{{Short description|Street in Adelaide, South Australia}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2014}} {{Use Australian English|date=September 2014}} {{Infobox Australian road | type = street | road_name = Pirie Street | state = sa | city = Adelaide city centre | urban = yes | image = Pirie Street in October 1928.jpg | caption = Pirie Street looking west, circa 1928 | length = 1.1 | length_ref = <ref name="gmaps">{{google maps |url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/-34.9257525,138.5998145/-34.925126,138.611827/@-34.9254118,138.6040101,17.11z/data=!4m2!4m1!3e0 |title=Pirie Street | access-date=1 June 2022}}</ref> | est = 1837 | direction_a = West | direction_b = East | coordinates_a = {{coord|-34.925777|138.599776|type:landmark_region:AU-SA|display=inline}} | coordinates_b = {{coord|-34.925126|138.611827|type:landmark_region:AU-SA|display=inline}} | pushpin_label_position_a = left | pushpin_label_position_b = right | alternative_location_map = Australia South Australia City of Adelaide <!--or Australia Greater Adelaide--> | end_a = '''King William Street'''<br />Adelaide | end_b = '''East Terrace'''<br />Adelaide | exits = {{plainlist| *Hindmarsh Square *Pulteney Street *Frome Street *Hutt Street}} | lga = City of Adelaide }} '''Pirie Street''' is a road on the east side of the Adelaide central business district, South Australia.<ref>{{cite book|title=2003 Adelaide Street Directory, 41st Edition |publisher=UBD|year=2003 |isbn=0-7319-1441-4}}</ref> It runs east–west, between East Terrace and King William Street. After crossing King William Street, it continues as Waymouth Street. It forms the southern boundary of Hindmarsh Square which is in the centre of the north-east quadrant of the city centre.
Pirie Street is served by a stop on the Glenelg tram line on King William Street. It is mainly occupied by office buildings, restaurants, and nightspots. It is one of the narrower streets of the Adelaide grid, at {{convert|1|ch|lk=in}} wide, and has a bicycle lane.
It has a number of notable buildings, including several heritage-listed ones, and was once home to the biggest brewery in the colony of South Australia, the Adelaide Brewery. In 2019 it was used as a location for the film ''Escape from Pretoria'', starring Daniel Radcliffe, substituting for Cape Town, South Africa.
==History and notable buildings== thumb|Former Hill Smith Gallery, cnr Pirie and Wyatt streets [[File:Epworth Building, Pirie Street.jpg|thumb|The Epworth Building on the south side of Pirie Street, between King William Street and Gawler Place]] Pirie Street was named after Sir John Pirie, Lord Mayor of London and a founding director of the South Australian Company.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.historysouthaustralia.net/STlist5.htm#pir |title=History of Adelaide Through Street Names - Streets Named on the 23rd May, 1837 |date=4 March 2005 |access-date=9 November 2009}}</ref>
The Pirie Street Methodist Church was located on the site that is now the Adelaide Town Hall office building, with the 1862 Methodist Meeting Hall (see below) behind.
The Adelaide City Council headquarters are on Pirie Street.
The Pirie Street Brewery, later known as Adelaide Brewery,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article158931472 |title=The Adelaide Brewery, Pirie Street. |newspaper=Adelaide Observer |volume=XXVI |issue=1392 |location=South Australia |date=6 June 1868 |access-date=14 December 2020 |page=14 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> occupied a number of buildings down Wyatt Street, as well as no. 113 Pirie, which was occupied by the Hill Smith Gallery from July 1983<ref>{{cite web|url=https://yoursay.cityofadelaide.com.au/2600/documents/2411|publisher=Adelaide City Council|title=City of Adelaide Heritage Survey (2008) [Section on Hill-Smith Fine Art Gallery, 113 Pirie Street]}}</ref> for 37 years.<ref>{{cite web | title=Hill Smith Gallery | website=Hill Smith Art Advisory | url=https://www.hillsmithart.com.au/hill-smith-gallery | access-date=20 April 2024}}</ref> While no. 113 has not been heritage-listed, the other brewery buildings in Wyatt street were listed on the South Australian Heritage Register on 20 November 1986.<ref>{{cite web | website=The South Australia Heritage Places database | title=54-60 Wyatt Street ADELAIDE| url=https://maps.sa.gov.au/heritagesearch/HeritageItem.aspx?p_heritageno=1292 | access-date=20 April 2024}}</ref>
