{{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 = Rundle Street | state = sa | city = [[Adelaide city centre]] | urban = yes | image = Rundle Street looking east.jpg | caption = Rundle Street, looking east (April 2019) | length = 0.5 | length_ref = <ref name="gmaps">{{google maps |url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/-34.9226513,138.605532/-34.922405,138.610875/@-34.9222212,138.6073879,17.58z/data=!4m2!4m1!3e0 |title=Rundle Street | access-date=1 June 2022}}</ref> | est = 1837 | direction_a = West | direction_b = East | coordinates_a = {{coord|-34.922651|138.605528|type:landmark_region:AU-SA|display=inline}} | coordinates_b = {{coord|-34.922405|138.610875|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 = '''[[Pulteney Street]]'''<br />{{small|[[Adelaide]]}} | end_b = '''Rundle Road'''<br />{{small|[[Adelaide]]}} | exits = {{plainlist| *[[Frome Street]] *[[East Terrace]]}} | lga = [[City of Adelaide]] }} '''Rundle Street''', often referred to as "Rundle Street East" as distinct from [[Rundle Mall]], is a street in the [[East End, Adelaide|East End]] of the [[Adelaide city centre|city centre]] of [[Adelaide]], the capital of [[South Australia]]. It runs from [[Pulteney Street]] to [[East Terrace]], where it becomes Rundle Road through the [[Adelaide Park Lands|East Park Lands]].{{efn|A separate Rundle Street continues from Rundle Road through [[Kent Town]]).<ref>{{cite book|title=2003 Adelaide Street Directory, 41st Edition |publisher=UBD|year=2003 |isbn=0-7319-1441-4}}</ref>}} The street is close to [[Adelaide Botanic Garden]], [[Rundle Park / Kadlitpina|Rundle Park]], [[Rymill Park]], [[Hindmarsh Square]] and [[North Terrace, Adelaide|North Terrace]].
The street contains numerous cafés, restaurants, shops, cinemas, [[Nightclub|club]]s, and [[public house|hotel]]s. It is one of Adelaide's most popular streets for cafés and fashion. Most of the street has a heritage façade, but has been redeveloped for modern use, with some buildings converted to residences, such as the East End Markets.
==Junction list and description== {{AUSinttop|noLGA=yes|length_ref=<ref name="gmaps" />}} {{SAint |location_special=[[Adelaide city centre]] |lspan=3 |type= |km=0 |road=[[Pulteney Street]] |notes=Continues as [[Rundle Mall]] }} {{SAint |type= |km=.2 |road=[[Frome Street]] |notes= }} {{SAint |type= |km=0.5 |road=[[East Terrace]] |notes=Continues as Rundle Road }} {{Jctbtm}}
Bent Street and Union Street run through to [[Grenfell Street]] on the southern side, Ebenezer Place runs south leading to a [[pedestrianised]] precinct and turns westwards into Union Street, while the [[cul de sac]] Synagogue Place, and pedestrianised Vaughan Place (next to [[Exeter Hotel|the Exeter]]). Cinema Place runs off the northern side of Vaughan place, and is home to several businesses and offices, including [[The Elephant British Pub|The Elephant]], [[Palace Nova Eastend|Palace Nova]],<ref name=gm>{{cite web | title=Rundle Street| website=Google Maps | url=https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-34.9226138,138.6075989,18.58z | access-date=12 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Contact | website=MusicSA | url=https://www.musicsa.com.au/contact/ | access-date=25 April 2025}}</ref> Radio [[Fresh 92.7]]<ref>{{cite web | title=Home| website=[[Fresh 92.7]] | url=https://www.fresh927.com.au/ | access-date=26 April 2025}}</ref> and [[MusicSA]].<ref>{{cite web | title=Contact | website=[[MusicSA]] | url=https://www.musicsa.com.au/contact/ | access-date=25 April 2025}}</ref>
