List of lanes and arcades in Perth, Western Australia explained

The following is a list of lanes, arcades, and pedestrian malls in the central business district of Perth, Western Australia.

The first plan of Perth, developed in 1829 by the Surveyor-General, John Septimus Roe, was a semi-regular grid pattern bounded by Mount Eliza to the west, wetlands to the north, with three principal streets running parallel to the Swan River and three streets running north-south. The original allotments ran through from street to street in a north-south direction so that properties generally had two frontages.

Following the completion of the central Perth railway station in 1881, the area bounded by William and Barrack Streets was consolidated as the commercial and retail centre of Perth. Banks, insurance buildings, professional and commercial offices were constructed at St Georges Terrace, along with businesses, shops and warehouses developed in Wellington, Murray and Hay Streets. A number of hotels and theatres were also built in this central area and large department stores, such as Foy & Gibson and Sandover established along the tram route and the shopping strip along Hay Street. Shopping arcades and passageways were also developed in this period, allowing people to move with ease through the increasingly busy Perth streets and providing spaces for additional commercial premises outlets within the narrow blocks.

List of lanes

See main article: Lanes of Perth, Western Australia.

The City of Perth has documented that there are 34 lanes in the city centre, of which nine are owned (or partly owned) by the City and the remaining 25 are privately owned.[1]

List of arcades

Historic

List of pedestrian malls

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Forgotten Spaces – Revitalising Perth's Laneways. City of Perth. 9 June 2014.
  2. Adjacent to the site of the former Grand Theatre Francis, Rodney I . The Coombe Family of Perth. -The demolition of Perth's oldest cinema, the Grand Theatre destroyed a monument to an era and a family . Kino . December 1990. 9 . 2 . 12–17 . 24 June 2014 ., see also News: FILMS Perth Cinema To Show British Programmes. . . Perth . 16 August 1949 . 24 June 2014 . 11 . National Library of Australia. and
  3. Web site: 140. City of Perth. 24 June 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140709224057/http://visitperthcity.com/location/140. 9 July 2014. dead.
  4. Web site: 160 Central. City of Perth. 24 June 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140109151146/http://visitperthcity.com/location/160-central. 9 January 2014. dead.
  5. Web site: Arcade 800. City of Perth. 24 June 2014. https://archive.today/20140624054010/http://visitperthcity.com/location/arcade-800. 24 June 2014. dead.
  6. News: Bon Marche Arcade . . Perth . 11 October 1928 . 16 June 2014 . 11 Edition: Home (Final) Edition . National Library of Australia.
  7. Web site: Brookfield Place. City of Perth. 24 June 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140705014601/http://visitperthcity.com/location/brookfield-place-perth. 5 July 2014. dead.
  8. Note that some of the National Library of Australia's online database headings, referring to the early stages of development of Arcades in Perth, use this generic title
  9. Web site: Department of Treasury and Finance Location Plan. https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20090528094500/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/100427/20090528-1945/www.dtf.wa.gov.au/cms/_print4018.html. dead. 28 May 2009. Government of Western Australia. 24 June 2014.
  10. Web site: Enex100. City of Perth. 24 June 2014. https://archive.today/20140624053952/http://visitperthcity.com/location/enex100. 24 June 2014. dead.
  11. Web site: Raine Square. City of Perth. 24 June 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140709213328/http://visitperthcity.com/location/raine-square. 9 July 2014. dead.
  12. Web site: St Martin's Arcade. City of Perth. 24 June 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140709205258/http://visitperthcity.com/location/st-martins-arcade. 9 July 2014. dead.
  13. Web site: Wesley Quarter. City of Perth. 24 June 2014. https://archive.today/20140624053933/http://visitperthcity.com/location/wesley-quarter. 24 June 2014. dead.
  14. News: The Central Arcade Market, Perth . . Perth . 19 May 1906 . 16 June 2014 . 25 . National Library of Australia.
  15. Padbury Building tended to be known as 'Padburys Buildings' in its time News: MR. PADBURY'S NEW BUILDINGS. . . Perth . 2 August 1924 . 5 July 2014 . 7 . National Library of Australia.

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