How Melbourne's laneways saved it from becoming another Detroit

By Karl Quinn
Updated April 1 2017 - 6:18pm, first published 5:44pm
The Age, News. guy Grossi to renovate the laneway behind his restaurant in the city.Pic Simon Schluter 22 November 2016. Photo: Simon Schluter
The Age, News. guy Grossi to renovate the laneway behind his restaurant in the city.Pic Simon Schluter 22 November 2016. Photo: Simon Schluter

We take it for granted now that Melbourne is a thriving 24-hour city, with bustling laneways full of bars, clubs, restaurants and ever-so-photogenic street art. We take it for granted that it's a place humming with a resident population and economic activity, with cyclists, pedestrians and trams jostling for position on a car-free Swanston Street. We take it for granted that Melbourne is alive.

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