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Forrest Place
Forrest Place is a pedestrianised square located within the central business district of Perth, Western Australia. The street was created in 1923, and has a history of being a focal point for significant political meetings and demonstrations.
Forrest Place connects Perth railway station on Wellington Street with the Murray Street Mall, outside the Carillon City shopping centre. It is 150 metres (490 ft) long, and is paved and landscaped as a pedestrianised square, with seating, public artwork, and trees. The north end of the street features the Grow Your Own public artwork by James Angus (colloquially referred to as "The Cactus") as well as a stage sheltered by a glass and steel canopy. The eastern side of the street is lined by shops from the Forrest Chase shopping complex, while the historic General Post Office and Commonwealth Bank buildings are located to the west. The middle of Forrest Place features the Water Labyrinth interactive water feature, designed by Jeppe Hein.
Forrest Place is used in many ways throughout the year, including cultural displays, markets, festivals, children's activities and parades, and contains the City of Perth visitors centre.
Nearby transport facilities include Perth railway station and Perth Busport, and Perth Central Area Transit (CAT) buses run along Wellington Street.
Named after Sir John Forrest, the first Premier of Western Australia, Forrest Place was for most of its history a roadway between the Perth railway station and Murray Street.
It was originally a plot of land issued to Patrick Farmer in 1833.[citation needed] Prior to Forrest Place's construction, an arcade between Wellington and Murray Streets existed on the site known as Central Arcade. It was considered an "unhealthy" establishment, which led to its demolition. In 1923, the completion of the construction of Forrest Place was deemed to have "changed the face of Perth".
Forrest Place was closed to traffic and became a large paved area with the removal of the roadway in late 1986. The square was redeveloped in 2011 and 2012 and saw the installation of the Grow Your Own sculpture and the Water Labyrinth interactive water feature. In addition, originally a set of stairs had led down to and connected Forrest Place with the pedestrian crossing across Wellington Street to the train station forecourt; these were replaced with a more gradual slope with bollards near Grow Your Own blocking vehicular access from the street.
Prior to the building of the Forrest Chase complex (containing Myer and numerous other retail stores), the central building on the eastern side of Forrest Place was the Padbury Buildings (built in 1925 and demolished in 1986–1987). While the buildings on the east side have changed a number of times in the street's long history, the General Post Office (completed in 1923) and the Commonwealth Bank building (completed 1933), both designed by John Smith Murdoch in the Interwar Beaux-Arts style and faced with Donnybrook stone, have endured significant change around them.
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Forrest Place
Forrest Place is a pedestrianised square located within the central business district of Perth, Western Australia. The street was created in 1923, and has a history of being a focal point for significant political meetings and demonstrations.
Forrest Place connects Perth railway station on Wellington Street with the Murray Street Mall, outside the Carillon City shopping centre. It is 150 metres (490 ft) long, and is paved and landscaped as a pedestrianised square, with seating, public artwork, and trees. The north end of the street features the Grow Your Own public artwork by James Angus (colloquially referred to as "The Cactus") as well as a stage sheltered by a glass and steel canopy. The eastern side of the street is lined by shops from the Forrest Chase shopping complex, while the historic General Post Office and Commonwealth Bank buildings are located to the west. The middle of Forrest Place features the Water Labyrinth interactive water feature, designed by Jeppe Hein.
Forrest Place is used in many ways throughout the year, including cultural displays, markets, festivals, children's activities and parades, and contains the City of Perth visitors centre.
Nearby transport facilities include Perth railway station and Perth Busport, and Perth Central Area Transit (CAT) buses run along Wellington Street.
Named after Sir John Forrest, the first Premier of Western Australia, Forrest Place was for most of its history a roadway between the Perth railway station and Murray Street.
It was originally a plot of land issued to Patrick Farmer in 1833.[citation needed] Prior to Forrest Place's construction, an arcade between Wellington and Murray Streets existed on the site known as Central Arcade. It was considered an "unhealthy" establishment, which led to its demolition. In 1923, the completion of the construction of Forrest Place was deemed to have "changed the face of Perth".
Forrest Place was closed to traffic and became a large paved area with the removal of the roadway in late 1986. The square was redeveloped in 2011 and 2012 and saw the installation of the Grow Your Own sculpture and the Water Labyrinth interactive water feature. In addition, originally a set of stairs had led down to and connected Forrest Place with the pedestrian crossing across Wellington Street to the train station forecourt; these were replaced with a more gradual slope with bollards near Grow Your Own blocking vehicular access from the street.
Prior to the building of the Forrest Chase complex (containing Myer and numerous other retail stores), the central building on the eastern side of Forrest Place was the Padbury Buildings (built in 1925 and demolished in 1986–1987). While the buildings on the east side have changed a number of times in the street's long history, the General Post Office (completed in 1923) and the Commonwealth Bank building (completed 1933), both designed by John Smith Murdoch in the Interwar Beaux-Arts style and faced with Donnybrook stone, have endured significant change around them.