News & Discussion: Adelaide City Council

[AtD]

A quick measure on Google Maps puts Queen Street Mall at ~440m and Rundle Mall at ~520m.

[sam]

take a look at Bris. Q St. mall ... down a length about twice Rundle mall.

I thought Rundle Mall was the longest pedestrian mall in the country.

I know that Rundle Mall is longer than Queen St Mall, don't think by much though.
I never realised Rundle Mall was the longest in the country though, but thinking about it it sounds about right!

I think it's great that there is a major hotel right on Queen St Mall too! I stayed at Hilton Brisbane last time I was up there and took just 60 seconds to get from my room on the 16th floor to the mall! Was dangerous though - had trouble fitting my purchases into my luggage for the return trip!

[skyliner]

Sorry guys - I was making a guesstimate as to Q St mall length and included the section down to George St. from Edward St.(on 19/12/09). My main point was however that the Q St mall was not chaotic but full of life and vibrancy with all the extras down the centre.

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[AtD]

That's ok. We were just being pedantic!

[sageru]

As much as I am for more outdoor seating, it would impact on cross-traffic of the mall, and create congestion points elsewhere which, when busy is already pretty chaotic as it is.
More outlets should operate on the second floor, and if possible create walkways above the mall.

Not really a response to your suggestion but I read the Dazzleland posts in another thread and now I'm racking my brain trying to remember things from my childhood that are no longer around. Didn't there used to be a an old pedestrian overpass (from before the mall was pedestrian only) toward the centre of the mall? I was only young but IIRC it allowed access to the adjacent buildings.

[AtD]

There used to be an overpass going between the first balcony of the Richmond Hotel to what is now Toys R Us in the Renaissance Building, with escalators going down to the mall. I don't actually remember them ever being open or what was up there, but I'm sure others do.

[Howie]

I remember they took that out shortly after that mentally ill person jumped out of the renaissance tower window when Elle McPherson was in town. He might have possibly landed on that walkway... been so long I can hardly remember now.

[sageru]

There used to be an overpass going between the first balcony of the Richmond Hotel to what is now Toys R Us in the Renaissance Building, with escalators going down to the mall. I don't actually remember them ever being open or what was up there, but I'm sure others do.

Ah thank you, yes I think I remember walking on them the overpass once when the escalators didn't work.
I hate Toys 'r' Us with a passion. I went to Toys 'r' Us before Christmas to buy gifts and I think it needs either extensive refurbishment or better still, a fire. Toys 'r' Us is so shabby and depressing it is probably Adelaide's best (or worst) example of a decaying, ugly department store. There is no natural light and the store only uses 2 of what was previously 4 floors and the elevators are all out of alignment and stop about a foot from the floor. I had a rather hairy experience helping a woman with a pusher out of the lift when the doors refused to stop closing until the very last second before they crushed my arm.

[frank1]

There used to be an overpass going between the first balcony of the Richmond Hotel to what is now Toys R Us in the Renaissance Building, with escalators going down to the mall. I don't actually remember them ever being open or what was up there, but I'm sure others do.

Ah thank you, yes I think I remember walking on them the overpass once when the escalators didn't work.
I hate Toys 'r' Us with a passion. I went to Toys 'r' Us before Christmas to buy gifts and I think it needs either extensive refurbishment or better still, a fire. Toys 'r' Us is so shabby and depressing it is probably Adelaide's best (or worst) example of a decaying, ugly department store. There is no natural light and the store only uses 2 of what was previously 4 floors and the elevators are all out of alignment and stop about a foot from the floor. I had a rather hairy experience helping a woman with a pusher out of the lift when the doors refused to stop closing until the very last second before they crushed my arm.

Agreed. Eveytime i go to rundle mall with my old man he always states how much he hates the toys r us building.

[mattblack]

I remember they took that out shortly after that mentally ill person jumped out of the renaissance tower window when Elle McPherson was in town. He might have possibly landed on that walkway... been so long I can hardly remember now.

Yep. I was at the Elle show when she was in her prime The guy jumped up on stage and started yelling at the audience something about pornography and some religious babble. He was whisked off by security guards, released to his mates who were with him, they then went to eat at the restaurant at the top of the renaissance tower. I was at the pool hall opposite and herd a comotion. I looked out and the guys body was on the walkway. He had got into a argument with his mates over lunch, got up, threw his chair out the window which landed on the mall and jumped out afterwards.

Aahhh they were the days.......

[Howie]

Ahh.. yes i remember now. Also remembered around that time they started putting up sails in the Myer Centre between the floors, after that unfortunate incident with the kid who plummetted after his school bag pulled him over the escalators.

[crawf]

Jesus!, what year was this?

[Omicron]

There used to be an overpass going between the first balcony of the Richmond Hotel to what is now Toys R Us in the Renaissance Building, with escalators going down to the mall. I don't actually remember them ever being open or what was up there, but I'm sure others do.

During construction:



You can see the old Cox Foys building undergoing its transformation into the Renaissance Centre on the left of these 1981 photos:

[Howie]

Jesus!, what year was this?

Memory is a bit rough, but it was somewhere between 1994-1997 I think.

[jk1237]

Ahh.. yes i remember now. Also remembered around that time they started putting up sails in the Myer Centre between the floors, after that unfortunate incident with the kid who plummetted after his school bag pulled him over the escalators.

There have been many suicides in the main atrium of the Myer Centre during the 90s. Dont know exactly how many, but atleast a dozen. When I finished high school and first years at uni (1995ish), the Myer Centre was very famous and renown for the place for suicides, by jumping off the higher levels. Finally, they put up those sails to stop it, and made higher barriers on the escalators. Because they were suicides, they were never reported in the media. The only one that did was the school kid and bag case