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Brunswick Street looking south east towards the city

Brunswick Street is a street in inner northern Melbourne, known for cafés, live music venues and alternative fashion shops. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (3456x2304, 3707 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Brunswick Street, Melbourne User:Matnkat Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (3456x2304, 3707 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Brunswick Street, Melbourne User:Matnkat Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or... Melbournes Yarra River is a popular area for walking, jogging, cycling, rowing and for relaxing on the banks with a picnic Melbourne (pronounced ) is the second most populous city in Australia, with a metropolitan area population of approximately 3. ...

Geography

Brunswick Street runs north-south through the inner northern Melbourne suburbs of Fitzroy and Fitzroy North, from Victoria Parade at its southernmost end, crossing Alexandra Parade, and continuing until reaching St. Georges Road in Fitzroy North, near the Edinburgh Gardens; there, its former northward course is continued by a much smaller residential street named Brunswick Street North. Melbournes Yarra River is a popular area for walking, jogging, cycling, rowing and for relaxing on the banks with a picnic Melbourne (pronounced ) is the second most populous city in Australia, with a metropolitan area population of approximately 3. ... Fitzroy is an inner city suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Fitzroy North is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Fitzroy Memorial Rotunda, erected in 1925 Edinburgh Gardens is a large park located in North Fitzroy. ...

Tram route 112 runs along the entire length of Brunswick Street for part of its journey. Tram route 112 is a public transport service in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ...

History

Brunswick Street, believed to be named after Captain Brunswick Smythe, owes its origins to Benjamin Baxter, who owned a lot of land along Victoria Parade, in the recently proclaimed township of Newtown (now Brunswick South). Baxter's lot was Lot 49, which was adjacent to Lot 48 on the north-west corner of Victoria Parade and Nicholson Street. In 1839 Baxter subdivided his lot into quarters, creating roads between the subdivisions. These became Brunswick Street and Gertrude Street. Initially, Brunswick Street only ran as far as what is now Hanover Street. In 1840, Mr R. S. Webb subdivided Lot 70, which was to the north of Baxter's lot. This extended Brunswick Street further north to Bell Street (originally known as Hamburg Street). The street was officially proclaimed in 1851. 1839 (MDCCCXXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1840 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1851 (MDCCCLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ...

Shops had appeared on Brunswick Street as early as the 1840s. By 1854 the strip rivalled Bourke Street as a shopping district. Bourke Street Mall The newly redeveloped Bourke Street Mall East Bourke Street Mall during redevelopment Bourke Street is a major street in the central business district(CBD) of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ...

After World War 2, large numbers of immigrants (principally from Mediterranean Europe) settled in the inner suburbs of Melbourne, including Fitzroy. Among them there were many Italians, who in turn imported espresso machines and established the foundations of Melbourne's café culture. For some decades, the suburb of Fitzroy was a grungy working-class area of low rents and cheap shops. This area began to attract students, artists and bohemians. The T. F. Much Ballroom commenced in Cathedral Hall (now called 'Central Hall', just opposite St Vincents Hospital, in Brunswick Street, in 1970. The T. F. Much was the heart of Melbourne's music scene and saw stand out performances by Daddy Cool, Spectrum (and Murtceps), Carson, Capt Matchbox as well as several of Joe Camilleri's earlier incarnations. In the 1980s, 3RRR established its studios in Victoria Street, off Brunswick Street, the Punters Club established itself as a significant live music venue, and independent record shop PolyEster Records opened. These businesses cemented Brunswick Street's status as a nexus of Melbourne's indie music and post punk/new-wave subcultures, which in turn drew in waves of suburban tourists in their teens and 20s. Gentrification was not long in following, though the economic recession of the 1990s slowed it somewhat. One by one, the few remaining regular shops closed and were replaced by cafés, fashion boutiques and bars. Gradually, some of the original attractions were forced out; the Punters Club closed in 2002, and 3RRR has relocated further out to Brunswick. Espresso brewing, with a dark reddish-brown foam, called crema. ... The T. F. Much Ballroom (TF - as in too fucking much) was a music and cultural music and venue / event / institution in Melbourne, Australia. ... Central Hall, Melbourne Central Hall (also known by its former name, Cathedral Hall) is a building that stands at the end of Brunswick Street in Fitzroy, Melbourne, Australia. ... the original Daddy Cool lineup ca. ... 3RRR (pronounced Three Triple R, or simply Triple R) is a popular Australian community radio station, based in Melbourne. ... The Punters Club was the name of a pub and live music venue located at 376 Brunswick Street, in the inner Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy. ... Indie rock is a subgenre of rock music often used to refer to bands that are on small independent record labels or that arent on labels at all. ... Post-punk was a musical movement beginning at the end of the 1970s, following on the heels of the initial punk rock explosion of the mid 1970s. ... Sydney Road, Brunswick, looking south to Melbournes central business district Brunswick is an inner suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ...

