Spring St, looking south from Little Bourke St. Parliament house is on the left

Spring Street is a major street in the central business district of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The Melbourne city centre (referred to as The City or The CBD (Central Business District or more recently in planning parlance The CAD, or Central Melbourne ( is the second most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 3 For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. It runs roughly north-south, and is the easternmost street in the Hoddle Grid. The street travels from Flinders Street in the south, to La Trobe Street and the Carlton Gardens in the north. La Trobe Street (also LaTrobe is a major Street in the central business district of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Carlton Gardens is also the name of a small street in London, England which has had some prominent residents Nicholson Street branches northwards from Spring Street just to the south of Lonsdale Street. Nicholson Street is a street in inner Melbourne. It is named after William Nicholson, then member of the Legislative Council, and later Premier of Lonsdale Street is located in the centre of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, part of the Hoddle Grid, it runs roughly east-west

Spring Street is notable as it has been traditionally associated with the central spine of the administration of the Government of Victoria, as well as being central to many of Victoria's major cultural institutions. The Government of Victoria, under the Constitution of Australia, ceded certain legislative and judicial powers to

Landmarks

Notable landmarks on Spring Street include the Victorian Parliament House, (the street's name being used as a metonym by the media to refer to the Government of Victoria for this reason), the Old Treasury Building, the Windsor Hotel and the Princess Theatre. Parliament House in Melbourne has been the seat of the Parliament of Victoria, Australia, since 1855 except for the years 1901 to 1927 when it was occupied A street name or odonym is an identifying name given to a Street. In Rhetoric, metonymy (mɨˈtɒnɨmi is the use of a word for a concept or object associated with the concept/object originally denoted by the word The Government of Victoria, under the Constitution of Australia, ceded certain legislative and judicial powers to The old Treasury Building, along Spring Street in Melbourne, was once home to the Victorian government Treasury department but is now a Museum of Melbourne Built in 1883, the Hotel Windsor is a Grand hotel in Melbourne, Australia, and bills itself as "Australia’s only remaining grand The Princess Theatre is a 1488-seat Theatre in Melbourne, Australia.

Spring Street also has a number of architecturally notable buildings. Alcaston House (1929) is a notable early apartment building designed by A&K Henderson in the palazzo style to complement into the overall style of the area. For other meanings (eg the word's use in place names see Palazzo (disambiguation. 1 Collins Street is an award winning building by Denton Corker Marshall, and one of Melbourne's first post-modern buildings to be constructed to harmoniously incorporate heritage buildings. Denton Corker Marshall (or DCM) are a major award winning Australian architecture practice established in Melbourne in 1972 Casseldon Place (1992) is a tall office building which is home to government offices. Shell House (1988), on the corner of Spring and Flinders Street is a notable granite clad modern office tower designed by Harry Seidler in a similar style to his buildings in Sydney and Brisbane. Harry Seidler, AC OBE (25 June 1923 Vienna — 9 March 2006 Sydney was an Austrian-born Australian Architect who is considered to be one of Sydney (ˈsɪdniː is the most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 4 Brisbane ( is the state capital of Queensland. Brisbane is the third most populous city in Australia and the most populous city of Queensland The building's floor plates are in the shape of a shell, to fit the them of the original tenants, the Australian head office of Royal Dutch Shell. Royal Dutch Shell plc, commonly known simply as Shell, is a multinational oil company of Dutch and British origins

Spring Street forms the western border of the Treasury Gardens. The Treasury Gardens consist of 58 hectares (144 acres on the south-eastern side of the Melbourne Central Business District, East Melbourne, Victoria

A small Chinese garden, known as the Tianjin Garden, is located at the northern end of Spring Street. It is a symbol of Melbourne's close friendship with its twin city, Tianjin, China. Melbourne ( is the second most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 3 ( Postal map spelling: Tientsin) is the second largest city in northern coastal China. China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National

Melbourne's first Hard Rock Cafe is located on the corner of Spring and Bourke Streets. Hard Rock Cafe was founded in 1971 by Isaac Tigrett and Peter Morton, and their first Hard Rock Cafe opened near Hyde Park Corner in London,

Transport

A number of tram routes run along Spring Street, including the City Circle. This is a list of Tram routes operated by Yarra Trams in the city of Melbourne, Australia. The City Circle is a Zero-fare tram loop running around the central business district of Melbourne, Australia. Parliament railway station, part of the underground City Loop, lies directly beneath and parallel to Spring Street. Parliament is an underground railway station in the suburban train network of Melbourne, Australia. The City Loop (properly called the Melbourne Underground Rail Loop or MURL) is a mostly- underground, partly surface-level and partly elevated

Gallery

The old Treasury Building, now the City Museum	Hotel Windsor on Spring Street	Parliament House, Melbourne	Princess' Theatre
Entrance to Parliament station