Albert Street, Brisbane
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Albert Street Mall from King George Square. | |
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Type | Street |
Location | Brisbane |
Albert Street is a road in Brisbane, Australia. It was named after Prince Albert, the Prince Consort of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom, and it originally ran from Alice Street to Wickham Terrace. The section between Adelaide Street and Ann Street has now been included in King George Square.
The section of Albert Street between Queen Street Mall and Adelaide Street has now been converted into part of the Mall, in connection with the busway tunnel from the Queen Street bus station to the King George Square busway station.
Contents
1 Buildings
2 History
3 Heritage listings
4 Gallery
5 Major intersections
6 See also
7 References
8 External links
Buildings
At 102 Albert Street, the site of the now demolished Brisbane Festival Hall, is Festival Towers, an apartment building offering short-term accommodation. 123 Albert Street is an office building that was completed in 2011. It has achieved 6 stars on the Green Star environmental rating.[1]
History
Heritage listings
Albert Street has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:
- Upper Albert Street: Albert Park (South) Air Raid Shelter[2]
- 167 Albert Street: Perry House[3]
- 319 Albert Street: Albert Street Uniting Church[4]
Gallery
Albert Street circa 1883
The former Albert Street exit portal for the Queen Street bus station, which has now been converted into part of the Mall.
The Myer Centre entrance at the intersection of Albert Street and Elizabeth Street, and the Queen Street Mall
Albert Street Uniting Church
Major intersections
- Alice Street
- Margaret Street
- Mary Street
- Charlotte Street
- Elizabeth Street
- Queen Street
- Adelaide Street
- Ann Street
- Turbot Street
- Wickham Terrace
See also
- Road transport in Brisbane
References
^ "123 Albert Street - Building profile - Overview". Dexus Property Group. Retrieved 22 July 2012..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
^ "Albert Park (South) Air Raid Shelter (entry 602474)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
^ "Perry House (entry 600103)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
^ "Albert Street Uniting Church (entry 600066)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
External links
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