Pirie Street is a road on the east side of the

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. It runs east–west, between

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and King William Street. After crossing King William Street, it continues as Waymouth Street. It forms the southern boundary of

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which is in the centre of the north-east quadrant of the city centre. Pirie Street is served by a stop on the

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on King William Street. It is mainly occupied by office buildings, restaurants, and nightspots. It is one of the narrower streets of the Adelaide grid, at wide, and has a

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. It has a number of notable buildings, including several heritage-listed ones, and was once home to the biggest brewery in the

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, the Adelaide Brewery. In 2019 it was used as a location for the film ''

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'', starring

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, substituting for

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, South Africa.

History and notable buildings

Pirie Street was named after Sir

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and a founding director of the

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. The Pirie Street Methodist Church was located on the site that is now the Adelaide Town Hall office building, with the 1862 Methodist Meeting Hall (see below) behind. The Adelaide City Council headquarters are on Pirie Street. The Pirie Street Brewery, later known as Adelaide Brewery, occupied a number of buildings down Wyatt Street, as well as the building currently at no. 113, occupied by the Hill Smith Gallery. While this building has not as yet been heritage-listed, the other brewery buildings in Wyatt street are on the

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. Other buildings which are heritage-listed as of local heritage interest are: *The Epworth Building at 31-35 Pirie Street was built in 1926 as a commercial property for the Methodist Church. Designed by the architectural practice of English and Soward, it is listed among 120 nationally significant 20th-century buildings in South Australia. *a 1920s

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of the former

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at no. 51; however, in August 2020, developers were given permission to demolish the whole building ahead of the construction of a new Hyatt Regency Adelaide Hotel, *the old Tivoli Hotel at no.248; Buildings which are heritage-listed at state level are: *the Queen's Chambers at no. 19; *the Old Methodist Meeting Hall at no. 25; and *Darlington House offices, formerly the Salvation Army's People's Palace, where

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met

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), and before that the original

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building (1879).

Film location

In March 2019 a section of Pirie Street was closed for the day and transformed to represent

in the 1970s, for filming of the thriller film ''

'', starring

Junction list

References

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History and notable buildings

Film location

Junction list

See also

References