Rundle Street is two-lane, with parking on both sides plus [[bicycle lane]]s. It is one of the narrower streets of the Adelaide grid, at {{convert|1|ch|lk=in}} wide.{{cn|date=May 2023}}
A separate Rundle Street continues from Rundle Road through [[Kent Town]].<ref>{{cite book|title=2003 Adelaide Street Directory, 41st Edition |publisher=UBD|year=2003 |isbn=0-7319-1441-4}}</ref>
===Rundle Mall=== {{main|Rundle Mall}} The western extent of Rundle Street, which originally ran to [[King William Street, Adelaide|King William Street]], was closed in 1972 to form the [[pedestrian street]] of Rundle Mall.{{cn|date=May 2023}}
==History== The street was named after [[John Rundle]], a director of the [[South Australian Company]] and member of the [[British House of Commons]], by the [[Street Naming Committee]] on 23 May 1837.<ref>{{cite web | access-date =6 January 2006 | url =http://www.adelaide.sa.gov.au/archives/pdf/RundleMall.pdf | title = Rundle Mall | publisher =[[City of Adelaide|Adelaide City Council]] }}</ref>
It was installed with the first electric street lighting in South Australia in 1895 at the former intersection of Rundle, King William and [[Hindley Street|Hindley]] streets.{{cn|date=May 2023}}
The [[Malcolm Reid & Co. Ltd]] building at no. 187-207 was extensively refurbished in 1909.<ref name=mrheritage/>(See [[#The Austral to Malcolm Reid building group|below]] for further details.)
A [[trams in Adelaide|tramline ran through the street]] in the early 20th century.{{cn|date=May 2023}}
===Grand Central Hotel / Foy & Gibson=== [[File:Grand Central Hotel B-13016.jpeg|thumb|Grand Central Hotel, later [[Foy & Gibson]] and demolished in the 1970s for a carpark.]] The Grand Central Hotel was a magnificent heritage building which was located on the corner of Rundle Street and Pulteney Street, a six-storey [[Victorian architecture|Victorian-style]] building opened in 1911. It was later concerted into a [[Foy & Gibson]] retail store, designed to complement their adjacent furniture emporium adjacent. The building was demolished in 1975 and the Rundle Street UPark was built there.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/lifestyle/sa-weekend/grand-central-hotel-the-remarkable-adelaide-cbd-building-demolished-for-a-carpark/news-story/d3919ac6f7ad8453f9798ba8f2465a25?amp&nk=51ac19e953c4c0b490e7755cf6133f8f-1641695258|title = One-of-a-kind building demolished for a carpark|date = April 2018}}</ref>
The Grand Central in its turn replaced the elegant and exclusive two-storey [[C. A. Hornabrook|York Hotel]],<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5293176 |title=Expansion of Adelaide |newspaper=[[The Advertiser (Adelaide)]] |location=South Australia |date=17 June 1911 |access-date=10 January 2020 |page=6 |via=Trove }}</ref> but despite some high-profile guests (the [[Edward VIII|Prince of Wales]] in 1920, [[Arthur Conan Doyle]] in 1922), it never prospered, and around 1925 was absorbed into the emporium.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article59010829 |title=Grand Central Hotel |newspaper=[[The Register (Adelaide)]] |location=South Australia |date=12 August 1924 |access-date=10 January 2020 |page=9 |via=Trove }}</ref>
The building was sold to the [[Electricity Trust of South Australia|Electricity Trust]] for showrooms and offices, then in 1975–1976 was demolished to make way for a multi-level car park,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.adelaideheritage.net.au/all-site-profiles/grand-central-hotel/ |title=Adelaide City Heritage: Grand Central Hotel |date=15 May 2013 |publisher=National Trust of South Australia |access-date=10 January 2020}}</ref> an open, austere structure of concrete slabs and iron railings.
