Market Street is one of the north–south streets in the
central business district of
Melbourne
Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...
,
Australia, part of the
Hoddle Grid
Hoddle Grid is the contemporary name given to the approximately grid of streets that form the Melbourne central business district, Australia. Bounded by Flinders Street, Spring Street, La Trobe Street, and Spencer Street, it lies at an an ...
laid out in 1837.
Market Street is the only major deviation to the
Hoddle Grid
Hoddle Grid is the contemporary name given to the approximately grid of streets that form the Melbourne central business district, Australia. Bounded by Flinders Street, Spring Street, La Trobe Street, and Spencer Street, it lies at an an ...
, in that it only runs between
Flinders Street and
Collins Street, such that its vista is terminated by the art-deco ''Temple Court'' building on Collins Street.
South of Flinders Street, the roadway continues across the
Yarra River
The Yarra River or historically, the Yarra Yarra River, ( Kulin languages: ''Berrern'', ''Birr-arrung'', ''Bay-ray-rung'', ''Birarang'', ''Birrarung'', and ''Wongete'') is a perennial river in south-central Victoria, Australia.
The lower s ...
via
Queens Bridge.
The street was named after the
Western Market
:''Western Market is also a former name for Plaza Miserere.''
Western Market is one of the oldest structures in Sheung Wan, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. The current structure, built in 1906, was the North Block of the original Western Market ...
, Melbourne's first official fresh food and vegetable market,
[History , Melbourne Wholesale Fruit Vegetable & Flower Market]
/ref> which operated on the site now occupied by Collins Arch, bordered by Collins, Market and William Streets, and Flinders Lane.Flinders Lane
Flinders Lane is a minor street and thoroughfare in the central business district of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The laneway runs east–west from Spring Street to Spencer Street in-between Flinders and Collins Streets. Originally laid ou ...
and Flinders Street.
See also
References
Streets in Melbourne City Centre
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