They reckon that the Adelaide Arcade is the place to shop, and yes it does have a lot of lovely boutiques as well as a few places to sit and relax with a nice cup of coffee.
When originally built in 1885 it had about 50 shops but today it boasts over 100 outlets on multi-levels. What’s surprising is that it took only 5 months to build. Surprising because it would take much longer today even with all the modern technological advances.
For those of you who are interested there’s a very good site with a comprehensive history of the Adelaide Arcade. The Adelaide Arcade even has it’s own museum with artifacts depicting it’s history. You’ll find it on the balcony level of Gays Arcade.
This photo was taken from the Rundle Mall entrance.
This one from the opposite end, the Grenfell St. entrance. Considering how much detail went into the building it’s quite remarkable that they completed it in such a short time. I wonder if it has anything to do with the work ethics of the time.
I found the interior to be just as pleasing as the exterior and if I highly recommend that you stop by when visiting this wonderful city of ours.
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I love the Australian architecture here, but how come the weather looks so lousy? Isn’t it summer there?
Thanks for the blog, I enjoyed it.
Yeah, but that day was a cloudy muggy day, which does occur occasionally.
The building looks so beautiful. Double bonus it has shopping to. IT looks like a lot of detail went into planning this building.
Sure did, and considering when it was built I reckon they did a brilliant job.
I was in Adelaide back in 1990 (am from the UK) and loved just wasting time walking around the arcade. I loved the museams and galleries as well. I look forward to visiting again in the near future as my wife is Australian and we are heading over there shortly.
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Cool. What part of Australia is she from?