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Originally the site of Cardiff gaol, the gallows were located on the site of the current St. Mary Street entrance, where Dic Penderyn was hanged on 13 August 1831. The market was designed by the Borough Surveyor, William Harpur, and opened in May 1891. [1] A farmers' market is known to have existed at the site since the 18th century.
Four buildings have been named as such, with the newest building opening on 14 March 2009 and officially being opened a few months later on 18 June 2009 by the Manic Street Preachers. [1] The first Cardiff library was opened in 1861 as the Cardiff Free Library, later expanded and known as the Cardiff Free Library, Museum and Schools for Science ...
Cardiff city centre (Welsh: Canol Dinas Caerdydd) is the city centre and central business district of Cardiff, Wales. The area is tightly bound by the River Taff to the west, the Civic Centre to the north and railway lines and two railway stations – Central and Queen Street – to the south and east respectively.
The Myer retail group was founded by Sidney Myer, who migrated from Belarus to Melbourne in 1899 after the height of Victoria's gold rush, with very little money and little knowledge of English to join his elder brother, Elcon Myer (1875–1938), who had left Russia two years earlier.
At the north end of The Hayes is the Old Library, known as the Cardiff Free Library, Museum and Schools for Science and Art during its century (1882 to 1988) of use as the second incarnation of the city's central library. The latest, fourth permanent Cardiff Central Library opened in 2009 and is situated at the opposite end of the Hayes.
Shopping arcades in Cardiff include indoor shopping centres and arcades in Cardiff city centre, Wales. Cardiff is known as the "City of Arcades", [1] due to the highest concentration of Victorian, Edwardian and contemporary indoor shopping arcades in any British city. [2] Up until the 1790s there were only 25 retail shops in Cardiff.
Capitol Centre (Welsh: Canolfan Capitol) (previously: Capitol Exchange Centre (Welsh: Canolfan cyfnewid Capitol)) is an indoor shopping centre in the city of Cardiff, Wales. Functioning as one of the city's retail malls, The building is built on the site of the former Capitol Theatre , and is situated at the eastern end of Queen Street near the ...
Cardiff Bus Interchange (CBI) [2] [3] (Welsh: Cyfnewidfa Fysiau Caerdydd; formerly Cardiff Transport Interchange, Welsh: Cyfnewidfa Drafnidiaeth Caerdydd; sometimes Cardiff Interchange or The Interchange) is a bus and transport interchange in the centre of Cardiff and forms part of The Interchange [4] development, which also includes Wood Street House at the northern end with 318 for-rent ...