The Todd Mall is a mostly

pedestrian mall Pedestrian zones (also known as auto-free zones and car-free zones, as pedestrian precincts in British English, and as pedestrian malls in the United States and Australia) are areas of a city or town reserved for pedestrian-only use and in whi ...

Alice Springs Alice Springs ( aer, Mparntwe) is the third-largest town in the Northern Territory of Australia. Known as Stuart until 31 August 1933, the name Alice Springs was given by surveyor William Whitfield Mills after Alice, Lady Todd (''née'' Al ...

in the

Northern Territory of Australia The Northern Territory (commonly abbreviated as NT; formally the Northern Territory of Australia) is an Australian territory in the central and central northern regions of Australia. The Northern Territory shares its borders with Western Aust ...

which serves as its "main street" and is one of the primary locations for shopping and leisure in the town. It contains many of the town's restaurants. Fortnightly, from mid-March to early December, it also hosts the "Todd Mall Markets" as well as a number of "Night Markets" throughout the year. The Todd Mall is also the location of the

Alice Springs Town Council The Alice Springs Town Council is a local government area in the Northern Territory. On 1 July 1971, Alice Springs was gazetted as a Municipality with the town council elected on 25 July 1971. It is situated south of Darwin. The council govern ...

's annual "Christmas Carnival" which features the lighting of the council's Christmas Tree on the Council Lawns.

History

The Todd Mall is part of the first 104 lots of land released in the original township of Stuart which were released in 1888. From the very beginning the area now called Todd Mall, the northern section of what was then Todd Street, was considered the town's commercial centre; especially after the

Stuart Arms Hotel The Stuart Arms Hotel was the first hotel in Alice Springs, Northern Territory (which was originally called Stuart). Located on the corner of Parsons and Todd Street, it was centre of social life for 96 years. History The Stuart Arms Hotel was ...

was built (this is now the location of Alice Plaza).

Development

Significant developments were made to the Todd Mall in the following years: * 1978; it was turned into a semi-mall; with one way traffic (and it was affectionately known as the Small) * 1987; it became a fully pedestrian mall * 2013; the far northern part of the Mall was opened again to cars in an effort to revitalise the mall Dowling_027

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Buildings and tenants

Adelaide House Museum Adelaide House also known as Australian Inland Mission Hostel on the Todd Mall in Alice Springs (formerly Stuart) was the first purpose built hospital to a design by the Reverend John Flynn and was completed in 1926. It now operates as a mus ...

* AIATSIS Central Australia * Alice Plaza (previously Ford Plaza) * Alice Springs Cinema * Alice Springs Visitor Information Centre * Aurora Alice Springs (Hotel) * Cafe Uccelo * Epilogue Cafe and Lounge * Jila Arts * John Flynn Memorial Church * Leaping Lizards Gallery * Mbantua Fine Art Gallery * Megafauna Central * Mixed Lollies (Clothing) * Outback Cycling * Outbush * Page 27 (Cafe) * Piccolo's Cafe and Restaurant * Red Dog Cafe * Red Kangaroo Books * Sporties Restaurant * Talapi (Gallery) * The Bakery, Alice Springs * The Gem Gave (also the site of the first library in 1953) * The Goods (Cafe) * Todd Tavern

Former tenants

* Charlie Meyers Saddlery * Eager Beavers (Grocery) * Gum Tree Cafe * Murray Neck *

* The Lane (Restaurant) *Uncle Edy's Ice Cream (closed 2020) * Wallis Fogarty Store * Windles Garage

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