===Rundle Street siege=== In September 1976, a [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]]n man, Michael O'Connor, entered Hambly Clark's gun shop (now closed) at 182 Rundle Street, between [[Pulteney Street]] and Synagogue Place, and stole two shotguns which he loaded with his own ammunition. He then began shooting indiscriminately. After a lengthy confrontation he was shot by a police sniper and taken to the nearby [[Royal Adelaide Hospital]] but was declared dead on arrival.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/some-of-the-most-notorious-crimes-that-shook-and-horrified-south-australia/news-story/44fe98668d454c5dc1f7c7a3c71ff269 |title=The most notorious crimes that shook and horrified South Australia |first=Lynton |last=Grace |date=11 January 2014 |access-date=27 May 2021}}</ref>
==Notable buildings and traders== [[File:gardeneast.jpg|thumb|right|[[Garden East apartments|Garden East]] (1990s)]] The [[Garden East apartments]] were built during the 1990s as part of the redevelopment of old warehouse and office buildings in the East End.<ref >{{cite web | title=From 1993 | website=Rundle Street East | date=12 October 2015 | url=https://www.rundlestreet.com.au/history/from-1993/ | access-date=14 March 2024}}</ref> "Building D" was designed by [[Woods Bagot]] around 1999.<ref>{{cite web | title=Messenger Press: Architects' views of Adelaide | website=State Library of South Australia | url=https://collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/B+71878/10 | access-date=14 March 2024}}</ref>
The [[Palace Nova Eastend]], a [[movie theatre|cinema]] complex which has hosted the [[Adelaide Film Festival]],<ref>{{cite web | title=Adelaide Film Festival, Oct 14 - Oct 25 | website=Palace Nova | url=https://palacenova.com.au/special-events/adelaide-film-festival-2020-oct-14-oct-25 | access-date=11 February 2021}}</ref> as well as continuing to host series of other annual film festivals created by other organisations, such as the [[Alliance Française]]'s French Film Festival,<ref>{{cite web | title=Alliance Française French Film Festival 2021 | website=Palace Nova | url=https://palacenova.com.au/special-events/alliance-francaise-french-film-festival-2021 | access-date=11 February 2021}}</ref> along with regular screenings of other films in their 12 cinemas, including the Eximax, the largest screen in Adelaide.<ref>{{cite web | title=About Palace Nova Cinemas Adelaide and Prospect | website=Palace Nova | url=https://palacenova.com.au/about-us | access-date=11 February 2021}}</ref> Radio station [[Fresh 92.7]] has its studios and office adjacent to Palace Nova Eastend.
There are many high-end fashion retailers in Rundle Street.<ref>{{cite web | title=Fashion | website=Rundle Street East | url=https://www.rundlestreet.com.au/business-categories/fashion/ | access-date=25 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last=Rice | first=Katelin | title=Timeless Australian fashion brand Assembly Label officially opens on Rundle Street | website=Glam Adelaide | date=10 May 2023 | url=https://glamadelaide.com.au/timeless-australian-fashion-brand-assembly-label-opens-on-rundle-street/ | access-date=25 May 2023}}</ref> Among these is Miss Gladys Sym Choon, owned by a company which retained the name of one of the [[Sym Choon family]]'s businesses, in existence since the 1920s, when they bought the business in 1985.<ref>{{cite web | title=About Us | website=Miss Gladys Sym Choon | url=https://missgladyssymchoon.com.au/pages/about-us | access-date=11 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Sym Choon Shops | website=Adelaidia | date=16 December 2015 | url=https://adelaidia.history.sa.gov.au/places/sym-choon-shops |first=Hannah| last=Stewart| access-date=11 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Sym Choon Shops | website=Adelaide City Explorer | url=https://adelaidecityexplorer.com.au/items/show/207 | access-date=25 May 2023}}</ref>{{efn|See [[List of Chinese Australians]] for more detail.}}
