Maling Road

Victoria
View of Theatre Place in the Maling Road shopping strip from Canterbury railway station.
General information
TypeStreet
LocationMelbourne, Victoria
Major junctions
South endProspect 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

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

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References

  1. ↑ Gibb, Don; Warmington, Stuart (1995). Visions of a Village. Canterbury History Group. ISBN 0-646-25049-3.
  2. ↑ "Canterbury". VicSig. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
  3. ↑ "Canterbury Walk" (PDF). Canterbury History Group. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
  4. ↑ Masanauskas, John (26 April 2014). "Canterbury shopping village is a time capsule". Herald Sun. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
  5. ↑ "Our History". Maling Road Canterbury. Retrieved 12 July 2016.

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