Pitt Street Mall ( Mid City Centre demolished in 2007)

BRIEF HISTORY
The history and development of Sydney begun with the introduction of tramways in 1861. Pitt Street Mall was the origin of the first horse-drawn tram line operation opened on the 23rd December 1861, between Central (Redfern) Railway Terminal and Circular Quay. (source: "Tramway Workshops, Depots and Substations" March 1994, Auther: Godden Mackay, Heritage Consultants, for the National Trust).

By December 1866, the tramway was so impractical that it was removed, due to protrusion of rail lines causing cumbersome to other roadway vehicles.

PITT STREET MALL TODAY
PITT Street Mall Sydney is one of the world's most famous, the busiest, friendly pedestrianized premier retail shopping precinct, boasting a passing trade of 15000 people per hour during the peak seasons. The mall is the epicentre of Australian flagship retailing attracting international brand retailers, and the tourist component of the foot traffic retailing. Premium major retailer such as Adidas Sport Performance Centre and Just group will be one of the flagship concept stores to be anchored in the Sydney Arcade precinct.

The mall includes the main multi-level shopping centre Skygarden, Mid City Centre (demolished for new retail shopping centre), Piccadilly, Imperial Arcade, Sydney Central Plaza, Westfield Centrepoint, Glasshouse and The Strand Arcade. It is one of the world's highest retail rental achieving as high as $9,000 per square metre in exceptional good location with high level of exposure.

Exclusive department stores consist of David Jones, Myer and many other 700 boutique speciality shops in fashions, gifts stores, book shops, and homewares with high-profile brand recognition in popular Australian and international fashion labels such as Akira Isogawa, Wayna Cooper, Collette Dinnigan, Lisa Ho, Prada, Armani and Gucci.

Cafes and eateries include every nationalities to compliment with street performers and musicians who entertain and activate the pedestrian mall.

Each year, Sydney celebrates Mercedes Australian Fashion Week in May and become an important event for the Australian fashion industry and designers to involve and participate with greater exposure in the international market such as North America, Europe and Asia Pacific regions.