[[public house|Pubs]] in Rundle Street include the [[Exeter Hotel]];<ref>{{cite web | title=Home | website=The Exeter Hotel | url=http://www.theexeter.com.au/ | access-date=20 March 2024}}</ref> [[#The Austral to Malcolm Reid building group|The Austral]];<ref>{{cite web | title=Home | website=The Austral | url=http://www.theaustral.com.au/ | access-date=12 February 2021}}</ref> [[The Elephant British Pub]] (in Cinema Place, near the Palace Nova);<ref>{{cite web | title=Home | website=The Elephant British Pub | url=https://theelephant.com.au/ | access-date=12 February 2021}}</ref> [[The Stag Public House]] (at the junction with East Terrace);<ref>{{cite web | title=The Stag Public House | website=The Stag Public House | url=https://www.thestagpublichouse.com/ | access-date=12 February 2021}}</ref> and the [[Belgian Beer Cafe]] (on Ebenezer Place).<ref>{{cite web | title=Home | website=Belgian Beer Cafe, Adelaide, SA | url=https://www.oostende.com.au/ | access-date=25 May 2023}}</ref>
===The Austral to Malcolm Reid building group=== [[File:Rundle St south side PRG-631-2-448.jpg|thumb|Southern side, c.1929]] [[File:East along Rundle B-5819.jpg|thumb|Looking east, 1929]] [[File:Malcolm Reid 1936 B-6801.jpg|thumb|Malcolm Reid building, 1936]] The [[Malcolm Reid & Co. Ltd]] building is part of a group at no. 187-207 originally built for the [[South Australian Company]] in the early 1880s. The company commissioned architect [[William McMinn]] to design a set of buildings in stages from east to west. The first building, comprising 14 shops and a hotel to provide accommodation in the three storeys above, were completed in January 1880. The section later occupied by Malcolm Reid & Co. was completed last, around 1883. The completed group occupies almost two [[town acre]]s, and is unusual in Adelaide in South Australia on account of its extent.<ref name=mrheritage>{{cite web| url=https://d31atr86jnqrq2.cloudfront.net/heritage-places/heritage-place-information-sheet-187-207-rundle-street.pdf| title=Austral Hotel and shops: 187-207 Rundle Street| quote=The text in this Information Sheet was copied from ''The Heritage of the City of Adelaide: An Illustrated Guide'' (1996)|publisher=[[City of Adelaide|Corporation of the City of Adelaide]] }}</ref>
The group is solidly constructed, made of [[sandstone]] with [[stucco]] decoration. The original composition was altered slightly by [[chamfering]] the corner with Bent Street, and adding a tiered balcony to the hotel (the Austral), and the hotel and the section occupied by Malcolm Reid were later painted.<ref name=mrheritage/>
The group bordered [[#Grand Central Hotel / Foy & Gibson|Foy & Gibson's]] to the west, with Malcolm Reid opening next door<ref name=photo1/> in September 1909.<ref name=flickr/> At this time, number 195 Rundle Street was occupied by [[William Storrie##William Storrie Jnr|W. Storrie and Company ]], "Importers of British & Foreign Merchandise", with F. Weller & Son leather shop next door. Malcolm Reid premises are located between Wellers shop and Foy and Gibson.<ref name=photo1>{{cite web | title=Rundle Street near Pulteney street | website=[[State Library of South Australia]]| format=photo + text | url=https://collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/PRG+631/2/448 | access-date=20 March 2024}}</ref> By 1929, Both Storrie and Weller had gone.<ref>{{cite web | title=Rundle Street, Adelaide | website=[[State Library of South Australia]]| format=photo + text | date=28 February 1929 | url=https://collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/B+5819 | access-date=20 March 2024}}</ref> Storrie closed in 1916.<ref name=flickr>{{cite web | title=Malcolm Reid's store, Adelaide | website=[[Flickr]] | date=30 June 2020 |author=Aquilareen | url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/31967465@N04/50062630118 | access-date=14 March 2024}}</ref>
