41-652: Empire Theatre or Empire Theater may refer to: Australia [ edit ] Empire Theatre, Adelaide , former theatre and cinema in Grote Street, Adelaide, 1909–1948 Empire Theatre, Sydney , former musical theatre and cinema in New South Wales Empire Theatre, Toowoomba , heritage-listed theatre in Queensland New Empire Cinema (Bowral) , formerly known as
82-625: A 14,000-acre (5,700 ha) farm near Renmark, South Australia , and was described in The Advertiser as one "who has long been recognised as one of Adelaide's leading business magnates ". In October 1925 a fire broke out in his Grote Street store and damaged most of his stock of suits. In 1929, having taken over Conrad's butcher in Hindley Street (possibly upon Conrad's death in 1918), Bruce had butcher shops in Grote Street, Rundle Street , Port Adelaide , and Glenelg . He
123-481: A builders' labourers' strike in 1912 by paying the men the wages asked for by their union. It opened on 21 December with a programme including The Price of a Man and Kathleen Mavourneen . There was gallery seating at the back where seats could be reserved, gallery seating down the sides and stalls seating in the middle. The entrance was described as being "under Muirden College". The films were billed as being put on by W. H. Bruce's Pictures in 1912. The cinema
164-499: A group of two-storey shops with a 220-foot (67 m) frontage, built in 1906, for about 20 years. Part of these later became the Empire Theatre. In 1909, Bruce converted the upper storey of two of his shops into an amusement hall used for screening films by means of a photo-rotoscope , called Golden Gate Hall. Toys were sold in this hall, with films shown periodically, every afternoon and evening, for free. This lasted for
205-428: A large number of medium to low density apartments , townhouses and detached houses which make up the residential portion of the city centre. The layout of Adelaide, sometimes referred to as "Light's Vision", features a cardinal direction grid pattern of wide streets and terraces and five large public squares: Victoria Square in the centre of the city, and Hindmarsh , Light , Hurtle and Whitmore Squares in
246-577: A number of prominent settlers after themselves, after early directors of the South Australian Company , after Colonisation Commissioners of South Australia (appointed by the British government to oversee implementation of the acts that established the colony), and after various notables involved in the establishment of the colony. The Street Naming Committee comprised: All members of the committee (except Stephens) had one or more of
287-412: A restaurant and entertainment venue. The Grote Street Model School, on the corner with Morphett Street, was designed by architect Edward John Woods in 1872, and built by T. Martin & Son in 1873–74. This was the first of four "model schools" in the city centre. These included Sturt Street Public School (1883), Flinders Street Model School (1878), and Currie Street Model School (1893). On
328-733: A year before being converted back into a large storage room. Apart from his large retail stores, Bruce ran what were known as "cheapjack" stalls at the market, basically a type of lottery or "sixpenny dip", where buyers would offer a coin for an unknown purchase. Bruce had a successful career as a businessman though the 1910s, establishing a number of stores in Adelaide and country towns, as well as breeding pigs. In 1918, Bruce amalgamated his considerable business interests in New South Wales with those in South Australia, forming
369-498: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Empire Theatre, Adelaide Grote Street is a major street running east to west in the western half of Adelaide city centre , South Australia . It is on the northern border of Chinatown and the Adelaide Central Market , and is a lively centre for shopping and restaurants. The historic Her Majesty's Theatre
410-924: Is known as "Mad March", due to the large number of other cultural festivities at the same time, including the Adelaide 500 and WOMADelaide . North Terrace is considered Adelaide's "cultural boulevard" because it is home to the State Library of South Australia , the South Australian Museum , the Migration Museum , the Art Gallery of South Australia , the University of Adelaide , the city campus of University of South Australia , and several smaller galleries. Lonely Planet labelled Adelaide "Australia's live music city", and
451-496: Is located here. The street, laid out as part of Colonel Light's city plan in 1837, was named after George Grote , an English classical historian and supporter of Robert Gouger . The original St Patrick's Church , Adelaide's first Catholic church, was built from around 1845 on what is now Gray Street. It was the principal place of worship for Catholics until St Francis Xavier's Cathedral opened on Wakefield Street in 1858. A much larger building, designed by Woods Bagot ,
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#1732772004466492-619: Is the inner city locality of Greater Adelaide , the capital city of South Australia . It is known by locals simply as "the City" or "Town" to distinguish it from Greater Adelaide and from the City of Adelaide local government area (which also includes North Adelaide and from the Park Lands around the whole city centre). The residential population was 18,202 in the 2021 census , with a local worker population of 130,404 . Adelaide city centre
