Everything about Flinders Street Melbourne totally explained
Flinders Street is a notable street in
Melbourne,
Victoria,
Australia. Running roughly parallel to the
Yarra River, Flinders Street forms the southern edge of the
Hoddle Grid. It is exactly one mile (1609.344
m) in length and one and half
chains (30.1752
m) in width. It is named for the explorer
Matthew Flinders, who was (erroneously) credited with discovering
Port Phillip Bay at the time of its naming. It extends eastwards as far as
Spring Street and the
Treasury Gardens, and westwards past Batman's Hill to the
Melbourne Docklands. As the closest street to the river, Flinders Street serviced Melbourne's original
river port.
Customs House, now the site for Victoria's
Immigration Museum, is situated on Flinders Street.
The street is home to
Flinders Street Station, the central station in Melbourne's suburban rail network.
Tram routes
48,
70 and
75, as well as the
City Circle route, run along Flinders Street.
Other landmarks on Flinders Street include
Federation Square,
St Paul's Cathedral,
Young and Jacksons, the
Melbourne Aquarium and
Batman Park, which adjoins the Yarra River. It was once home to the Melbourne Fish Market, an ornate building constructed in 1890, covering 23,000 square metres, and of similar design to Flinders Street Station. The market was demolished between 1958 and 1960.
In 1961 an overpass was built over the intersection with
King Street. This led to a decline in property value in the western end of Flinders Street, a trend which has continued to the present day. Halfway through 2005, the State Government finally implemented a plan to demolish the overpass, which was completed at the end of the year.
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Northern side
Image:Sir charles hotham hotel.jpg|Sir Charles Hotham Hotel on the corner of Flinders and Spencer, built in 1914, it's one of the last works by architect William Pitt
Image:Heritage building on flinders street melbourne.jpg|1908 building
Image:Hosies hotel flinders street melbourne.jpg|Hosie's Hotel. Built in 1955 for the 1956 Summer Olympics to the design of Mussen, McKay and Potter. Features a colour mosaic mural of Geometric abstract art.
Image:Empire building flinders street melbourne.jpg|Former Empire Building. Built 1905 to the design of Nahum Barnet
Image:Mutual store flinders street melbourne.jpg|Former Mutual Store (now apartments) on the corner of Degraves Street. Building 1891 to the design of Reed, Smart & Tappin.
Image:Ackmans building flinders street melbourne.jpg|Ackman's Building, on the corner of Degraves Street. Currently a backpacker's hostel.
Image:Yooralla house flinders street melbourne.jpg|Yooralla House. Streamline Moderne building.
Image:Former sec headquarters melbourne.jpg|Former SEC Headquarters. Art deco skyscraper.
Image:Port phillip arcade mural flinders street melbourne.jpg|1950s design Port Phillip Arcade mural
Image:IMG_6338_Young_and_Jackson,_Melbourne,_Australia.jpg|Young and Jacksons Hotel
image:ac.stpauls1.jpg|St Paul's Cathedral: the north face and the spire
Image:Metropolitan gas company building flinders street.jpg|Former Metropolitan Gas Company (1892), by architects Reed, Smart & Tappin in the Venetian Gothic style
Image:Former ball & welch department stores flinders street.jpg|Former Ball & Welch Department store buildings (1898), by architects H.W & F.B Tompkins. Two additional storeys added in the 1980s.
Image:Former masonic club building flinders street.jpg|Former Masonic club buildings built in the 1920s. Converted into apartments with additional top storey in the 1990s.
Image:Forum Theatre Melbourne.jpg|Forum Theatre, opened 1929
Image:Hwtbuild.jpg|The old Herald and Weekly Times building. Built in 1921 to the design of H.W & F.B Tompkins
Southern side
Image:August 2006 Flinders Street Station.jpg|Flinders Street Station main entrance
Image:Flinders street station west facade.jpg|Flinders Street Station west facade
Image:MelbourneAquariumEast.JPG|Melbourne Aquarium, Yarra River facade
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