This part of the building, formerly used as a warehouse by Charles Segar,<ref name=flickr/> was extensively refurbished in 1909, to create a continuous frontage and almost complete reconstruction of the rear.<ref name=mrheritage/> As part of the renovation, a large basement was excavated, measuring {{cvt| 66| ft}} by {{cvt|120|ft}}, and the total accommodation doubled, according to ''The Advertiser'' of 14 September 1909. The expansion and opening took place within around a year of Reid and his family having been in England for several years.<ref name=flickr/>
The accommodation behind the Austral and the four adjoining shops remain representative of 19th-century terrace development, with large [[Bluestone#South Australia|bluestone]] walls along with [[brickwork]].<ref name=mrheritage/> [[File:Austral Bent-Rundle St B-5536.jpg|thumb|Austral Hotel, cnr Rundle & Bent Streets, 1929]] The facade of the Malcolm Reid Emporium, occupying nos. 187-195, was [[heritage-listed]] on the [[South Australian Heritage Register]] on 5 June 1986,<ref name=facade>{{cite web | title=Facade of Malcolm Reid's Emporium | website=Experience Adelaide | date=16 September 2019 | url=https://www.experienceadelaide.com.au/heritage-places/former-malcolm-reids-emporium-187-195-rundle-street-adelaide/ | access-date=20 March 2024}}</ref> after a survey of the whole group was undertaken.<ref name=mrheritage/> The signage is still retained today.<ref name=facade/>
The hotel on the corner of Bent Street was opened as Cohen's Family Hotel, in 1898 being renamed to the Astral.<ref name=flickr/> The Austral Hotel, which was heritage-listed on 5 April 1984,<ref>{{cite web | title=The South Australia Heritage Places database | website=maps.sa.gov.au | url=https://maps.sa.gov.au/heritagesearch/HeritageItem.aspx?p_heritageno=1341 | access-date=20 March 2024}}</ref> was held by licensees William and Edith Garrett in 1929.<ref >{{cite web | title=Bent Street, Adelaide | website=[[State Library of South Australia]]| format=photo + text | date=18 March 1929 | url=https://collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/B+5536 | access-date=20 March 2024}}</ref> It became known for its illegal betting in the 1950s, undergoing a transformation as a major venue for [[live music]] in the 1980s and 1990s. It became the first pub in South Australia to have [[Coopers beer]] [[on tap]], and later underwent an extensive restoration in 2020.<ref>{{cite web | title=The Austral Hotel | website=Experience Adelaide | date=23 June 2021 | url=https://www.experienceadelaide.com.au/business-listings/the-austral-hotel/ | access-date=20 March 2024}}</ref>
===Grundy's Shoes=== Grundy's Shoes has been in the shoe trade in the East End since 1868, first operating as Judd Shoes, a [[Shoemaking|cobbler]], and continuing as a family business which later imported and sold shoes. The Rundle Street store (built 1896) first traded as H. Grundy and Co<ref name=aboutgrundy>{{cite web | title=About Us | website=Grundy's Shoes | date=28 April 2023 | url=https://www.grundysshoes.com.au/pages/about-us | access-date=25 May 2023}}</ref> making it the longest continuous trader in the street. The company expanded to include Grundy's and Barlows shoe stores across [[greater Adelaide]] and [[Victor Harbor, South Australia|Victor Harbor]].<ref name=baker2018>{{cite web | last=Baker | first=Rebecca | title=The shoe store that's still in the family, 150 years on | website=[[Adelaide Now]] | date=20 March 2018 | url=https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/business/sa-business-journal/grundybarlow-shoes-celebrate-150-years-of-doing-business-in-south-australia/news-story/d07d96a95216dbc22a6b28ea8a2a6c72 | access-date=25 May 2023}}</ref> In March 2018, the store celebrated 150 years in operation by a ceremonial transportation of goods by horse and cart from their [[Glenelg, South Australia| Glenelg]] store to their Rundle Street store.