Degraves Laneway

Degraves Street is a street in Melbourne, Victoria. It is named after Charles and William Degraves, pioneer merchants who settled in Melbourne from Hobart, Tasmania in 1849. William Degraves (1821-1883) was also a large-scale grazier and a member of Victoria's Legislative Council between 1860 and 1874.

It is a short, narrow laneway, running north from Flinders Street to Flinders Lane in the central business district of Melbourne. The cobbled bluestone alley forms a busy alternative thoroughfare for commuters disembarking fromFlinders Street Station toward the shopping areas of The Block on Collins Street and Bourke Street Mall, loosely connecting with Centre Place, a similar lane just across Flinders Lane. The Degraves underpass was built in the 1950s, one of the few public works at the time, to allow pedestrians to get from Flinders Street Station to Degraves street rather than have to walk across busy Flinders Street. Degraves underpass is also home to Platform Artists Group, and frequently presents new works.Vehicles have only restricted access.

The lane features bars, cafes, and restaurants and many of the taller old buildings have been converted into loft style apartments in the 1990s, adding further life to the street.

Redevelopment of the Mutual Store in 2006 has further enhanced the lane with additional shops.

A vista up Degraves laneway is created by "Majorca House", an ornate 1930s building dressed in faience.

People use Degraves Street as a quick stop for a coffee before going to catch their train at Flinders Street Station.

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Central Place

Block Place

Block Place is a street in Melbourne, Victoria. It is a short, narrow partially covered laneway, running south from Little Collins Street between Swanston Street and Elizabeth Street in the central business district of Melbourne.

Block Place is a pedestrian only laneway that is trendy and popular with both Melbourne locals and tourists for its intimate alfresco cafes close to the shopping heart of Melbourne it is crowded with cafes and shops in a number of pre-war buildings. Cafe Segovia is one of a popular lunch destination and a popular record store is located in underground basements.

Causeway Lane

Causeway Lane (also known as The Causeway) is a street in Melbourne, Victoria. It is a short, quiet and narrow openlaneway, running between Bourke Street Mall and Little Collins Street between Elizabeth Street and Swanston Street in the central business district of Melbourne.

Located in the heart of the shopping precinct, the Causeway is currently flanked by some small boutique shops, indoor and outdoor cafes and sushi bars.

The lane is notable for the heritage listed former Union Bank a tall curved palazzo styled building constructed in the 1920s which has a mezzanine entrance at the corner of the lane. The building is now occupied by Laurent, an upmarket French patisserie.

You are in a safe city camera area

I confessed, I walked on Burke street Mall so many times, I've never notice there is Union Lane runs between Bourke Street and Little Collins Street ( between David Jones and 'The Walk Arcade' ) since I started this blog, I learn more about Melbourne.

This is the street art project ( The mural in Union Lane will be conducted under the City of Melbourne's legal street art permit system , so all street artists don't get caught for A$1000 ) 

That's why when I got there, I saw the sign " You are in a safe city camera area " with City of Melbourne's logo. It look weird for me, and more weird...I saw someone leads a group of tourists into This alley way. Of corse, I found out later.

In now day, Have some one runs a walking tour in Melbourne called " Walk to Art " see more If you interested someone to guild you  : walk to art 

But If you want to learn street art by yourself click this link : Melbourne Graffiti

Traffic in lane way

Centre Place which is opposite from Degraves Street ( between Flinders Lane and Collins Street ) , another laneway with cafes, a soup place, and grotty graffiti art right at the end. Always busy with CBD people, students and visitors.