East End, Adelaide
TheEast Endis a part of theAdelaidecentral business district, in the north-east corner of theAdelaide city centre.This area is a popular office and retail district and has an increasing residential interest from the building of high-density luxury apartments in the area.
Description
[edit]The retail centre of the East End isRundle Street.Although the area is not officially demarcated, its approximate boundaries areNorth Terrace,East Terrace,Pulteney StreetandFlinders Street.It is also sometimes stated as including parts ofKent Townandparklandslocations such as theAdelaide Botanic Gardens,Rymill Parkand theNational Wine Centre of Australia.Other major streets areFrome Street,Grenfell StreetandPirie Street.
The area is bounded by parklands on the north and east sides, with the west side being mostly bounded byHindmarsh Square.
Market redevelopment
[edit]The eastern end of Rundle Street, with a frontage along East Terrace, was the site of Adelaide's original fruit and vegetable wholesale markets, known as theAdelaide Fruit and Produce Exchange.
The markets closed in the 1980s and, after a long and controversial decision-making process involving some government funding, the Garden East (or East End Astoria[1]) apartment development was built. This was the start of a growing number of prestige apartment buildings in the area.[2]"Building D" was designed byWoods Bagotaround 1999.[3]
Events
[edit]The East End is a popular spot in Adelaide for large events. These include:
- TheAdelaide Fringe
- The preliminary stage (stage 0) of theTour Down Under.Called the Jacob's Creek Down Under Classic, stage 0 it is a street circuit bicycle race around the four sides ofRymill Park[4]
- The cross-country stage of theAdelaide Horse Trialsruns through the parklands and is free entry to all.[citation needed]
- TheAdelaide Street Circuit,used for theAdelaide 500,runs through the East End.
References
[edit]- ^"East End Astoria".Archived fromthe originalon 11 January 2006.
- ^"From 1993".Rundle Street East.12 October 2015.Retrieved14 March2024.
- ^"Messenger Press: Architects' views of Adelaide".State Library of South Australia.Retrieved14 March2024.
- ^"2006 Jacobs Creek Tour Down Under".Archived fromthe originalon 9 May 2006.Retrieved1 August2019.
Further reading
[edit]- Elton, Jude."East Terrace".Adelaidia.