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The street, the central portion of which has become a pedestrian mall, was named after Sir George Murray, Secretary of State for War and the Colonies from 1828 to 1830.. It is the one main street in Perth that has an eastern ending at a church – the Roman Catholic St Mary's Cathedral; the other major churches in the CBD are on the sides of the city streets.
Following the completion of the central Perth railway station in 1881, the area bounded by William and Barrack Streets was consolidated as the commercial and retail centre of Perth. Banks, insurance buildings, professional and commercial offices were constructed at St Georges Terrace , along with businesses, shops and warehouses developed in ...
Forrest Place connects Perth railway station on Wellington Street with the Murray Street Mall, outside the Carillon City shopping centre. It is 150 metres (490 ft) long, [1] and is paved and landscaped as a pedestrianised square, with seating, public artwork, and trees.
Carillon City was a major Australian shopping centre in Perth, Western Australia. It was located in the middle of the Perth main retail precinct between the Hay and Murray Street malls, at the southern end of Forrest Place. It was linked to St Georges Terrace by way of access through Trinity Arcade and an arcade under
Art Deco interior of Piccadilly Cinema Piccadilly Cinema Ticket Box Murray Street Mall entrance to Piccadilly Arcade before the renovation. The Piccadilly Cinema Centre (formerly Piccadilly Theatre) and Piccadilly Arcade are located at 700-704 Hay Street, Perth, Western Australia.
McLean Lane links Murray Street and Wellington Street, running between a multi-storey car park (Pier Street Car Park) and a former gasworks building (which is occupied by arts group, Artsource, as studio space). [16] [17] In 2009 the City of Perth sought to rename the lane, Gasworks Lane. [18]
The Forrest Chase shopping centre, which features major retailer Myer, is located on the east side of Forrest Place, between the Murray Street mall and Wellington Street, and incorporates a pedestrian bridge over Wellington Street for direct access to Perth railway station.
These items are now occasionally seen in refurbished and new buildings around Perth. Myer said in 1986 that they would retain the Boans name and promptly rebadged the Myer city store at Murray Street and William Street (to be used as the city base until Forrest Chase was ready) and any Myer suburban stores with the Boans name.