Todd Mall

{{Infobox shopping mall | name = Todd Mall | image = Todd Mall, 2015 (07).JPG | caption = Todd Mall in 2015 | location = Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia | coordinates = {{coord|23.699846|S|133.882684|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | address = Tuit Lane, Alice Springs 0870 | number_of_stores = 26 }}

{{Use Australian English|date = November 2019}} thumb|The Todd Mall Markets in 2015 The '''Todd Mall''' is a mostly pedestrian mall in Alice Springs in the Northern Territory of Australia which serves as its "main street" and is one of the primary locations for shopping and leisure in the town. It contains many of the town's restaurants.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://traveloutbackaustralia.com/shopping-in-alice-springs.html/|title=Shopping in Alice Springs|last=Amanda|date=2012-08-20|website=Travel Outback Australia|language=en-AU|access-date=2019-11-01}}</ref>

Fortnightly, from mid-March to early December, it also hosts the "Todd Mall Markets" as well as a number of "Night Markets" throughout the year.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.alicesprings.nt.gov.au/events/todd-mall-market|title=Todd Mall Markets|last=admin|date=2014-01-29|website=www.alicesprings.nt.gov.au|language=en|access-date=2019-11-01}}</ref> The Todd Mall is also the location of the Alice Springs Town Council's annual "Christmas Carnival" which features the lighting of the council's Christmas Tree on the Council Lawns.<ref>{{Cite web|title=2020 Christmas Carnival and Night Markets|url=https://alicesprings.nt.gov.au/about-alice-springs/calendar/2020-christmas-carnival-and-night-markets|access-date=2020-12-15|website=Alice Springs Town Council|language=en-AU}}</ref>

== History ==

The Todd Mall is part of the first 104 lots of land released in the original township of Stuart which were released in 1888. From the very beginning the area now called Todd Mall, the northern section of what was then Todd Street, was considered the town's commercial centre; especially after the Stuart Arms Hotel was built (this is now the location of Alice Plaza).<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/version/7086735|title=Alice Springs, the first 104 lots : a project to document the ownership and building history of the original township of Stuart, now Alice Springs, from 1888 to the present|last=Holmes|first=Kate|date=1990|publisher=[Darwin] : National Trust of Australia (Northern Territory)|language=English}}</ref>

== Development ==

Significant developments were made to the Todd Mall in the following years:

* 1978; it was turned into a semi-mall; with one way traffic (and it was affectionately known as the Small) * 1987; it became a fully pedestrian mall * 2013; the far northern part of the Mall was opened again to cars in an effort to revitalise the mall<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.alicespringsnews.com.au/2011/09/13/cars-again-in-northern-half-of-todd-mall/|title=Cars in Todd Mall again? – Alice Springs News|date=13 September 2011 |language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-01}}</ref>

== Buildings and tenants ==

* Adelaide House Museum * AIATSIS Central Australia<ref>{{Cite web |last=Studies |first=Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander |date=2024-02-02 |title=AIATSIS Central Australia Unveiled: A Cultural Milestone in Mparntwe |url=https://aiatsis.gov.au/whats-new/news/aiatsis-central-australia-unveiled-cultural-milestone-mparntwe |access-date=2024-02-07 |website=aiatsis.gov.au |language=en}}</ref> * Alice Plaza (previously Ford Plaza) * Alice Springs Cinema * Alice Springs Visitor Information Centre * Aurora Alice Springs (Hotel) * Cafe Uccelo * Epilogue Cafe and Lounge * Jila Arts * John Flynn Memorial Church * Lone Dingo * Megafauna Central * Mixed Lollies (Clothing) * Outback Cycling * Outbush * Page 27 (Cafe) * Piccolo's Cafe and Restaurant * Red Kangaroo Books * Sporties Restaurant * Sugar & Spice Children’s Boutique * The Bakery, Alice Springs * The Goods (Cafe) * Todd Tavern

=== Former tenants ===

* Charlie Meyers Saddlery (operated by Charlie and Annie Meyers) * Eager Beavers (Grocery) * Gum Tree Cafe * Leaping Lizards Gallery * Mbantua Fine Art Gallery * Murray Neck * Red Dog Cafe * Stuart Arms Hotel * Talapi (Gallery) * The Gem Gave (also the site of the first library in 1953) * The Lane (Restaurant) *Uncle Edy's Ice Cream (closed 2020) * Wallis Fogarty Store * Windles Garage

== Gallery of historic images == <gallery widths="200px" heights="200px"> File:George Bastian 011.tif|Todd Street, now the Todd Mall, c.1937 File:Dowling_027.jpg|Charlie Meyers saddlery on what is now the Todd Mall, c.1930s File:Dowling_064.jpg|A march on Todd Street during World War II, image shows Wallis Fogarty's Store, 1938 - 1948 File:Dowling_031.jpg|Todd Street, 1938 - 1948 File:Dowling_032.jpg|Todd St, Alice Springs, looking north, 1938 - 1948 File:Suzanne Blakely 001.jpg|Windle's Garage on Todd Mall, with the Gold Quest II out the front (this plane was used in the search for Lasseter, circa 1950s File:Anton_Faymann_053_Auto_Colour.jpg|Aboriginal boys outside Heenan's Milk Bar on the Todd Mall in 1957 or 1958 </gallery>

==References== {{reflist|30em}}

== External links == *[http://www.alicesprings.nt.gov.au/events/todd-mall-market Alice Springs Town Council; ''Todd Mall Markets''] *[https://www.toddmallmarkets.com.au/ Todd Mall Markets Incorporated; ''Todd Mall Markets''] *[https://traveloutbackaustralia.com/shopping-in-alice-springs.html/ Travel Outback Australia; ''Shopping in Alice Springs'']

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