The Hoddle Grid is the layout of the streets in the central business district of Melbourne. A road is an identifiable route, way or path between two or more places. A central business district ( CBD) is the commercial and often geographic heart of a city Melbourne ( is the second most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 3 Named after its designer, Robert Hoddle, the Grid was laid out in 1837, and later extended. Robert Hoddle ( 20 April 1794 &ndash 24 October 1881) was a surveyor of Port Phillip in the 1830s and the creator of the Hoddle Year 1837 ( MDCCCXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common It covers the area from Flinders St to Queen Victoria Market, and from Spencer St to Spring St.
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History
While the survey plan has proved, in time, to be far-sighted for public utility, serving Melbourne to this day, at the time Hoddle's instructions from Governor Gipps were more prosaic. Sir George Gipps (1791 – 28 February 1847) was Governor of the Colony of New South Wales, Australia, for eight years between 1838 Land allotments for sale at public auction were to be produced as quickly as possible to deliver to the market. Gipps also insisted that all towns laid out during his term of office should have no public squares included within their boundaries, being convinced that they only encouraged democracy.
The wide main streets were also to accommodate the large number of bullock carts that would ride through the centre of town preventing them from holding up horse drawn traffic when making right turns. The bullock cart (also known as a bullock wagon or bullock team) is a common means of transportation used traditionally since ancient times in many parts of the world
In the 1860s, surveys extended the district, incorporating the region of similarly laid out streets bounded by Victoria Street, Dudley Street and the Queen Victoria Market.
Specifications
All major streets are one and half chains (30 m) in width, while all blocks are exactly 10 chains square (10 acres, 201 m × 201 m). A chain is a unit of Length; it measures 66 feet or 22 yards (20 The acre is a unit of Area in a number of different systems including the imperial and U It is one mile (1. 6 km) long by half a mile wide (1. 61 by 0. 80 km), and oriented with its long axis rotated 28 degrees counterclockwise of the east-west direction, to align better with the course of the Yarra River. The Yarra River is a River in southern Victoria, Australia. The lower stretches of the river is where the city of Melbourne was established
East-west streets
Parallel to the Yarra River:
- Flinders Street (southernmost)
- Flinders Lane1
- Collins Street
- Little Collins Street2
- Bourke Street, incorporating Bourke Street Mall
- Little Bourke Street3
- Lonsdale Street
- Little Lonsdale Street4
- La Trobe Street (also written LaTrobe) (northernmost of the original district)
- Little La Trobe Street5
- Mackenzie Street6
- A'Beckett Street7
- Franklin Street
- Therry Street (northernmost, borders Queen Victoria Market)
1 One-way westbound, except two-way between Market and Spencer Streets
2 One-way westbound, except two-way between King and Spencer Streets
3 One-way westbound
4 One-way eastbound
5 Runs only between Swanston and Elizabeth Streets
6 Runs only between Exhibition and Russell Streets
7 Runs only between Swanston and William Streets
North-south streets
Perpendicular to the Yarra River:
- Spring Street (easternmost)
- Exhibition Street
- Russell Street
- Swanston Street
- Elizabeth Street
- Queen Street
- Market Street1
- William Street
- King Street
- Spencer Street (westernmost)
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Melbourne's lanes and arcades
Although not part of Hoddle's original plans, Melbourne has a number of significant lanes for which the city has become notable. The lanes have evolved from the early days of the Hoddle Grid out of necessity as accessways from the minor streets, many themselves known by the name of "lane".
Many of these lanes are used for commercial purposes, some have become covered arcades. Some lanes have been lost to the consolidation of urban blocks and developments such as Rialto Towers. Rialto Towers (often The Rialto) is the second-tallest Reinforced concrete building and the tallest office building in the Southern Hemisphere, when Others have become enclaves of historic buildings spared from consolidation of blocks facing the major streets, appearing as hidden trails that burrow their way through the city.
