[1] The area was originally overgrown and weed infested land not being put to any use, owned by the State Rail Authority.

However, in 2011 local residents with cooperation from North Sydney Council under the Streets Alive program, which allows the community to create and maintain public gardens on land owned by State Government authorities, were able to gain public access and permission to create a park.

[4] JILA retained this conceptual design and sought to expand upon it through the incorporation of the richness of the materials and intimate detail which relates back to the human scale.

[1] Furthermore, the site references the area’s built history and character through the paving materials, including trachyte recycled from local kerbing.

[6] Balfour Street Park has a variety of native species of planting including NSW Christmas Bush, Banksia, Bottlebrush, Port Jackson cypress, Lillypilly, Tea tree, Eucalyptus and Grevillea.