Rutledge Lane

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The second installment of the PaintUp! series has recently been completed, gracing Rutledge Lane within Melbourne's CBD. The larger than life mural in an altogether difficult area to spot, is the work of artist DVate and was completed with the help of high access machinery.

Best viewed from the adjoining multi-level car park, the work is the result of a City of Melbourne/Hosier Inc initiative which hopes to further activate the Hosier-Rutledge precinct. March 2014 witnessed the <a href="https://www.urban.com.au/news/paint-up-hosier-lane-reaches-for-the-sky">first PaintUp!</a> take shape, which saw a mural of an Aboriginal boy created over the real of 161 Finders Lane.

<figure><a class="colorbox colorbox-insert-image" href="https://res.cloudinary.com/dz9xllyip/image/fetch/q_auto:good/https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/www.urban.com.au/s3fs-public/pictures/article-images/img_6546.jpg" rel="gallery-all" title="PaintUp! round two"><img alt="" class="image-article-full-width-580px" height="870" src="/sites/urban.melbourne/files/styles/article_full_width_580px/public/pictures/article-images/img_6546.jpg?itok=ryXcAXvs" title="PaintUp! round two" width="580"></a>

<figcaption>PaintUp! round two</figcaption></figure>On a different note parts of Hosier Lane face an uncertain future with the approved Forum Theatre regeneration which includes a 107 metre mixed-use tower holding laneway frontage, subject to a <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/david-marriners-forum-theatre-project-on-hosier-lane-faces-mounting-legal-challenges-20150310-13zu1y">legal challenge</a>. With the tower 67 metres above the preferred but not binding height limit for the area, opponents believe the structure will have an excessive impact upon what is one of Melbourne's biggest tourist drawcards and historic low-rise precincts.

As reported during early March, the approved scheme was before a planning tribunal with an outcome expected to be made public in the not too distant future.

<figure><a class="colorbox colorbox-insert-image" href="https://res.cloudinary.com/dz9xllyip/image/fetch/q_auto:good/https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/www.urban.com.au/s3fs-public/pictures/article-images/img_6518.jpg" rel="gallery-all" title="A quiet Sunday morning"><img alt="" class="image-article-full-width-580px" height="387" src="/sites/urban.melbourne/files/styles/article_full_width_580px/public/pictures/article-images/img_6518.jpg?itok=0HGa3iUp" title="A quiet Sunday morning" width="580"></a>

<figcaption>A quiet Sunday morning</figcaption></figure>View the image set below of what's new on and around Hosier and Rutledge Lanes.
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Rutledge Lane reaches for the sky

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Rutledge Lane, one of Melbourne's premier graffiti art laneways branching off the more well known Hosier Lane was transformed last weekend, when Adrian Doyle of <a href="http://www.darkhorseexperiment.com/" target="_blank">Darkhorse Experiment</a> fame boldly replaced the Lane's striking graffiti with a simple baby blue covering, entitled Empty Nursery Blue. With the backing of Melbourne City Council everything from the walls, garbage bins and even the asphalt was covered in blue paint, with the past artworks adorning the Lane consigned to history.
Earlier this week the Sydney Morning Herald ran a <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/art-and-design/out-of-the-blue-street-artists-bold-statement-cops-a-spray-20130826-2smck" target="_blank">piece</a> which detailed Adrian Doyle's rationale behind the paint job, his expectations and the backlash from other artists.
While much artwork was lost, it created a blank canvas for Melburnians to work with, and like moths to a flame it didn't take long for street artwork to make a reappearance. Walking through this week, the laneway was full of graffiti artists, locals and tourists exploring the 'new' Rutledge Lane.
Below are some images I took on my journey through - click for a larger version.
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