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| Type | Street |
| Location | Brisbane |
| Length | 1.4 km (0.9 mi)[1] |
Adelaide Street is a majorstreet inBrisbane, Queensland, Australia. It runs between and parallel toQueen Street andAnn Street.
By May 1873 there was a Primitive Methodist Church in Adelaide Street.[2]
Under the provisions of theCity of Brisbane Improvement Act 1916 and the Local Authorities Act Amendment Act 1923 the Brisbane City Council contributed significantly to the 1920s building boom, with a programme of city beautification and street improvements, including the cutting down and widening of several of the principal thoroughfares. From 1923 to 1928 the Brisbane City Council implemented its most ambitious town improvement scheme to that date: the widening of Adelaide Street by 14 feet (4.3 m) along its entire length. Resumptions in Adelaide Street had commenced in the 1910s, but work on the street widening did not take place until the 1920s. The work was undertaken in stages, commencing in 1923 at the southern end where the newBrisbane City Hall was under construction. Some buildings had the front section removed and a contemporary facade installed on the new road alignment. Elsewhere, earlier buildings were demolished and substantial new structures took their place. At the northern end of Adelaide Street the cutting down of the hill belowSt John's Cathedral in 1928 facilitated greater access to Petrie Bight, which, close to new city wharves at the end of Boundary Street, boomed in the 1920s as a warehousing district.[3]
In 1975, Adelaide Street was extended fromGeorge Street toNorth Quay as construction on theBrisbane Administration Centre was underway.[4]
In November 2021 work began on the construction of a tunnel under Adelaide Street. The tunnel provides a link between theSouth East Busway and theInner-Northern Busway for Brisbane Metro vehicles and buses.[5]
A number of locations on Adelaide Street are listed on theQueensland Heritage Register, including:
The Atlas Café, located at Atlas Chambers, 27 Adelaide Street in Brisbane's CBD, was operated by Greek migrant George Sklavos, starting some time during the mid-1920s. Sklavos is first listed as the proprietor of the Atlas Cafe in the 1927–1928 edition of theQueensland Post Office Directory.[15]
Notable buildings and parks along Adelaide Street includeBrisbane City Hall,King George Square,ANZAC Square with theShrine of Remembrance (both of which honour Australia's war dead),ANZAC Square Arcade,Brisbane Square andPost Office Square.
ANZAC Day parades, in which Australian war veterans (and war veterans of allied nations) march, take place in Adelaide Street, on 25 April every year, andDawn services are held at theShrine of Remembrance withinANZAC Square at Adelaide Street.[16][17][18] Adelaide Street is featured on television every year on ANZAC Day, 25 April, with the ANZAC Day Dawn Service and the ANZAC Day Parade (when the full parade is telecast live, including the saluting of the veterans by theQueensland Governor near King George Square, next to Brisbane City Hall).[19]
Adelaide Street bus mall is a hub for Brisbane's buses, with services operated underTranslink. Entrances toKing George Square busway station andCentral station are also accessed from Adelaide Street side of King George Square andAnzac Square.
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This Wikipedia article incorporatesCC BY 4.0licensed text from:"Atlas Cafe, Brisbane".State Library of Queensland. 11 November 2019. Retrieved5 February 2020. This Wikipedia article incorporates text from"The Queensland heritage register" published by theState of Queensland underCC-BY 3.0 AU licence (accessed on 7 July 2014,archived on 8 October 2014). The geo-coordinates were computed from the"Queensland heritage register boundaries" published by theState of Queensland underCC-BY 3.0 AU licence (accessed on 5 September 2014,archived on 15 October 2014).
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