Maling Road
Maling Road | |
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| View of Theatre Place in the Maling Road shopping strip from Canterbury railway station. | |
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| General information | |
| Type | Street |
| Location | Melbourne, Victoria |
| Major junctions | |
| South end | Prospect Hill Road |
| NW end |  Canterbury Road, Surrey Hills, Melbourne |
| Location(s) | |
| LGA(s) | City of Boroondara |
| Major suburbs | |
Maling Road is a popular shopping strip in Canterbury, Victoria, Australia. It contains over fifty Edwardian-style shops in a pseudo-village setting. Its location was chosen due to its proximity to Canterbury railway station.[1]
History[edit]
The present-day shopping strip has its roots in the construction of the railway line at Canterbury railway station in 1882.[2] Although most buildings in the area near the intersection with Canterbury Road date from the early 1900s, some were constructed before this time.[3]
In the 1970s after the grade separation of the railway line across Canterbury Road, there were proposals to demolish large parts of the shopping centre and construct a supermarket. This was met with resistance from the local community and the project successfully stopped.[4] A council proposal to turn part of the street into a pedestrian mall was also scrapped.[5]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Gibb, Don; Warmington, Stuart (1995). Visions of a Village. Canterbury History Group. ISBN 0-646-25049-3.
- ^ "Canterbury". VicSig. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
- ^ "Canterbury Walk" (PDF). Canterbury History Group. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
- ^ Masanauskas, John (26 April 2014). "Canterbury shopping village is a time capsule". Herald Sun. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
- ^ "Our History". Maling Road Canterbury. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
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