page_title: Degraves Street, Melbourne
section_title: Location
hierarchical_section_title: Degraves Street, Melbourne / Location
caption_attribution_description: English: Campbell Arcade Degraves Underpass Degraves Street Flinders Street Station Flinders Street Melbourne Australia
context_page_description: Degraves Street is a pedestrian precinct and thoroughfare in Melbourne, Australia. It is a short, narrow laneway in the Central Business District that runs north-south from Flinders Street to Flinders Lane and is situated in-between Swanston Street and Elizabeth Street. Degraves, as the street is colloquially known, is famous for its alfresco dining options and because it epitomises Melbourne's famous coffee culture and street art scene. For these reasons it has also become a popular tourist destination.
  The street is named after Charles and William Degraves, pioneer merchants from Hobart who built a flour mill at the corner of Flinders Lane and Degraves Street in 1849. William was also notably a member of the Victorian Legislative Council for fourteen years.
context_section_description: The cobbled bluestone alley forms a busy alternative thoroughfare for commuters disembarking from Flinders Street station toward the shopping areas of Block Arcade on Collins Street and Bourke Street Mall. 
  Degraves Street is often confused and therefore synonymous with Centre Place, a similar walkway situated diagonally on the other side of Flinders Lane. Degraves Street also offshoots to the east into a dead end (sharing the same name) about halfway down its length.
  Campbell Arcade (also referred to as the Degraves Underpass) was built in the 1950s to allow pedestrians to walk from Flinders Street Station to Degraves Street underground, rather than walking across busy Flinders Street. It is used by thousands of people everyday. The arcade is home to the Platform Artists Group who frequently exhibit  artworks amongst the arcade's iconic pink tiles and black marble columns.
caption: Campbell Arcade underpass from Flinders Street Station to Degraves Street with signature pink tiles
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