Little Collins Street, Melbourne
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Little Collins Street is a minor street in the central business district (CBD) of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
The street runs parallel to and to the north of Collins Street and as a narrow one way lane takes on the name of the wider main street.
The street has many boutique shops and bars in lanes at the 'Paris End' and offices towards the Docklands end. Howey Place, Royal Arcade and The Causeway are notable arcades.
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[edit] Geography
Little Collins Street runs roughly from east to west and it bisects the CBD (known as the Hoddle Grid) along its long axis. Little Collins Street runs between the parallel Collins Street and Bourke Street streets.
The street has some notable buildings, including the CH2 (Council House 2 - the world's first Six star rating environmentally friendly building)[1], Victoria Hotel, City of Melbourne buildings and ANZ World Headquarters.
At the western end is Bank Place, a significant old lane which provides pedestrian access to Collins Street between Queen Street and William Street. The block between Queen Street and William Street has a large number of weekday cafes.
The section between Swanston Street and Elizabeth Street adjoins several lanes and arcades, with an extensive array of shops and cafes.
[edit] Shopping
The stretch between Exhibition Street and Elizabeth Street has many boutiques of Australian fashion designers, particularly men's fashion, such as Scanlan & Theodore, Arthur Galan AG, Calibre, Saba, Satch and Assin. International designers such as Kenzo and FCUK also have outlets on Little Collins Street.
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 Victoria Hotel - a nine storey Skyscraper Gothic building erected in 1928 |
 The rear of a Byzantine inspired building on Bourke Street which has been converted into boutique apartments with the addition of a mock French style mansard roof in the 1990s. |
 Former Victoria carpark (181-191) (1939). Melbourne's oldest multi-storey carpark in the streamline moderne style. Currently under a proposal to be demolished to make way for modern hi-rise office towers. |
 Presgrave Building. Completed in 1938 to the design of Marcus Barlow. |
 Edwardian building |
 City of Melbourne Buildings (corner of Little Collins) built 1888 to the design of Ellerker And Kilburn. |
 Normanby Chambers and Bank Place |
 Stalbridge Chambers (cnr Bank Place). Built in 1891 to the design of D.C Askew. |
 Council House 2. Completed in 2006 by Hansen Yuncken. |
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[edit] External links
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- Street map from Street Directory, MSN Maps and Multimap.
- Satellite image from Google Maps, WikiMapia and Terraserver.
- A Little Collins goes a long way - Article from The Age
| Streets of Melbourne's Hoddle Grid |
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| Latitudinal Streets West to east: Spencer • King • William • Market • Queen • Elizabeth • Swanston • Russell • Exhibition • Spring Longitudinal Streets South to north: Flinders • Flinders Lane • Collins • Little Collins • Bourke • Little Bourke • Lonsdale • Little Lonsdale • La Trobe Significant Lanes ACDC Lane • Bank Place • Bligh Place • Block Place • Causeway Lane • Centre Place • Degraves Street • Hardware Lane • Manchester Lane • McKillop Street • Punch Lane Significant Arcades Block Arcade • Campbell Arcade • Cathedral Arcade • Centreway Arcade • Howey Place • Melbourne GPO • Port Philip Arcade • Royal Arcade |
