Everything about Queen Street Melbourne totally explained
Queen Street is a street in the
Melbourne central business district, forming part of the famous
Hoddle Grid. It runs roughly from north to south. The northern end of Queen Street intersects with
Victoria Street, while its southern end intersects with
Flinders Street. The northern end of Queen Street bisects the
Queen Victoria Market into the dry section and wet section.
Queen Street is a mainly commercial and financial section of the central business district. There are many office buildings along the road. These include the world headquarters of
ANZ at 100 Queen Street, the 32-storey building at
200 Queen Street, the
Republic Tower at 299 Queen Street and the
Bank of China building at 270 Queen Street
Victoria University also has a building on Queen Street.
Queen Street is named after
Queen Elizabeth I.
Gallery
Image:Republic tower melbourne.jpg|Republic Tower (corner of La Trobe Street)
Image:Celtic_club_la_trobe_street_melbourne.jpg|Celtic Club (corner of La Trobe Street)
Image:Former records office melbourne.jpg|Former Records Office
Image:200Qinthesun.jpg|200 Queen Street
to the post-modern neo-tudor designs of Peddle Thorp involved the demolition of several art deco skyscrapers, but the restoration of several heritage registered Victorian buildings.
Image:Melbourne safe deposit building.jpg|Melbourne Safe Deposit Building
Image:Gothic bank melbourne.jpg|Gothic Bank, 388 Collins St (corner of Collins Street). Former head office of ES&A Bank; also includes the original Stock Exchange building.
Image:Lombard house queen street melbourne.jpg|Lombard House. Built in 1887 to the design of Reed, Henderson & Smart
Image:Alkira_house_queen_street_melbourne.jpg|Built in 1936 to the design of James Wardrop. One of the most striking Glazed architectural terra-cotta and glass brick clad Art Deco buildings in Australia
Image:Bennelong house queen street melbourne.jpg|Bennelong House (Former Felton Building) at 9 Queen Street. Built in 1886. The last remaining and smallest of four office towers built for entrepreneur FW Prellon.
Image:Anz_world_headquarters_queen_street_melbourne.jpg|ANZ World Headquarters, 100 Queen St. Built in 1993.
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