Green oasis opens in Sydney neighbourhood

The park features an integrated artwork by artist Kerrie Poliness. Stream was inspired by the site’s relationship to water, acknowledging the waterway that once flowed through the area. Once a wetland, then a dam, wetlands are again part of the new park’s design.

Embedded in lawns, paving and oversized steps and in two separate areas of the park, the colourful intersecting, asymmetric diamonds light up at night creating a magical experience for young and old.

“We’ve created an inner-city chillout zone where friends and families can meet for a barbecue or picnic, or simply sprawl out and relax”

The artwork also references physical and conceptual pathways and connections. It aims to evoke the flow of knowledge, ideas, stories and interlinked layers of history.

Stream was developed with the park’s landscape architect Adrian McGregor and curator of the City of Sydney’s Green Square public art programme Amanda Sharrad.

The City of Sydney reports it has invested heavily in community facilities in the area. An aquatic and recreation centre, sportsfield, library, plaza, early learning centre, creative centre, community shed and public artworks are all in walking distance to the Drying Green.

Across the road from the park, construction will soon be underway on Green Square Public School and community spaces.

According to the City, Green Square is set to become one of the most densely populated precincts in Australia, accommodating close to 61,000 people by 2030.

The 6,200 square metre park is bound by Portman Street, Geddes Avenue, Paul Street and Zetland Avenue in the New South Wales’ capital city.