Queen Street, Brisbane

Queen Street (photo taken from Queen Street Mall)

Queen Street in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, is one of the city's major streets. It the city's central road, partly covered by a pedestrian mall called the Queen Street Mall. Queen Street ends at the Victoria Bridge and is bounded by two of the Brisbane River's central reaches. Uptown at the top of the mall is George Street.

The western part of the street is covered by a new plaza at the base of Brisbane Square and underneath part of the western half is the Queen Street Bus Station.

Queen Street is heavily built up with arcades, shops, hotels, offices and apartment high-rises such Brisbane Square, Central Plaza, Aurora Tower, Conrad Treasury Casino, Wintergarden, Broadway on the Mall, The Myer Centre and QueensPlaza. Queen Street is also the location of Brisbane's General Post Office

The next street parallel to the south is Elizabeth Street, while Adelaide Street is next towards the north.

History

In 1902, part of Queen Street was not paved or sealed although stormwater drainage was well maintained.^[1]

Queen Street is historically significant as it contains MacArthur Central, the building in which the American General Douglas MacArthur had his South West Pacific headquarters (from July 1942 to November 1944) during World War II and directed the Allied Forces World War II campaign.^[2][3] The former AMP building was later renamed MacArthur Central as a tribute to General Douglas MacArthur.

Photos of Queen Street

Queen Street — as seen from Brisbane GPO, showing Post Office Square and Central Station	Queen Street and Queen Street Mall, at the T-intersection with Edward Street, showing the QueensPlaza building	Queen Street and Queen Street Mall, at the George Street intersection, showing the Treasury Casino building	MacArthur Central (the building in which General Douglas MacArthur had his Brisbane headquarters during World War II — Queen Street façade.
Map of Brisbane CBD

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