2010 at 11:12:00 GMT+10

    Thanks Hels.

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  10. AnonymousThursday, 20 May 2010 at 11:12:00 GMT+10

    What a peaceful sight, once again, one can only be impressed. Please have a Thursday just alike.

    Strand - German word for Beach.

    daily athens

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  11. UnknownThursday, 20 May 2010 at 11:16:00 GMT+10

    I love your photo. I would love to visit.

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  12. Phivos NicolaidesThursday, 20 May 2010 at 13:59:00 GMT+10

    So cute and the shot is perfect!

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  13. L. NeusiedlerThursday, 20 May 2010 at 14:02:00 GMT+10

    ah, that sunny weather! here the summer seems not to come anymore... yes, I am complaining a lot about it ;)!

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  14. Bruce CaspersonnThursday, 20 May 2010 at 14:38:00 GMT+10

    That looks to be an OK place to live and only a small traffic jam.

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  15. yogesaThursday, 20 May 2010 at 14:39:00 GMT+10

    Nice Blog and Beautiful pictures...

    Thanks for vising and Commenting..

    Regards

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  16. Pietro BrosioThursday, 20 May 2010 at 15:54:00 GMT+10

    Great shot of a very nice and characteristic street.

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  17. diane bThursday, 20 May 2010 at 16:52:00 GMT+10

    Nice to know that it is going to be kept. It is looking pretty neat now.

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  18. PeterThursday, 20 May 2010 at 17:52:00 GMT+10

    Looks 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.

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  19. allyaThursday, 20 May 2010 at 18:15:00 GMT+10

    Very interesting photos, nice place.
    Thanks for vising and Commenting! best regards

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  20. pennyThursday, 20 May 2010 at 21:15:00 GMT+10

    It looks like a pleasant place.

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  21. UnknownThursday, 20 May 2010 at 23:10:00 GMT+10

    Brick walls and palm trees go very well together.

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  22. WebblogirlFriday, 21 May 2010 at 02:47:00 GMT+10

    nice place to go walking and maybe stop for a coffee..

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  23. AnonymousSunday, 23 May 2010 at 19:51:00 GMT+10

    I would love to wald down a street with palm trees. It's so exotic to me :) Great picture!

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  24. AnonymousMonday, 24 May 2010 at 22:06:00 GMT+10

    oh..do u know that strand is the name to the BEACH in swedish language

    great!!!
    http://graceolsson.com/blog/2010/05/catch-the-rainbow/

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  25. JimThursday, 27 May 2010 at 23:09:00 GMT+10

    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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