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The Wheeler Centre, originally Centre of Books, Writing and Ideas, is a literary and publishing centre founded as part of Melbourne's bid to be a Unesco Creative City of Literature, which designation it earned in 2008. [1] It is named after its patrons, Tony and Maureen Wheeler, founders of the Lonely Planet travel guides.
Little Lonsdale Street is located in the centre of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.A part of the Hoddle Grid, it runs roughly east–west.North of Lonsdale Street and south of La Trobe Street, Little Lonsdale Street's eastern end intersects with Spring Street while its western end intersects with Spencer Street.
Little Lon was the popular name for a slum and red-light district in Melbourne, Australia.. Archaeologists at work amongst building footings at Little Lon, in 2002. The area was roughly bounded by Lonsdale, Spring, Stephen (later Exhibition) and La Trobe streets.
Healeys Lane is a cobblestone laneway in the central business district (CBD) of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.Located on the CBD's northern edge between King Street and William Street, Healeys Lane runs north–south between Little Lonsdale Street and Lonsdale Street, close to Melbourne's legal precinct. [1]
In the 1860s, the Melbourne Hospital opened on Lonsdale Street, near the corner of Swanston Street. Law Courts were erected at the south-east corner of William and Lonsdale streets in 1884 to accommodate both the Supreme Court of Victoria and County Court. The court of General Sessions and the Court of Insolvency are also nearby on Lonsdale Street.
Emporium Melbourne (or simply Emporium) is a luxury shopping centre on the corner of Lonsdale and Swanston streets in Melbourne, Australia. Occupying the former Lonsdale Street site of Myer's Melbourne store, Emporium opened in 2014 following extensive redevelopment.
Outside is a food court, an exit to La Trobe Street and Level LG of the shopping centre (which passes under Little Lonsdale Street). There is also a lift and four escalators to the shopping centre level above. On the next level up (Level G), there is access to Little Lonsdale and La Trobe Streets via the shopping centre.
Entrepreneur Michael Tortoni opened the Bennetts Lane Jazz Club on 27 November 1992, [1] located at the end of its namesake lane off Little Lonsdale Street. [2]A second performance space was added in an adjoining building to the north called The JazzLab [3] in January 2000 for the Melbourne International Jazz Festival.