Market Street, Melbourne Market Street, Melbourne Market Street is one of the north-south streets in the central business district of Melbourne, Australia, part of the Hoddle Grid laid out in 1837. Market Street is the only major deviation to the Hoddle Grid, in that it only runs between Flinders Street and Collins Street, such that its vista is terminated by the art-deco "Temple Court" building on Collins Street. South of Flinders Street, the roadway continues across the Yarra River via Queens Bridge. The street was named after the Western Market, Melbourne's first official fresh food and vegetable market, which operated on the site
Crown Towers (Melbourne) by Daryl Jackson and Hudson Conway, the Crown Towers hotel was completed in 1997 in Southbank, alongside the new casino complex. The 5–star hotel opened on 8 May 1997, albeit behind schedule. With 482 hotel rooms, across 43 levels, Crown Towers stands at in height – making it the tallest all-hotel building in Australia. The hotel is the first skyscraper (building to reach at least 150 metres in height) to be constructed in the Southbank precinct of Melbourne, a location wherein some of the tallest buildings in the city now stand. Crown Towers (Melbourne) Crown Towers is a hotel skyscraper