The redevelopment of Lonsdale Street is the first major infrastructure project delivered as part of the Victorian state government’s larger Revitalising Central Dandenong program.
Lonsdale Street had, in recent decades, changed from a prosperous retail spine to a traffic-dominated arterial route that created physical and psychological barriers to the city. The designers, who refer to themselves as “urban curators,” challenged the status quo by concentrating the vehicular traffic to the centre of the street and creating generous and beautifully designed pedestrian spaces onto which the existing shops now open. The pedestrian realm has been defined by a strong yet simple paving pattern, which, with the lush planting, ties the whole together.
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