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St Kevins Arcade in Auckland celebrated its centenary last year (2024), and has done well to maintain its community feel when many other arcades from that period have become dilapidated and lifeless. The arcade has the advantage of always having been a useful walkway down to the Myers Park, which stretches down the slope below…
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The Strand Arcade in Auckland was a late Victorian addition to the city centre; the year 1900 stands under the name above the entrance on Queen Street. The walkway is fairly narrow for an arcade of this height so its four storeys tower up above as you enter, and there are bridges joining the two…
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As of May 2025 Trinity Arcade in Perth was the only arcade left in Western Australia’s capital with any original features still remaining. The other half dozen vintage arcades have either been modernised or, in the case of the oldest 19th century arcade, subsumed in a modern-day shoe shop and pub, with just the façade…
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Strand Arcade is the last survivor of the original five Victorian arcades in Sydney. It opened in April 1892, and has had a few renovations since then so there are not many original features left but even recent refurbishments have done a good job keeping the overall vintage look to this splendid arcade. It is…
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Cathedral Arcade in Melbourne is one of the Victorian capital’s hidden gems. It runs through the ground floor of the 1926 Nicholas Building, famous today for its vintage lift and for its arty studios in the offices upstairs. The arcade is in an L-shape with entrances on Swanston Street and Flinders Lane. The highlight is…
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Timaru’s Royal Arcade has a wonderful mix of quirky, rather unique shops and businesses in 2023, including the intriguing ‘genealogy services’ office of David Jack, the spiritual wellness centre and a doorway leading up to the Arcade Ballroom. There is also a hair salon, vintage clothes shop, barbers, and a workwear clothes shop. The glass…
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Gay’s Arcade was opened in February 1886 just a few weeks after its neighbour Adelaide Arcade. It has a different feel, in part because a different architect designed it. Its main entrance in Twin Street is somewhat more modest than its illustrious neighbour, but inside, it has the same two-storey layout, with units on both…
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Brisbane Arcade is a 1920s masterpiece with shops on two levels, beautiful lead light windows over every unit and high up just below the Art Deco designed ceiling. There are six chandeliers lighting up the arcade, marble staircases up to the upper balcony and two walk ways across the middle of the Arcade giving great…
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Adelaide Arcade must be the envy of many arcades round the world: it has achieved high occupancy rate, high footfall and a fantastic awareness of its own history, with a museum upstairs in the arcade where there are highlights of the arcade’s past and even a recording of the original polka tune composed for the…