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Market Street is one of the north–south streets in the
Melbourne central business district The Melbourne central business district (colloquially known as "the City" or "the CBD", and gazetted simply as Melbourne) is the city centre of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. As of the 2021 census, the CBD had a population of 54,941, and is ...
, Australia, part of the
Hoddle Grid The 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 a ...
laid out in 1837. Market Street is the only major deviation to the
Hoddle Grid The 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 a ...
, 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 st ...
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. Adjacent to Collins Arch is the site of what was described as Melbourne CBD's first new urban park in thirty years, Market Street Park, which opened in 2021. Designed by Oculus, it includes greenery, seating and a water feature with sandstone blocks and a banksia cone sculpture. Tram route 58 runs along Market Street between Flinders Lane and Flinders Street.


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Streets in Melbourne City Centre {{australia-road-stub