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[[Image:Melb-central-roof.jpg|thumb|250px|Melbourne Central shot tower, underneath the iconic glass cone]]
| shopping_mall_name = Melbourne Central
| image = Melbourne Central Coops Shot Tower.jpg
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| location = [[Melbourne, Victoria|Melbourne]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], [[Australia]]
| coordinates = {{Coord|37|48|38|S|144|57|36|E |type:landmark_region:AU-VIC |display=inline,title}}
| address =
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| developer =
| manager = [[GPT Group]]
| owner = [[GPT Group]]<ref name="The GPT Group">[http://www.gpt.com.au/content.aspx?urlkey=retail</ref>
| architect =
| number_of_stores = 300 <ref name="The GPT Group" />
| number_of_anchors =
| floor_area = 55,100m²<ref name="The GPT Group" />
| parking = 1,600<ref>http://www.melbournecentral.com.au/content.aspx?urlkey=getting_here</ref>
| floors = 6 <ref name="MelbCentral">http://www.melbournecentral.com.au/content.aspx?urlkey=centre_maps</ref>
| website = {{Official|http://www.melbournecentral.com.au/}}
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[[Image:Melbourne central 1.jpg|thumb|Main entrance podium, corner La Trobe and Swanston Streets after re-development.]]
[[Image:Melbourne central 1.jpg|thumb|Main entrance podium, corner La Trobe and Swanston Streets after re-development.]]
[[Image:Melbourne Central Shopping Centre.jpg|thumb|right|Melbourne Central, Lonsdale Street entrance]]
[[Image:Melbourne Central Shopping Centre.jpg|thumb|right|Melbourne Central, Lonsdale Street entrance]]
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===The Marionette Fob Watch===
===The Marionette Fob Watch===
The Fob watch, designed by Seiko, was given as a gift to the people of Melbourne. The watch has a twelve and a half metre, two tonne chain, which was taken down during the centre's refurbishment and has since not been re-attached. Every hour, on the hour, a marionette display drops down form the bottom of the watch with Australian galahs, cockatoos and two minstrels performing Waltzing Matilda, under the watchful gaze of some koalas.
The Fob watch, designed by Seiko, was given as a gift to the people of Melbourne. The watch has a twelve and a half metre, two tonne chain, which was taken down during the centre's refurbishment and has since not been re-attached. Every hour, on the hour, a marionette display drops down form the bottom of the watch with Australian galahs, cockatoos and two minstrels performing Waltzing Matilda, under the watchful gaze of some koalas.
[[File:MCfobwatch.jpg|thumb|The Fob Watch before the chain was taken down.]]


===The Glass Cone===
===The Glass Cone===
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Melbourne Central has a broad range of food outlets in two separate food courts. There is a food court on the lower ground level, on the same level as the entrance to the train station, where there are outlets such as Subway and KFC. Another food court is located on the '''Food On 2''' level, accessible directly from the Corner of LaTrobe and Swantston Sts. by escalator.
Melbourne Central has a broad range of food outlets in two separate food courts. There is a food court on the lower ground level, on the same level as the entrance to the train station, where there are outlets such as Subway and KFC. Another food court is located on the '''Food On 2''' level, accessible directly from the Corner of LaTrobe and Swantston Sts. by escalator.
Food On 2 was closed in 2011 for redevelopment whilst adjacent to this, a brand new, larger food court, called the Food Lounge, opened. <ref>http://www.melbournecentral.com.au/content.aspx?urlkey=about_us</ref>


The upper levels of the centre house a [[Hoyts]] Cinema complex as well as ten pin bowling, bars, and the Melbourne Central Lion Hotel an English style pub on the '''On3''' entertainment level.
The upper levels of the centre house a [[Hoyts]] Cinema complex as well as ten pin bowling, bars, and the Melbourne Central Lion Hotel an English style pub on the '''On3''' entertainment level.

