Rundle Street is a street in the East End

East End, Adelaide

The East End is a small part of the Adelaide central business district, close to East Terrace and North Terrace. This area is a popular office and retail district and has an increasing residential interest from the building of high-density luxury apartments in the area.The retail centre of the East...

 of Adelaide

Adelaide

Adelaide is the capital city of South Australia and the fifth-largest city in Australia. Adelaide has an estimated population of more than 1.2 million...

, South Australia

South Australia

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. It runs from Pulteney Street

Pulteney Street, Adelaide

Pulteney Street is a main road which runs north-south through the middle of the eastern half of the Adelaide city centre, in Adelaide, South Australia...

 in the west to East Terrace

East Terrace, Adelaide

East Terrace marks the eastern edge of the city centre of Adelaide, the capital city of South Australia. It is one of the main north-south thoroughfares through the east side of the city...

, where it becomes Rundle Road. (A separate Rundle Street continues from Rundle Road through Kent Town

Kent Town, South Australia

Kent Town is an inner urban suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. It is located in the City of Norwood Payneham & St Peters.-History:The suburb was named after Dr Benjamin Archer Kent, who established a farm and flour mill on which the suburb now stands.....

.) Its former western extent, which ran to King William Street

King William Street

King William Street may refer to:*King William Street, Adelaide - the central boulevard of Adelaide*King William Street - a street in Central Hamilton*King William Street - a street in London...

, was closed in 1972 to form the pedestrian street of Rundle Mall

Rundle Mall, Adelaide

Rundle Mall is the premiere retail area in the centre of Adelaide, South Australia. It was opened as Australia's first pedestrian street mall in September 1976 by closing Rundle Street to traffic between King William Street and Pulteney Street...

. The street is in proximity to the Adelaide Botanic Gardens, Rymill Park

Rymill Park, Adelaide

Rymill Park, also known as Park 14 or Mullawirraburka in Kaurna, is a park located in the East Parklands of the South Australian capital of Adelaide. It is bordered by East and Dequetteville Terraces, and Rundle and Bartels Roads...

, Hindmarsh Square

Hindmarsh Square, Adelaide

Hindmarsh Square is a public square in Adelaide, South Australia. It is located in the centre of the north-eastern quarter of the city, and surrounds the intersection of Grenfell and Pulteney Streets, near the eastern end of the Rundle Mall. Pirie Street forms the southern boundary of the square...

 and North Terrace

North Terrace, Adelaide

North Terrace is one of the four terraces that bound the central business and residential district of the city of Adelaide, the capital city of South Australia. It runs east-west, along the northern edge of the CBD.-North Side of North Terrace:...

.

The street was named after John Rundle

John Rundle

John Rundle was a British Whig politician and businessman.From 1835 to 1843, he was a Member of Parliament, representing Tavistock in the House of Commons...

, a director of the South Australia Company

South Australia Company

The South Australian Company was formed in London on 9 October 1835 by George Fife Angas and other wealthy British merchants to develop a new settlement in South Australia; its purpose was to build a new colony...

 and member of the House of Commons

British House of Commons

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, by the Street Naming Committee

Street Naming Committee (Adelaide)

The Street Naming Committee was set up to decide the names of the streets, the squares and the river of the new settlement of Adelaide, South Australia, as it had been laid out by Colonel William Light in 1837. Light's map corresponds to the modern Adelaide city centre and North Adelaide...

 on 23 May 1837. It was installed with the first electric street lighting in South Australia in 1895 at the former intersection of Rundle, King William and Hindley

Hindley Street, Adelaide

Hindley Street is located in the West End of the centre of Adelaide, the capital of South Australia. It runs between King William Street and West Terrace. The street was named after British parliamentarian and social reformist, Charles Hindley....

 streets.

The street contains numerous cafés (like Cibo Espresso

Cibo Espresso

Cibo Espresso, commonly Cibo, is a café and coffee shop franchise based in Adelaide, South Australia. It was founded in 2000, and now has 15 locations in Adelaide and two in Queensland, with an expectation of expanding interstate. The café aims to deliver traditional Italian food made from local...

), restaurants, shops, cinemas, club

Nightclub

A nightclub is an entertainment venue which usually operates late into the night...

s and hotel

Public house

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s. It is one of Adelaide's most popular streets for cafés and fashion. Most of the street has a heritage façade, but has been redeveloped for modern use, with some buildings converted to residences, such as the East End Markets.

The street is two-lane with parking on both sides plus bicycle lanes. A tram

Tram

A tram is a passenger rail vehicle which runs on tracks along public urban streets and also sometimes on separate rights of way. It may also run between cities and/or towns , and/or partially grade separated even in the cities...

line ran through the street in the early 20th century. Each Sunday, Rundle Street between Frome Street to East Terrace is closed for the Rundle Street Market.

Rundle Lantern

In late 2006, the Adelaide City Council

City of Adelaide

The City of Adelaide is a local government area in the metropolitan area of Adelaide, South Australia. It covers the original Adelaide city centre settlement, , North Adelaide, and the Adelaide Park Lands which surround North Adelaide and the city centre.Established in 1840, the organisation now...

 proposed to transform Rundle Street's western approach, the Pulteney Street-Rundle Mall junction, into a Piccadilly Circus

Piccadilly Circus

Piccadilly Circus is a road junction and public space of London's West End in the City of Westminster, built in 1819 to connect Regent Street with the major shopping street of Piccadilly...

 or Times Square

Times Square

Times Square is a major commercial intersection in the borough of Manhattan in New York City, at the junction of Broadway and Seventh Avenue and stretching from West 42nd to West 47th Streets...

-type meeting place at a cost of around $1.5 million. The proposal, based on ideas expressed in mid-2005 for neon billboards and video screens, included an initial nine design concepts which were narrowed to two for consideration by the Council in early 2007. A minimal design called the Rundle Lantern – a 748 panel LED lighting display wrapping around the façade of the U-Park building – was eventually selected, with the Council deciding video screens were inappropriate for the location.
The Rundle Lantern was created by Fusion with the design strategy focused on creating a 'lantern' for the city to use as a dynamic cultural canvas.

Shop Listings

Fashion
Alannah Hill, Zimmermann, Sass & Bide, Gorman (Coming soon,) Saba, Marcs, Metalicus, Steve Maddern Shoes, Lisa Ho, Sooki Boutique, Tu Yu Boutique, Botika Clothing, Miss Gladys Sym Choon, Bau Haus, Clothes Line Saga, American Apparel, Snow n' Surf Co, Das, Midwest Trader

Eateries
Scoozi, Felici Espresso, Cibo Espresso, Lemongrass Thai Bistro, Universal Cafe, Eros Cafe, Eros Restaurant, Red Rock Noodle Bar, San Georgio Italian, Vego & Lovin' It, Austral Hotel, The Stag Hotel, Joy Discovery

Night Life
Distill, Apple Bar, Austral Hotel, The Stag Hotel, Sugar, Belgain Beer Cafe

External links

• Created by Fusion Rundle Lantern