Pirie Street, Adelaide

Pirie Street is a road on the east side of the centre of Adelaide, the capital of South Australia.[2] It runs east-west, between East Terrace and King William Street. After crossing King William Street, it continues as Waymouth Street. It forms the southern boundary of Hindmarsh Square which is in the centre of the north-east quadrant of the city centre.

Pirie Street South Australia
The Epworth Building on the south side of Pirie Street, between King William Street and Gawler Place
Adelaide
west end east end
Coordinates	34.9258°S 138.5998°E / -34.9258; 138.5998 (west end) 34.9251°S 138.6117°E / -34.9251; 138.6117 (east end)
General information
Type	Street
Location	Adelaide city centre
Length	1.1 km (0.7 mi)[1]
Major junctions
west end	King William Street
east end	East Terrace
Location(s)
LGA(s)	City of Adelaide

Pirie Street was named after Sir John Pirie, Lord Mayor of London, England and a founding director of the South Australian Company.[3] It is one of the narrower streets of the Adelaide grid, at 1 chain (66 ft; 20 m) wide.

Pirie Street is served by a stop on the Glenelg tramline on King William Street. It is mainly occupied by office buildings, restaurants, and nightspots.

The Pirie Street Methodist Church was located on the site that is now the Adelaide Town Hall office building, with the 1862 Methodist Meeting Hall behind. The Adelaide City Council headquarters are on Pirie Street.

Notable buildings

The Epworth Building at 31-35 Pirie Street was built in 1926 as a commercial property for the Methodist Church.[4] Designed by the architectural practice of English and Soward,[5] it is listed among the 120 nationally significant 20th-century buildings in South Australia.[6]

Junction list

Location	km[1]	mi	Destinations	Notes
Adelaide city centre	0	0.0	King William Street	Continues as Waymouth Street
	0.2	0.12	Gawler Place
	0.55	0.34	Pulteney Street	At southern edge of Hindmarsh Square
	0.75	0.47	Frome Street
	1.1	0.68	Hutt Street (to south), East Terrace (to north and east)	Continues as East Terrace for 100 m, then Bartels Road
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Film location

In March 2019 a section of Pirie Street was closed for the day and transformed to represent Cape Town in the 1970s, for filming of the thriller film Escape from Pretoria, starring Daniel Radcliffe.[7][8]

See also

 Australian Roads portal

References

1. Google (11 December 2016). "Pirie Street, Adelaide" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
2. 2003 Adelaide Street Directory, 41st Edition. UBD (A Division of Universal Press Pty Ltd). 2003. ISBN 0-7319-1441-4.
3. "History of Adelaide Through Street Names - Streets Named on the 23rd May, 1837". 4 March 2005. Retrieved 9 November 2009.
4. Architecture Museum, UniSA > - Architects of South Australia > Epworth Building Accessed 10 June 2014.
5. Architecture Museum, UniSA > Architects of South Australia > Herbert Montefiore Jackman Accessed 10 June 2014.
6. 120 notable buildings - Australian Institute of Architects Archived 13 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine Accessed 8 May 2014.
7. Sutton, Malcolm (13 March 2019). "Adelaide transformed into apartheid-era Cape Town for Escape From Pretoria filming". Australian Broadcasting Corporation News. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
8. Polychronis, Gabriel (14 March 2019). "Adelaide's Pirie St transformed into 1978 Cape Town for Daniel Radcliffe's movie Escape from Pretoria". Adelaide Now. The Advertiser. Retrieved 14 March 2019.