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The Brisbane central business district (CBD), or 'the City' is a suburb of Brisbane, Australia and is located on a point on the northern bank of the Brisbane River. The triangular shaped area is bounded by the Brisbane River to the east, south and west. The point, known at its tip as Gardens Point, slopes upward to the north-west where 'the city' is bounded by parkland and the inner city suburb of Spring Hill to the north. The City is bounded to the north-east by the suburb of Fortitude Valley.
City is laid out according to a grid pattern surveyed during the city's early colonial days, a feature typical of most Australian street patterns.
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The Brisbane central business district (CBD), or 'the City' is a suburb of Brisbane, Australia and is located on a point on the northern bank of the Brisbane River. The triangular shaped area is bounded by the Brisbane River to the east, south and west. The point, known at its tip as Gardens Point, slopes upward to the north-west where 'the city' is bounded by parkland and the inner city suburb of Spring Hill to the north. The City is bounded to the north-east by the suburb of Fortitude Valley.
Geography
The City is laid out according to a grid pattern surveyed during the city's early colonial days, a feature typical of most Australian street patterns. As a general rule, the streets aligned northwest-south east are named after male members of the House of Hanover, while the northeast-south west aligned streets are named after female members. Queen Street was the central roadway, that was turned into a pedestrian mall. It forms the pivotal axis for the grid of roads within the district.
The Brisbane central business district was built on a spur of the Taylor Range with the highest spot in the suburb being Wickham Terrace.
Government Precinct
The Government Precinct is an area centered around the Executive Building that includes a majority of Queensland Government offices.
Petries Bight
Petries Bight, also known as Petrie Bight, is a small pocket of land centered on the area under the Story Bridge's northern point, around the Brisbane River to Admiralty Towers II. The site was named after Andrew Petrie and has been the base for water police and in earlier times wharves. The location of Customs House and the preference for wharves was due to site being directly downstream from the central business district. The location features in the international verson of Monopoly.
Attractions
The City contains many tall office buildings occupied by corporations and government departments. The areas around the Queen Street Mall and Adelaide Street is primarily a retail precinct. A legal precinct exists around the various court buildings located around the intersections of George Street and Adelaide and Ann Streets. A financial district is forming in the area around Eagle Street, known locally as The Golden Triangle.
The southern end of the CBD is the location of Queensland's Parliament House, the Queensland University of Technology Gardens Point Campus and the Brisbane City Botanic Gardens. The Queens Gardens, Brisbane City Hall, Post Office Square and King George Square are some of the other notable local attractions.
Buildings
Skyscrapers in the CBD include mostly office towers and some hotels. In the last few decades the number of apartment buildings that have been constructed has increased substantially. The tallest building in the city is Aurora Tower (207 m) followed by Riparian Plaza (200 m). Other notable skyscrapers include Brisbane Square, Central Plaza, Waterfront Place and the Riverside Centre. Vision Brisbane, under contruction since mid 2007, will become the tallest building in the city at 283 m tall.
Rental prices
Like most other Australian capital cities Brisbane has experienced dramatic rises in rental prices for residental and office space.
At the beginning of 2008, the Brisbane central business district contained 1.7 million square metres of office space.
High demand in the office market had pushed vacancy rates in the Brisbane CDB to 0.7% by January 2008. Premium grade office space was even less vacant with an occupancy rate of just 99.9%
Transport
By road, three road bridges connect the CBD with the southern bank of the Brisbane River: the Captain Cook Bridge, the Victoria Bridge, and the William Jolly Bridge. The Story Bridge connects Fortitude Valley with Kangaroo Point and provides access to the city from the southern bank. The Captain Cook Bridge connects the Pacific Motorway, south of the river, with the Riverside Expressway which runs along the south western edge of the City.
By bicycle and foot, the Goodwill Bridge allows cross river access to South Bank.
The Brisbane central business district is the central hub for all public transport services in Brisbane. Bus services are centred on the Queen Street Bus Station and King George Square bus station. Suburban train services pass through Central railway station, and Roma Street railway station. Roma Street also serves as the terminus for long distance and country services. The central business district is served by various city ferries. Brisbane's CityCat high speed ferry service, popular with tourists and commuters, operates services along the Brisbane River between the University of Queensland and Brett's Wharf, stopping at several CBD wharves.
The Brisbane Riverwalk, a pedestrian and cyclist pathway adjoins the central business district along the river bank.
Filming and Television
The CBD of Brisbane has featured in a number of movies, including:
- Inspector Gadget 2, the sequel to Inspector Gadget, featured many scenes showing the Brisbane CBD, South Bank and Kangaroo Point.
- The Marine, a film featuring John Cena, featured the Golden Triangle district of the CBD, during a scene in which an explosion occurred.
- Fool's Gold, a 2008 film featured the CBD primarily the Botanic Gardens throughout the beginning of the film.
- One of Jackie Chan's first movies, First Strike, featured the city in many scenes to the end of the film from Fortitude Valley, east of the CBD.
See also
Further reading
- Petrie-Terrace Brisbane 1858-1988 - Its ups and downs, R. Fisher, Boolarong, 1988 ISBN 0 86439 050 5
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