Buildings which are heritage-listed at state level {{as of|lc=yes|April 2024}} are:<ref name=adheritagelist>{{cite web | title=Heritage places [Search results, Adelaide LGA] | website=SA Heritage Places Database Search| url=https://maps.sa.gov.au/heritagesearch/SearchResultPage.aspx?p_searchtype=KEYWORD&p_operator=AND&p_keyword1=Pirie%20street&p_keyword2=&p_keyword3=&p_keyword4=&p_keyword5=&p_keyword6= | access-date=20 April 2024}}</ref> *the '''Queen's Chambers''' at no. 19<ref name=adheritagelist/> *the '''Old Methodist Meeting Hall''' at no. 25<ref name=adheritagelist/> *Darlington House offices, formerly the Salvation Army's '''People's Palace''', where Archie Roach met Ruby Hunter),<ref>{{cite web | title=Archie Roach tells his story right and true in memoir Tell Me Why|first=Walter|last=Marsh | website=The Adelaide Review | date=3 November 2019 | url=https://www.adelaidereview.com.au/latest/2019/11/04/archie-roach-memoir-tell-me-why/ | access-date=15 December 2020}}</ref> and before that the original German Club building (1879)<ref name=adheritagelist/> *the old '''Tivoli Hotel''' at no.248 (state and local listing)<ref name=adheritagelist/>
Other buildings which are heritage-listed as of local heritage interest {{as of|lc=yes|April 2024}} are:<ref name=adheritagelist/> *The '''Epworth Building''' at 31–35 Pirie Street was built in 1926 as a commercial property for the Methodist Church.<ref>[http://www.architectsdatabase.unisa.edu.au/build_full.asp?B_ID=651 Architecture Museum, UniSA > - Architects of South Australia > Epworth Building] Accessed 10 June 2014.</ref> Designed by the architectural practice of English and Soward,<ref>[http://www.architectsdatabase.unisa.edu.au/arch_full.asp?Arch_ID=93 Architecture Museum, UniSA > Architects of South Australia > Herbert Montefiore Jackman] Accessed 10 June 2014.</ref> it is listed among 120 nationally significant 20th-century buildings in South Australia.<ref>[http://www.architecture.com.au/docs/default-source/act-notable-buildings/120-notable-buildings.pdf 120 notable buildings - Australian Institute of Architects] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140513212710/http://www.architecture.com.au/docs/default-source/act-notable-buildings/120-notable-buildings.pdf |date=13 May 2014 }} Accessed 8 May 2014.</ref> * A {{circa}}1920s façade of the former Bank of South Australia at no. 51; however, in August 2020, developers were given permission to demolish the whole building ahead of the construction of a new Hyatt Regency Adelaide Hotel<ref name=adheritagelist/><ref>{{cite web | title=Heritage facade to be demolished as Pirie St Hyatt gets green light|first=Stephanie|last=Richards | website=InDaily | date=27 August 2020 | url=https://indaily.com.au/news/local/2020/08/27/heritage-facade-to-be-demolished-as-pirie-st-hyatt-gets-green-light/ | access-date=15 December 2020}}</ref>
==Film location== In March 2019 a section of Pirie Street was closed for the day and transformed to represent Cape Town in the 1970s, for filming of the thriller film ''Escape from Pretoria'', starring Daniel Radcliffe.<ref name=ABC1303>{{cite news|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation News|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-03-13/adelaide-turned-into-apartheid-era-cape-town-for-movie/10895924|title=Adelaide transformed into apartheid-era Cape Town for Escape From Pretoria filming|first=Malcolm|last=Sutton|date=13 March 2019|access-date=13 March 2019}}</ref><ref name=Advertiser>{{cite news|publisher=The Advertiser|url=https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/entertainment/movies/adelaides-pirie-st-transformed-into-1978-cape-town-for-daniel-radcliffes-movie-escape-from-pretoria/news-story/ad54494d49dff331111bde24088146a0?nk=216f831cd3a67344a45180ba7638503e-1552457010|title=Adelaide's Pirie St transformed into 1978 Cape Town for Daniel Radcliffe's movie Escape from Pretoria|website=Adelaide Now|first=Gabriel|last=Polychronis|date=14 March 2019|access-date=14 March 2019}}</ref>
==Junction list== {{AUSinttop|noLGA=yes|length_ref=<ref name="gmaps" />}} {{SAint |location_special=Adelaide city centre |lspan=5 |type= |km=0 |road= King William Street |notes=Continues as Waymouth Street }} {{SAint |type= |km=0.2 |road=Gawler Place |notes= }} {{SAint |type= |km=.55 |road=Pulteney Street |notes=At southern edge of Hindmarsh Square }} {{SAint |type= |km=.75 |road=Frome Street |notes= }} {{SAint |type= |km=1.1 |road=Hutt Street (to south), East Terrace (to north and east) |notes= Continues as East Terrace for 100 m, then Bartels Road }} {{Jctbtm}}
==Transportation==
Pirie Street is also the location of a {{visible anchor|stop|Tram stop}} on the Glenelg tram line.<ref>[https://www.adelaidemetro.com.au/timetables/view/GLNELG/0/1/0# Glenelg Tram Timetable (2018)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402052301/https://www.adelaidemetro.com.au/timetables/view/GLNELG/0/1/0 |date=2 April 2019 }}, Adelaide Metro</ref>
{{Adjacent stations |system=Adelaide|noclear=y |line1=Glenelg|to-left1=City West|left1=Rundle Mall|right1=Victoria Square}}
==See also== {{portal-inline|Australian Roads}}
==References== {{commons category|Pirie Street, Adelaide}} {{reflist}}
{{Adelaide CBD Streets}}
Category:Streets in Adelaide