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Grainger built Grey Street in the 1830s. Several architects, including John Dobson, were involved. The street’s entire western side was designed by two architects from Grainger's office, John Wardle and George Walker. [2] Grey Street contains the Theatre Royal designed by John and Benjamin Green, the southern entrance to Monument Metro ...
Other shopping destinations in Newcastle include Grainger Street and the area around Grey's Monument, the relatively modern Eldon Garden and Monument Mall complexes, Central Arcade and the traditional Grainger Market. On Blackett Street can be found the silversmith Reid & Sons which was established in the city in 1788. [223]
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Grey Street, Melbourne, a street in the red-light district of Melbourne, Australia; Grey Street, Brisbane, the main shopping and dining esplanade of Brisbane's South Bank cultural precinct; Grey Street, Newcastle, a street in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, known for its Georgian architecture; Grey Street (Road), one of the oldest roads in then ...
It is the location of Newcastle Civic Centre, Newcastle University, Northumbria University, Haymarket bus station and the City Pool, and is mainly a business area. The Church of St Thomas the Martyr is a prominent landmark in the area opposite the Metro station at the northern end of Northumberland Street, the city's main shopping street.
Other pubs on Gosforth High Street are the Gosforth Hotel (built 1878), [38] the Queen Victoria (known for a short time as Northern Lights), [39] the Blacksmith's Arms, [40] Barca (formally Earl Grey) [41] and the Job Bulman, a branch of Wetherspoons located in the former 1920s post office building on St Nicholas Avenue, [42] and named after ...
It is ironic that Grainger's plan for a new commercial centre for Newcastle only lasted a short time as the building of the new railway terminal on Neville Street in 1849 drew trade away from Grey Street. The development of Northumberland Street as a new shopping centre further accelerated Grey Street's decline.
The upgrade works included new ceilings and a new entrance at Northumberland Street. [18] The Eldon Leisure centre above the malls was refurbished in July 2015. [19] The next phase of the redevelopment was the creation of a new dining quarter in the old Sidgate and High Friars malls called Grey's Quarter.