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=== March 2007 ===
The city centre in [[Cardiff]] is an area riddled with [[alley]]s and [[Arcade (architecture)|arcade]]s, as well as a number of small [[shopping centre]]s, including the Capitol, St. David's Centre and Queen's Arcade. Some of the main streets are:
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==QueenMay Street2007==
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Queen Street ([[Welsh language|Welsh]]: ''Heol y Frenhines''), after which a local [[Cardiff Queen Street railway station|railway station]] is named (the station is actually on Station Street), is the main pedestrianised shopping street in the city. Originally called '''Crockherbtown''', the street was renamed in honour of [[Victoria of the United Kingdom|Queen Victoria]] in [[1886]]. The junctions at either end of the street look somewhat distorted, since until [[1974]] vehicular [[traffic]] was permitted along its length. It meets Newport Road at its eastern end, Duke Street at its western, and Park Place approximately half-way along. Further down Park Place is the New Theatre, [[Cathays Park]] and a number of buildings owned by [[Cardiff University]] (most notably, several entire [[Terraced house|terrace]]s). A local landmark is Principality House, head office of the [[Principality Building Society]].
==St. Mary Street and the vicinity==
'''St. Mary Street''' (''Heol y Santes Fair'') and '''High Street''' (''Stryd Fawr''). The former street is named after the [[11th century]] church of St. Mary, the largest in Cardiff until it was destroyed by flood waters from the [[Bristol Channel]] in [[1607]]. Today the stretch of road is the home of a number of [[bar (establishment)|bar]]s and [[restaurant]]s, including the Cardiff [[Hard Rock Cafe]], as well as branches of many major [[bank]]s. It is usually closed south of the junction with Wood Street at weekends, to allow the efflux from [[night club]]s and [[pub]]s located in that part of the street to clear. The Prince Of Wales (a [[Wetherspoons | J D Wetherspoon]] establishment) is a particular problem, both due to its high capacity, and its main frontage onto Wood Street (which stays open).
=== June 2007 ===
Caroline Street is one of the three oldest streets in Cardiff and is a major link between two of the busiest streets (St Mary Street and the Hayes). The street has been a host to all kinds of stores but, more recently, has been taken over by chip and kebab shops, and as such is commonly known as ''Chip Row'', ''Chip Alley'', or ''Chippy Lane''. This resulted in the street's busiest hours being between 11pm and 2am: popular among the post-pub and –club crowd, often leaving the street looking like a sea of polystyrene containers. Around [[2003]], the north side of the street was redeveloped after the demolition of the old [[S A Brain|Brains]] Brewery: in its place were luxury flats encircling the Old Brewery Quarter, where new shops and eateries were erected. The pavement on the street was re-tiled as part of this development - but the south side of the street remains largely "unspoiled" by improvements.
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==The Hayes==
Called ''Yr Aes'' in Welsh, this is where the local [[department store]] Howells (part of the [[House of Fraser]] group) can be found, and was previously the ___location of another department store, David Morgan. The record shop Spillers claims to be the oldest in the world, dating back to 1894, although it has only occupied its present premises on The Hayes since the 1940s. There is also the old library (now a pub and wine bar), and a statue of the anti-slavery campainer John Batchelor. The Welsh [[Baptist]] chapel Tabernacl was first built in 1821 and remodelled to its current form by the architect John Hartland in 1865.
A well-known landmark both locally and nationally is [[St. David's Hall]] - a large [[concert hall]] and exhibition centre, which frequently houses major acts as well as [[opera]] productions by the [[Welsh National Opera]] company. Most famously, it is also home to the [[BBC Singer of the World competition|Cardiff Singer of the World]] competition.
This area is also famous for its elegant [[Victorian]] [[Arcade (architecture)|arcade]]s which join some of the main streets. These include Castle Arcade, Queens Arcade, Duke Street Arcade and Morgan Arcade.
==External links==
* [http://www.mycardiff.net/cardiff/bars&Music-spillers.htm Spillers history]
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