<ref>{{cite web | title=Grundy/Barlow Shoes to recreate history across 150 years, from Glenelg to Adelaide | website=Newsmaker | date=13 March 2018 | url=https://www.newsmaker.com.au/news/371214/grundybarlow-shoes-to-recreate-history-across-150-years-from-glenelg-to-adelaide | access-date=25 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=baker2018/> {{as of|2023}} Grundy's is owned by the Judd and Whittenbury families, who bought the business in 1921.<ref name=aboutgrundy/> It continued to perform strongly through a downturn in the industry in 2019.<ref>{{cite web | last=Siebert | first=Bension | title=Online key as SA shoe store sales trip over | website=[[InDaily]] | date=5 June 2019 | url=https://indaily.com.au/news/business/2019/06/05/online-key-as-sa-shoe-store-sales-trip-over/ | access-date=25 May 2023}}</ref> ==Rundle Lantern== [[File:Rundle Lantern, Adelaide.jpg|thumb|The Rundle Lantern, an [[LED]] display on the Rundle Street Upark]] [[File:Rundle Street Lights Opening.JPG|thumb|right|The lighting up ceremony of the ''Rundle Lantern'']] In late 2006, the [[City of Adelaide|Adelaide City Council]] proposed to transform Rundle Street's western approach, the Pulteney Street-Rundle Mall junction, into a [[Piccadilly Circus]] or [[Times Square]]-type meeting place at a cost of around $1.5 million.<ref name="Vlach">Vlach, Anna. "Adelaide's Times Square", ''[[The Advertiser (Australia)|The Advertiser]]'', 13 November 2006.</ref> The proposal, based on ideas expressed in mid-2005 for neon billboards and video screens,<ref>Drayse, Rebecca. "Our Times Square", ''[[Messenger Newspapers|The City Messenger]]'', 13 July 2005.</ref> included an initial nine design concepts, which were narrowed to two for consideration by the Council in early 2007.<ref>Leo, Jessica. "Decision on Adelaide's Times Square", ''[[The Advertiser (Australia)|The Advertiser]]'', 16 April 2007.</ref>
A minimal design called the ''Rundle Lantern'' – a 748-panel LED lighting display wrapping around the façade of the Rundle Street carpark, Upark, – was eventually selected, with the Council deciding that video screens were inappropriate for the location.<ref>Leo, Jessica. "Council votes for scaled 'Times Square'", ''[[The Advertiser (Australia)|The Advertiser]]'', 16 April 2007.</ref> The Rundle Lantern was designed and developed by a local company, Fusion, with the design strategy focused on creating a "lantern" for the city to use as a dynamic cultural canvas. There has been controversy about crediting artists that have contributed to the lantern.<ref>{{cite web | access-date =15 January 2015 | url =http://blog.danimations.com.au/2010/08/18/art-adelaide-artists-get-a-raw-deal-when-producing-rundle-lantern-animations/ | title = Art: Adelaide artists get a raw deal when producing Rundle Lantern animations}}</ref>{{explain|date=March 2024}}
The Lantern is completely [[Solar power|solar-powered]] and [[carbon neutral]], and there is a webcam via which anyone can view the changing [[digital art]] at night, or what it looks like at any time of day. More than 16 million colours can be projected onto the surfaces of the Lantern.<ref>{{cite web | title=Rundle Lantern | website=City of Adelaide | url=https://www.cityofadelaide.com.au/webcams/rundle-lantern/ | access-date=20 March 2024}}</ref>
==See also== {{portal-inline|Australian Roads}}
==Footnotes== {{notelist}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[https://southaustralia.com/products/adelaide/attraction/rundle-street-adelaide Rundle Street Adelaide] *[https://www.rundlestreet.com.au/ Rundle Street East]
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