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Encyclopedia > Queen Street (Brisbane)

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AA - Intricate Structures - September/October 2000 (1245 words)
Originally to be 2 chains wide, the street was determined by Gipps to be worthy only of a 1 chain (60 feet) width which was eased out, in his absence, to 1.21 chains or 80 feet.
In response, the stretch of Queen Street from Albert Street to Edward was closed to traffic in the early eighties to form the first stage of the original mall.
The folded plane of the lightweight, glazed roof is creased to match the offset geometry of the pavilion structures and angles upward to the north east to optimise the penetration of the winter sun.
Brisbane trams (950 words)
Brisbane was serviced by a tramway system from around 1900 to March 1969.
I was fortunate, as a young teenager to have the opportunity to briefly visit the Brisbane tramway system over Christmas 1967-68, just over a year before its closure, when the system was still largely intact.
The Adelaide Street routes were the first to close in the main sytem closure.
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