Elizabeth Street is a major street in the centre of the city in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The street was one of the earliest in Brisbane being established at the beginning of settlement in Brisbane as Moreton Bay penal settlement.[1] Today, most of the street is fronted by low-level retail outlets, with an increase in mixed use skyscrapers being recently constructed.
Geography
Major shopping arcades on Elizabeth Street include The Myer Centre, Marcarthur Central and the Elizabeth Arcade. The Brisbane Hilton hotel has it main entrance on Elizabeth Street. The offices at Central Plaza Two have their entrance at the easterly end or downtown part of the street.
Elizabeth Street was one of various Brisbane locations used in the filming of the 2015 motion picture San Andreas. The street was used to represent downtown San Francisco after a major earthquake struck that city,[2] with over 300 extras participating in the shooting of the scene.
History
Brisbane's first theatre, the Theatre Royal was at 80 Elizabeth Street. It was first built in 1865, was remodelled on a number of occasions and was demolished in 1987 to make way for the Myer Centre.[3]
Since the closure of the Victoria Bridge to general traffic in 2021, traffic volumes on Elizabeth Street declined.[4]
Heritage listings
Elizabeth Street has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:
179–191 George Street: Hunters Buildings (Treasury Chambers, St Francis House & Symons Building), a L-shaped building which fronts both George and Elizabeth Streets[14]
Major intersections
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