Revision as of 15:25, 9 July 2011

Melbourne Central Shopping Centre
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LocationMelbourne, Victoria, Australia
Coordinates37°48′38″S 144°57′36″E / 37.81056°S 144.96000°E / -37.81056; 144.96000
ManagementGPT Group
OwnerGPT Group[1]
No. of stores and services300 [1]
Total retail floor area55,100m²[1]
No. of floors6 [3]
Parking1,600[2]
WebsiteOfficial website
Main entrance podium, corner La Trobe and Swanston Streets after re-development.
Melbourne Central, Lonsdale Street entrance

Melbourne Central is a major regional shopping centre, office, and public transport hub in the city of Melbourne, Australia. The complex includes the Melbourne Central Shopping Centre, which was refurbished in 2005 by architects Ashton Raggatt McDougall; the Melbourne Central railway station (a part of the City Loop underground railway and formerly called Museum); and the 211 m high office tower with its distinctive black colour and two communications masts. The centre features a gross leasable area of 55,100 m2. It is owned by GPT Group.

History

Contained underneath the shopping centre's massive glass cone sits the Coop's Shot Tower which was built on the site in 1888.[4] It ceased to be used in 1961. The tower was retained to become a focal-point of the centre, R.M. Williams and the Shot Tower Museum now take up the inside of it.

The original design of the shopping centre, office tower, and railway station was by Japanese architect Kisho Kurokawa. The shopping centre's original primary tenant was the first Australian branch of the Daimaru department store, which closed in 2002 after a decade of unprofitable operation. Daimaru was on six floors of the centre. Daimaru also briefly had an operation on the Gold Coast in Queensland, which also closed.

The renovated centre, with a postmodern design, by architects Ashton Raggatt McDougall, aimed to open the complex to more natural light, new street-front shopping strips, and bubble-like additions to the footbridge across Little Lonsdale Street, but largely compromised the geometrical modern themed design of Kurokawa.

Also the venue for the start of Jackie Chan's movie "Mr Nice Guy" where he plays a chef. Film location Melbourne in 1997. Directed by Sammo Hung.

Monuments

The Marionette Fob Watch

The Fob watch, designed by Seiko, was given as a gift to the people of Melbourne. The watch has a twelve and a half metre, two tonne chain, which was taken down during the centre's refurbishment and has since not been re-attached. Every hour, on the hour, a marionette display drops down form the bottom of the watch with Australian galahs, cockatoos and two minstrels performing Waltzing Matilda, under the watchful gaze of some koalas.

File:MCfobwatch.jpg
The Fob Watch before the chain was taken down.

The Glass Cone

The Glass Cone is the largest glass structure of its type in the world. The cone is 20 storeys high, weighs 490 tonnes and has 92 glass panes. The glass panes are cleaned by a specially designed mechanical system. Upon the centre’s opening it was referred to as the “Magic Cone”.

Tenants

Under the cone

Melbourne Central currently has around 390 stores.

There is a glass footbridge across Lonsdale Street to Myer, with the layout of the centre allowing people to walk almost uninterrupted through some form of a shopping centre for over half of the city's width or 5 city blocks, from La Trobe street to Little Collins Street. This is able to occur via Melbourne Central which joins to Myer which in turn joins to David Jones over Bourke Street Mall.

Melbourne Central has a broad range of food outlets in two separate food courts. There is a food court on the lower ground level, on the same level as the entrance to the train station, where there are outlets such as Subway and KFC. Another food court is located on the Food On 2 level, accessible directly from the Corner of LaTrobe and Swantston Sts. by escalator. Food On 2 was closed in 2011 for redevelopment whilst adjacent to this, a brand new, larger food court, called the Food Lounge, opened. [5]

The upper levels of the centre house a Hoyts Cinema complex as well as ten pin bowling, bars, and the Melbourne Central Lion Hotel an English style pub on the On3 entertainment level.

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See also

References

  1. ^ a b c [http://www.gpt.com.au/content.aspx?urlkey=retail
  2. ^ http://www.melbournecentral.com.au/content.aspx?urlkey=getting_here
  3. ^ http://www.melbournecentral.com.au/content.aspx?urlkey=centre_maps
  4. ^ Sides, Carol (2 February 1982). "Looking at the Melbourne many people do not know". The Age. p. 20. Retrieved 26 April 2011.
  5. ^ http://www.melbournecentral.com.au/content.aspx?urlkey=about_us

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