The Block Arcade is a shopping arcade in the central business district of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Constructed between 1891 and 1893, it is considered one of the late Victorian era’s finest shopping arcades and ranks among Melbourne’s most popular tourist attractions.
Designed by architect David C. Askew, the arcade takes inspiration from the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele in Milan, and remains one of Melbourne’s most richly decorated interior spaces, replete with mosaic tiled flooring, glass canopy, wrought iron and carved stone finishings. The arcade proper is L-shaped, connecting Collins Street at the south end to Elizabeth Street on the west. The ‘L’ shape is converted into a ‘T’ through the junction on the north side with Block Place, a partly covered pedestrian lane that leads to Little Collins Street, opening opposite the Royal Arcade. The six story office buildings on both Collins and Elizabeth Streets have nearly identical facades and are some of Australia’s best surviving examples of Victorian architecture in the Mannerist style.
The arcade was formerly known as Carpenter’s Lane; however, once the works were complete, local shopkeepers successfully petitioned to have it changed to its present name. The name came from men walking around ‘the block’ one direction and women in the opposing direction, as a tradition before attending Australian rules football matches.
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