Pitt Street is a major street in the Sydney central business district in

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. The street runs through the entire city centre from

Circular Quay Circular Quay is a harbour, former working port and now international passenger shipping port, public piazza and tourism precinct, heritage area, and transport node located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia on the northern edge of the Syd ...

in the north to Waterloo, although today's street is in two disjointed sections after a substantial stretch of it was removed to make way for Sydney's Central railway station. Pitt Street is well known for the pedestrian only retail centre of

Pitt Street Mall Pitt Street Mall is the pedestrianised section of Pitt Street in the Sydney central business district, in the Australian state of New South Wales. Running for approximately 200 metres between Market Street and King Street, it is one block lon ...

, a section of the street which runs from King Street to

Market Street Market Street may refer to: *Market Street, Cambridge, England *Market Street, Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia * Market Street, George Town, Penang, Malaysia *Market Street, Manchester, England *Market Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia ...

. Pitt Street is a

one way One-way or one way may refer to: * One-way traffic, a street either facilitating only one-way traffic, or designed to direct vehicles to move in one direction *One-way travel, a trip that does not return to its origin Music *One Way (American ba ...

(southbound only) from Circular Quay to Pitt Street Mall and (northbound only) from Pitt Street Mall to

Goulburn Street Goulburn Street is a street in the central business district of Sydney in New South Wales, Australia. Goulburn Street is in the southern portion of the Sydney central business district and runs from Darling Harbour and Chinatown in the w ...

, while Pitt Street Mall is for pedestrians only. It is dominated by retail and commercial office space.

History

Pitt Street was originally named Pitt Row, and is one of the earliest named streets in Sydney. Pitt Street is believed to have been named by

Governor A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, ranking under the head of state and in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of state's official representative. Depending on the type of political ...

Arthur Phillip in honour of

William Pitt the Younger William Pitt the Younger (28 May 175923 January 1806) was a British statesman, the youngest and last prime minister of Great Britain (before the Acts of Union 1800) and then first prime minister of the United Kingdom (of Great Britain and Ire ...

, at the time, the Prime Minister of Great Britain. In 1853, Pitt Street was extended north from Hunter Street to

Pitt St, Sydney from The Powerhouse Museum Collection

Pitt Street was previously a one-way street in a southerly direction from Circular Quay to Campbell Street. In preparation for the construction of the

, in February 1987 the sections between Hunter Street and

Martin Place Martin Place is a pedestrian mall in the Sydney central business district, New South Wales, Australia. Martin Place has been described as the "civic heart" of Sydney.

, and Martin Place and King Street were converted to two-way cul de sacs to allow the Martin Place plaza to be extended. This was later reverted and today the Circular Quay to King Street section is one-way throughout in a southerly direction. From Goulburn Street to Park Street was converted to become one-way in a northerly direction. The

to Park Street section initially remained as a southbound street, but was later converted to run northbound. The

to Campbell Street section was converted to two-way.

Tram line

The Circular Quay to

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line was an important part of the Sydney tram network. It was an extremely busy service for passengers transferring from suburban trains, particularly prior to the opening of the

City Circle The City Circle is a mostly-underground railway line located in the Sydney central business district and Haymarket, in New South Wales, Australia, that forms the core of Sydney's passenger rail network. The lines are owned by the Transport A ...

underground railway line in 1926. Trams operated in a loop from Central station, running north along Pitt Street to Circular Quay returning south via

Castlereagh Street Castlereagh Street is a major street located in the Sydney central business district in New South Wales, Australia. The street runs in a north-to-south, in a one way direction only. Description Castlereagh Street's northern terminus is at the ...

. These tracks were also used by some

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and south-western routes during busy periods. The line closed on 27 September 1957 with four tram services replaced with buses and three others diverted to operate via Elizabeth Street. The line made use of the sandstone viaduct onto the colonnade above

Eddy Avenue Eddy Avenue is a street in the Sydney central business district of New South Wales, Australia. It runs west from Elizabeth Street to Pitt Street outside Central station. Description Eddy Avenue runs in a north-westerly direction for 200 metres ...

at Central station, which since 1997 has formed part of the

Inner West Light Rail The Inner West Light Rail is a light rail line in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, running from Central railway station through the Inner West to Dulwich Hill and serving 23 stops. It is the original line of the Sydney light rail network ...

Heritage-listed properties

The following properties, located on or adjacent to Pitt Street, are listed on various national, state, and/or local government heritage registers: * Bulletin Place warehouses, on Bulletin Place, between Pitt Street and Macquarie Place *

Commonwealth Trading Bank Building The Commonwealth Trading Bank Building, also known as the Commonwealth Bank Building, is a historically significant building in the Sydney central business district, New South Wales, Australia, located on the corner of Pitt Street and Martin Pl ...

* Kings Hotel *

Pitt Street Uniting Church The Pitt Street Uniting Church is a heritage-listed Uniting church building located at 264 Pitt Street in the Sydney central business district, Australia. Founded in 1833, the congregation was the original church of Congregationalism in New Sou ...

* Soul Pattinson Building *

The Strand Arcade The Strand Arcade is a heritage-listed Victorian-style retail arcade located at 195-197 Pitt Street in the heart of the Sydney central business district, between Pitt Street Mall and George Street in the City of Sydney local government area ...

* Sydney School of Arts building *Former Sydney Water Head Office *

The Sydney Club The Sydney Club is a heritage-listed club premises at 122 Pitt Street, in the Sydney central business district, in the City of Sydney local government area of New South Wales, Australia. It was designed by George Allen Mansfield, Mansfield Bro ...

* Wales House, now part of the

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Gallery

File:The first Tramways Dated c. 10 1 1880 Depot at Pitt Street.jpg, Sydney's first Tramways depot, corner of Pitt Street and what was then Gipps St West and Garden Road, looking SE across the Old Cemeteries towards .

roughly follows Garden Road, . File:(1) City Tattersals Club.JPG,

City Tattersalls Club The City Tattersalls Club is a social club located in Sydney, New South Wales. The club was formed in 1895 by a group of bookmakers disgruntled with a judge's decision on a race at Kensington, New South Wales. The club named itself after the T ...

File:The Sydney Club, 122 Pitt Street.jpg,

File:(1) Pitt Street (a).JPG, Building in Italianate style File:(1) Pitt Street (d).JPG, Restored 1903 building File:Pitt Street Mall, 2014.jpg,

from King Street looking south File:Pitt Street, Sydney, looking south from The Powerhouse Museum Collection.jpg, Looking south c. 1900 File:1 Pitt and Hunter002.jpg, Archival image of Pitt and Hunter Streets, showing Wales House File:(1)Pitt St Uniting Church-5.jpg,

interior File:Building labourer on a stone being hoisted up to building, Pitt St, Sydney, c. 1930s, by Sam Hood (4441498235).jpg, Building labourer on a stone being hoisted up to building, Pitt St, Sydney, c1930s. Photo by

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