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Waymouth Street
Waymouth Street, often spelt as Weymouth Street in the early days, is an east–west street running between King William Street and West Terrace in the Adelaide city centre in South Australia. The street is named after Henry Waymouth, a founding director of the South Australian Company, whose name was also sometimes spelt as Weymouth.
The street runs between King William Street and West Terrace, on the western side of the city centre. It is intersected by Light Square.
The section of Waymouth Street from King William Street to Light Square is lined by commercial office buildings with many restaurants and cafes at ground level. It is the location of the state headquarters of organisations including ANZ, the Department for Environment and Water, Beyond Bank Australia, EY and News Corp Australia. At the intersection with King William Street, there is a pedestrian scramble crossing and a Glenelg tram line stop named after Pirie Street, which continues to the east.
Waymouth Street forms the southern boundary of Light Square, an open grassy park in the centre of the north-west quadrant of the city centre. This section of Waymouth Street is one-way traffic to the west; east-bound traffic must detour around the square. Traffic signals control the intersection with Morphett Street where it divides to go around the square. A few bars, nightclubs and restaurants are located on the southern side of Waymouth Street and around Light Square.
The section from Light Square to West Terrace has for most of its history had lower-scale retail and residential buildings, along with hotels and hostels. Formerly a low-rise and quiet part of the city, the western end of Waymouth Street is now the site of high-rise residential buildings. There is a 17-storey student accommodation tower opposite the Grace Emily Hotel, which was described as "ugly" and "unsympathetic" by two city councillors during its construction in 2017. As of June 2024[update] there are plans to redevelop the site on the corner of Waymouth and Gray Streets (262-268), creating a 52-metre (171 ft) high apartment building. There is an existing 17-storey student accommodation block on Gray Street.
Across from the intersection with West Terrace is a service road for Adelaide High School and an entrance point to shared pedestrian and bicycle tracks in the western parklands.
The street was named after Henry Waymouth, a founding director of the South Australian Company, by the Street Naming Committee in 1837. Until 1863 it was almost invariably spelled "Weymouth"; the eponymous director was then given either spelling interchangeably.[citation needed]
The original three-storey Advertiser building was on the southern corner with King William Street, with a new five-storey building constructed alongside it in Waymouth Street (37 yd (34 m) west of King William and extending 22 yd (20 m) along Waymouth, completed in early 1924. Both buildings were replaced in 1959 by a 12-storey building, and then again in 2005 by a 9-storey glass building.
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Waymouth Street
Waymouth Street, often spelt as Weymouth Street in the early days, is an east–west street running between King William Street and West Terrace in the Adelaide city centre in South Australia. The street is named after Henry Waymouth, a founding director of the South Australian Company, whose name was also sometimes spelt as Weymouth.
The street runs between King William Street and West Terrace, on the western side of the city centre. It is intersected by Light Square.
The section of Waymouth Street from King William Street to Light Square is lined by commercial office buildings with many restaurants and cafes at ground level. It is the location of the state headquarters of organisations including ANZ, the Department for Environment and Water, Beyond Bank Australia, EY and News Corp Australia. At the intersection with King William Street, there is a pedestrian scramble crossing and a Glenelg tram line stop named after Pirie Street, which continues to the east.
Waymouth Street forms the southern boundary of Light Square, an open grassy park in the centre of the north-west quadrant of the city centre. This section of Waymouth Street is one-way traffic to the west; east-bound traffic must detour around the square. Traffic signals control the intersection with Morphett Street where it divides to go around the square. A few bars, nightclubs and restaurants are located on the southern side of Waymouth Street and around Light Square.
The section from Light Square to West Terrace has for most of its history had lower-scale retail and residential buildings, along with hotels and hostels. Formerly a low-rise and quiet part of the city, the western end of Waymouth Street is now the site of high-rise residential buildings. There is a 17-storey student accommodation tower opposite the Grace Emily Hotel, which was described as "ugly" and "unsympathetic" by two city councillors during its construction in 2017. As of June 2024[update] there are plans to redevelop the site on the corner of Waymouth and Gray Streets (262-268), creating a 52-metre (171 ft) high apartment building. There is an existing 17-storey student accommodation block on Gray Street.
Across from the intersection with West Terrace is a service road for Adelaide High School and an entrance point to shared pedestrian and bicycle tracks in the western parklands.
The street was named after Henry Waymouth, a founding director of the South Australian Company, by the Street Naming Committee in 1837. Until 1863 it was almost invariably spelled "Weymouth"; the eponymous director was then given either spelling interchangeably.[citation needed]
The original three-storey Advertiser building was on the southern corner with King William Street, with a new five-storey building constructed alongside it in Waymouth Street (37 yd (34 m) west of King William and extending 22 yd (20 m) along Waymouth, completed in early 1924. Both buildings were replaced in 1959 by a 12-storey building, and then again in 2005 by a 9-storey glass building.
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