Theoretically, the northern side of North Terrace is part of the
Adelaide Parklands. However, much of the space between North Terrace and the
River Torrens is occupied by cultural institutions and other public buildings. Starting from West Terrace and travelling east, these buildings include:
The
Adelaide Festival Centre and
Elder Park are behind Parliament House, between North Terrace and the River Torrens – also accessible from King William Road
University of South Australia (originally the South Australian School of Mines and Industries/Adelaide Technical High School, now called the City East campus)
The former Adelaide head office of the
Westpac Bank
The exclusive, historic and discreetly labelled
Adelaide Club (for gentlemen)
The
Myer Centre, part of the
Rundle Mall shopping precinct; the North Terrace entrance also maintains its former title, Goldbrough House. A heritage-listed building, it was designed by prominent SA architect
F. Kenneth Milne and built in 1935, with an extra storey added in 1936.[11][12]
Tobin House, formerly Lister House, at no. 126, designed and built 1928-9 by
F. Kenneth Milne (then in practice with John Richard Schomburgk Evans and Charles Alexander Russell);[14] renamed Tobin House 2002, later used as
UniSA student accommodation[15]
In October 2007, the extension of the
Glenelg tram line from
Victoria Square to the
University of South Australia City West campus was completed.[20] In 2010, a further extension along the remainder of North Terrace to continue along
Port Road to the
Adelaide Entertainment Centre was opened.[21] Construction of a new junction, branch lines along the eastern end of North Terrace and King William Road and four new stops began in July/August 2017 and opened on 13 October 2018.[22]
Picture gallery
Monument on the corner of West Terrace (northern side)
The Hawke Building, part of the
UniSA, City West Campus
The Yungondi Building, part of the
UniSA, City West Campus
The City West
tram stop - left-to-right: InterContinental Hotel, Riverside Building, Morphett Street bridge, multi-storey accommodation, the old Lion Flour factory
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^"Yerrakartarta". The Rambling Wombat. 4 October 2017. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
^Elton, Jude (7 January 2014).
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abBonython Hall is opposite
Pulteney Street, and was built in 1936 as a result of a donation of over £50,000 from Sir
John Langdon Bonython. Pulteney Street is the only one of the city's north-south thoroughfares which does not continue north through the
parklands. Folklore has it that the Bonython donation was made on the condition that a hall be built opposite Pulteney Street, thus blocking any future path through the parklands and preventing the division of the campus by a major thoroughfare.
^"Goldsbrough House: 172-174 North Terrace"(PDF).
City of Adelaide. 1996. The internal lift lobbies and stairwell are of particular note and have survived a major refurbishment to link the Myers department store through to North Terrace. The projected redevelopment of Myers will retain little more than the North Terrace facade.... The text in this Information Sheet was copied from the Heritage of the City of Adelaide: An Illustrated Guide (1996).