Among Melbourne's more significant lanes is Bank Place, a small enclave of heritage listed buildings including Mitre Tavern. Bank Place is a street in Melbourne Victoria. It is a short narrow Laneway running south from Little Collins Street between Queen Street and Block Place, Degraves Street and Centre Place are popular for their funky cafe culture. Block Place is a street in Melbourne Victoria. It is a short narrow partially covered Laneway running south from Little Collins Street between Swanston Degraves Street is a street in Melbourne Victoria. It is named after Charles and William Degraves pioneer merchants who settled in Melbourne from Hobart Tasmania Centre Place is a busy laneway and arcade in the Melbourne CBD, Australia. Hardware Lane and McKillop Street towards the financial district are popular with office workers, and Punch Lane is one of the more popular lanes at the Eastern end of the city. Hardware Lane is a small lane in the Melbourne CBD, Australia. McKillop Street is a street in Melbourne Victoria. It is a short quiet and narrow open laneway, running between Bourke Street and Little Collins ACDC Lane was recently named after the popular rock band AC/DC. ACDC Lane is a street in Melbourne Victoria. It is a short narrow Laneway running south from Flinders Lane between Exhibition Street and Russell AC/DC are an Australian Hard rock band formed in Sydney, Australia in 1973 by brothers Angus and Malcolm Young. Others are known for their outstanding examples of modern mural, graffiti and stencil art. Graffiti (singular graffito; the plural is used as a Mass noun) is the name for images or lettering scratched scrawled painted or marked in any manner on property A stencil is a Template used to draw or paint identical letters, Symbols, Shapes or Patterns every The Melbourne City Council has commissioned several quirky art installations in a few of the lanes. The City of Melbourne is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia, located in the central city area of Melbourne.
Collectively they have become a major tourist attraction to the city and been used as a model for new urban developments such as the Queen Victoria Village, Federation Square and the re-development of Melbourne Central as well as commercial developments in established heritage laneways. Queen Victoria Village, generally known as QV Village or just QV, is a precinct in the Central business district of Melbourne, Victoria Federation Square (also colloquially known as Fed Square) is a cultural precinct in the city of Melbourne, Australia. Melbourne Central is a large shopping, Office, and Public transport hub in the city of Melbourne, Australia.
Melbourne also features many covered arcades. An arcade is a passage or walkway covered over by a succession of Arches or vaults supported by columns Some began their life as lanes, others began as new shopping malls.
Although the popularity of arcades in Melbourne waned in the 1950s, they experienced a revival in the late 1980s. The 1950s Decade refers to the years of 1950 to 1959 inclusive The 1980s was the decade spanning from January 1 1980 to December 31 1989. Many of Melbourne's more popular arcades did not survive during these decades, however. Queens Walk on the corner of Collins and Swanston Streets is one such example. It was demolished in the 1970s to make way for the Melbourne City Square. The City Square is a pedestrian plaza located in the Central Business District of Melbourne, Australia.
Significant arcades include Royal Arcade, one of Melbourne's earliest Victorian arcades, which is heritage registered, Block Arcade, a major arcade which coined the Melbourne phrase "doing the Block". Royal Arcade is a heritage shopping arcade in the central business district of Melbourne Victoria. Block Arcade is a heritage shopping arcade in Melbourne Victoria. Centreway Arcade in the heritage Centreway building connects to several of the lanes in the centre of the city, whilst Campbell Arcade which connects to Degraves Street is Melbourne's most significant 1950s arcade. Degraves Street is a street in Melbourne Victoria. It is named after Charles and William Degraves pioneer merchants who settled in Melbourne from Hobart Tasmania Other heritage arcades of note include Howey Place and, Cathedral Arcade. Howey Place, formerly known as "Cole's Walk" is a shopping arcade in Melbourne Victoria. Cathedral Arcade is a heritage shopping arcade in Melbourne Victoria. In 2005, Melbourne GPO's heritage postal hall was converted into shops and became a new addition to the arcades of the city. The Melbourne General Post Office or GPO is a landmark building in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia on the corner of Elizabeth Street and
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