{{Short description|Pedestrian street mall in Hobart, Tasmania}} {{Use Australian English|date=May 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2019}} [[File:Elizabeth Street Mall Hobart.jpg|thumb|Elizabeth Street Mall]] '''Elizabeth Street Mall''' is a [[Pedestrian zone|pedestrian street mall]] in [[Hobart]], [[Tasmania]]. It is located on [[Elizabeth Street, Hobart|Elizabeth Street]], running for one block between [[Collins Street, Hobart|Collins Street]] and [[Liverpool Street, Hobart|Liverpool Street]]. It is the largest shopping area in the [[Hobart city centre]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Wigglesworth|first1=Zeke|title=Fielding's Australia|url=https://archive.org/details/fieldingsaustral00wigg|url-access=registration|date=1997|page=[https://archive.org/details/fieldingsaustral00wigg/page/378 378]|isbn=978-1-56952-132-8 }}</ref> It is also a busy meeting place and [[busking]] area.<ref>{{cite book|title=Holiday in Tasmania|date=2010|publisher=Hardie Grant Publishing|isbn=978-1742734972|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o_a-hM30wTQC&pg=PT10|accessdate=12 July 2015}}</ref>
The mall was created in the 1970s<ref>{{cite web |title=Elizabeth Street Mall |url=https://www.creativespaces.net.au/space/elizabeth-street-mall |website=creative spaces |access-date=3 July 2024}}</ref> when small-scale pedestrianisations were briefly popular in Australia and other countries. At the time this was opposed by some businesses, but now the street is one of the busiest in the city.{{CN|date=May 2024}}
==Features== ===Shopping centres=== Located in Hobart's historical nexus and by the [[Hobart Bus Mall]], it is a central access point for a number of the city's boutique and high-end shopping destinations, including [[shopping mall]]s such as: * The Wellington Centre<ref>{{cite web |title=WELLINGTON CENTRE AT 42 ARGYLE STREET HOBART: FIT OUT AND AIR BRIDGE FOR AMBULATORY CLINICS |url=https://www.parliament.tas.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0028/58762/wellington20centre20submission20to20pscpw20aug202011.pdf |website=Parliament Tasmania |access-date=3 July 2024}}</ref> and Arcade (15 shops and a [[Woolworths (Australia)|Woolworths]]), which is connected to Wellington Court through to the Bank Arcade (16 shops) and a [[TasTAFE]] at Purdys Mart. * The [[Cat and Fiddle Arcade]] (70 shops) via Elizabeth Lane, which connects to the [[Icon Complex|Myer anchor]] and through to Centrepoint Shopping Centre (34 shops) across [[Murray Street, Hobart|Murray Street]]. ===Wellington Bridge=== [[File:Thursday, October 26, 2017 - 38421118261.jpg|thumb|View of the mall with the Kodak building painted yellow on the right]] The Elizabeth Street Mall was once a crossing of the [[Hobart Rivulet]] valley, and there were many historic bridges before it was canalised and subsequently buried. The Wellington Bridge, which has been a popular gathering space, is still visible within the mall as a landmark. In 1913: <blockquote>"The distance by road from Hobart to [[Launceston, Tasmania|Launceston]] is calculated as from Wellington Bridge, … On one side palatial buildings were erected a few years ago. … on Saturday nights, [sporting men and youths] play the afternoon's football match all over again. Some of the greatest sporting events of the year are lost and won on Wellington Bridge. … on [[J. Walch and Sons|Walch's Corner]], the kerbstone politicians settle the fate of the crowned heads of the world … Mayorships and judgeships are given deep thought in common with other great public questions … The glory of Wellington Bridge will not depart with the new building. On the contrary, the latter will shed new light in the locality, and will tend to throw some light on the arguments of the habitues."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article50710179 |title=Wellington Bridge |newspaper=[[The Examiner (Tasmania)]] |volume=LXXII |issue=137 |location=Tasmania, Australia |date=10 June 1913 |accessdate=3 July 2024 |page=3 (DAILY) |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref></blockquote> In a similar spirit, the bridge was the location of a modern [[Speakers' Corner]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Businesses sick of street battle |url=https://themercury.com.au/news/tasmania/elizabeth-mall-retailers-speak-out-about-constant-clashes-over-sermons/news-story/f28aad719fe8afcf64fefd5885846ec1 |access-date=3 July 2024 |agency=The Mercury |date=24 October 2017}}</ref>
===Kodak building=== A well-known five-storey [[Gothic Revival architecture|Neo-Gothic]] former [[Kodak|Kodak Australasia Pty Ltd]] building is located on the mall at 45 Elizabeth Street and opened in 1915.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Perkins |first1=Hannah |title=Kodak Retail Branches in Hobart, Tasmania, 20th Century |url=https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/articles/17157 |website=Museums Victoria Collections |access-date=3 July 2024}}</ref> There was an attempt to preserve the disused building through [[adaptive reuse|adaptation]] in 2020.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ainsworth |first1=Kate |title=Historic Kodak signage could be removed from 100-year-old building in Hobart's Elizabeth St Mall |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-11-09/historic-kodak-signage-to-be-removed-hobart-elizabeth-st-mall/12862234 |access-date=3 July 2024 |agency=ABC News |date=9 November 2020}}</ref>
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{{Hobart landmarks}}
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