Attractions

The majority of the entertainment precinct of Brunswick Street lies between Johnston Street and Alexandra Parade, with some of it spilling southward. North of Alexandra Parade, Brunswick Street becomes predominantly residential.

Cafés and Eateries

Marios is one of Brunswick Street's (and Melbourne's) best cafés, having been part of the movement that saw Melburnians rediscover the joy of relaxed Mediterranean-style café life. A short background on Marios can be found here: [1]. Another favourite for many years has been the Black Cat café [2], formerly run by the family of Henry Maas (lead singer with popular '80s jazz, groove combo - Bachelors from Prague). It's distinctive footpath seating, with an exterior covered in foliage is very laid back.

Joe's Garage is a comfortable mix of café, bar and restaurant with footpath dining out front. It's a laid back affair with free wifi which pulls many laptop users to the venue. 'Joe's' is also the regular home of tequp ( tequp.com ) , a weekly meeting of artists and technically minded people.

Live music venues

The Rob Roy Hotel (corner of Brunswick Street and Gertrude Street, Fitzroy) has largely taken up the space left vacant in the Fitzroy live music scene when the Punters Club closed, and hosts gigs on most nights of the week, sometimes by international acts. Smaller performances also take place upstairs at Bar Open and the Cue Bar. The First Floor is a trendy Chapel Street-style bar which hosts bands as well as DJs. Other worthy pubs and bars include Cape Lounge, and the Evelyn, which are both popular places to see a band. The culture of Brunswick Street has extended onto Johnston Street, with many bars and pubs spread along the street.

Shops

Flowers Vasette is one of Melbourne's best known florists, mostly for it's huge statues of flowers and bees covering the facade of its shop on Brunswick Street - which are often used in tourism and other photo shoots.

There are dozens of young designer clothing shops, art galleries (works on paper through to oils), hand made furniture, art supplies and boutique design shops either on or just off Brunswick Street which create a fantastic vibe for strolling or living in the area. Included in these would have to be recently opened Rose Street artists' market and the Junkyard cinema, on the same site. Situated in a disused mechanic's yard just in Rose Street, only a block or so off Brunswick Street, it provides further evidence for Fitzroy's ongoing close association with design and the arts.

PolyEster Records is now owned by Australian folk/pop indie label Candle (home to the Lucksmiths), and still carries a decent range of independent and major-label releases. The original founder of the shop, Paul Elliott, runs PolyEster Books, a bookshop specialising in outré topics (sex, drugs and rock and roll feature heavily, as do conspiracy theories and fringe beliefs) on the other side of the street. Some years ago, this shop was raided by the vice squad, who confiscated much stock, though no charges were laid. Since then, the proprietor has gone out of his way to thumb his nose at the authorities by conspicuously keeping pornography on display. An independent record label is variously described as a record label operating without the funding (or outside the organizations) of the major record labels, and/or a label that subscribes to indie philosophies such as DIY and anti-corporate art. ... Candle Records is an independent record label founded in 1994 and based in Australia. ... The Lucksmiths are a rock band from Melbourne, Australia which formed in 1993. ... Rock and roll (also spelled Rock n Roll, especially in its first decade), also called rock, is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles. ...

Gown of Thorns is a fashion boutique specialising in gothic and alternative clothing and accessories. NYC goth band The Naked and the Dead (1985). ...