The Complex

City Gardens is a large, residential development dating from the late 1970s comprising four low-level apartment buildings and six two-storey townhouse courts. In total, there are 92 apartments and 48 townhouses. It was designed by Australian architect, Peter McIntyre.

The City Gardens development features a central tree-lined avenue, known as “Plane Tree Way” and a beautiful, mature central garden, home to a variety of native plants. Since the re-subdivision, splitting ABC, D Block and the Townhouses in to three separate Owners Corporations, Plane Tree Way has been taken over by the Melbourne City Council.

City Gardens originally occupied a site totalling 1.73 hectares, the equivalent of a typical whole Melbourne City block. The City Gardens development had four street frontages, to Abbotsford, Haines, Dryburgh and O’Shanassy Streets.

City Gardens is separated into two distinct areas by Plane Tree Way, a private road that runs east-west for the full width of the site. To the north of Plane Tree Way are located four low-level apartment buildings.  Apartment buildings A, B and C are positioned around the mature central garden.

City Gardens is now separated in to three Owners Corporations with individual management companies.

The Lady Huntingfield Children’s Centre is positioned central to the site, on Plane Tree Way and is operated by The City of Melbourne.

Plane Tree Way

Plane Tree Way is a tree-lined avenue with over 40 mature plane trees and occasional gums and is the property of the Melbourne City Council. Many of the trees in Plane Tree Way are listed under the City of Melbourne’s Exceptional Tree Register. Plane Tree Way provides vehicle access to the underground car parks for A/B/C buildings. Plane Tree Way is also used by other locals as a shortcut to the nearby public swimming pool and children’s playground.

Car Parks ABC

The A/B/C building car park and central garden accessible only with an electronic fob. These underground car parks provide parking for the use of residents of the A/B/C. Entry to both car parks is by Plane Tree Way. The A/B/C Blocks car park entry for is located towards the east end of Plane Tree Way.