533-570: The Adelaide Airport . Today Grote Street is largely occupied by retail outlets, restaurants, and retail outlets. Moonta Street Chinatown is accessible via Grote Street, which is also home to some Chinese restaurants and other businesses owned by Chinese Australians and Korean Australians . The northern entrance of the Adelaide Central Markets is on Grote Street. A paifang , comprising an archway erected by
574-842: The Art Gallery of South Australia , the State Library of South Australia , the South Australian Museum , the Migration Museum , the Adelaide Botanic Garden , the University of Adelaide and the "CityEast" campus of the UniSA The population was 18,202 in the 2021 census , 41 percent born in Australia. The next most common countries of birth were China 15.7%, India 3.7%, England 3.6%, Malaysia 3.6%, and Hong Kong 2.7%. 49.1% of people spoke only English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 17.8%, Cantonese 4.2%, Vietnamese 2%, Hindi 1.5%, and Korean 1.5%. The most common response for religion in Adelaide
615-573: The British colonisation of South Australia , the Adelaide Plains , on which Adelaide was built, were home to the Kaurna group of Aboriginal Australians . The colony of South Australia was established in 1836 at Glenelg , and the city itself established in 1837. The location and characteristic grid layout of the city and North Adelaide, as well as the surrounding parklands, were the result of
656-445: The Kaurna language to each place, was mostly completed in 2003, and the renaming of 39 sites finalised and endorsed by the council in 2012. The City of Adelaide Council has defined a number of neighbourhood precincts in the city centre, each with a character of their own: In addition to these, the north-eastern side of North Terrace is often referred to as the "North Terrace cultural precinct" or "cultural boulevard", and includes
697-471: The Mainstreet Theater , Kansas City, Missouri Empire Theatre (41st Street) , former & now demolished Broadway theatre Empire Theatre (42nd Street) , former & now demolished Broadway theatre, was converted to the lobby of a movie theater Empire Theatre (Philadelphia) Empire Theatre (Rochester, New York) See also [ edit ] Empire Cinemas Moss Empires ,
738-638: The Theatre Royal in Hindley Street was closed in 1962, the Tivoli was extensively refurbished and reopened as Her Majesty's Theatre , which still stands today. The old Liquor Trades Union Hall at 116 Grote Street was converted into the Promethean Theatre in the early 1980s, which featured productions by small theatre companies and drama students, as well as Adelaide Festival and Fringe Festival events. The theatre closed in 2007, but
779-968: The city council and two lions donated by the People's Republic of China , marks the northern entrance to the Chinatown. St Patrick's Church , Her Majesty's Theatre , and the rear entrance of the Adelaide Central bus station are located on this street. Since the 21st century, Grote Street has become the home of various businesses selling items relating to housing construction and renovation, such as tiles , built-in furniture , and bedding . There are also apartment blocks providing accommodation for university students. [REDACTED] Australian Roads portal 34°55′44″S 138°35′38″E / 34.92895°S 138.5939°E / -34.92895; 138.5939 Adelaide city centre Adelaide city centre ( Kaurna : Tarndanya )
820-1271: The Empire Theatre Canada [ edit ] Empire Theatres , former multiplex movie theatre chain United Kingdom [ edit ] Empire Cinemas multiplex cinema chain with 14 locations and 131 screens Empire Palace Theatre , later simply the Empire Theatre and now the Edinburgh Festival Theatre, Edinburgh Empire Theatre of Varieties, now the Empire, Leicester Square , City of Westminster, London Glasgow Empire Theatre , Glasgow Hackney Empire , in Hackney Liverpool Empire Theatre , Liverpool Empire Theatre, Longton , former theatre and cinema in Staffordshire New Empire Theatre , Southend-on-Sea Sunderland Empire Theatre , Sunderland Empire Cinema, Blackpool The Empire Theatre, Burnley United States [ edit ] Empire Theater, now known as
861-990: The Model School and the Training School were amalgamated, forming the Continuation School for Boys, which then amalgamated with the Advanced School for Girls, creating Adelaide High School in September 1908. The buildings were then used by the Department of Further Education and the Multicultural Education Centre, later being sold for various private uses. In 1978, the Centre for the Performing Arts
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#1732772004466902-515: The Promethean continued to operate as a music venue. Grote Street is in Adelaide city centre. It runs in an east–west direction, as a continuation of Wakefield Street where it crosses Victoria Square . It concludes at West Terrace . The road which continues is Sir Donald Bradman Drive . The Grote Street–Sir Donald Bradman Drive route is the most direct method of travelling from the CBD to
943-459: The centres of each of the four quadrants of the Adelaide city centre. These squares occupy 32 of the 700 numbered town acre allotments on Light's plan. All east–west roads change their names as they cross King William Street, except for North and South terraces. They also alternate between being wide and narrow, 99 and 66 feet (30 and 20 m), except for the central Grote and Wakefield which are extra-wide, 132 feet (40 m), along with
984-432: The city retains a notable portion of Victorian architecture. Adelaide is separated from its greater metropolitan area by a ring of public parklands on all sides. The so-called "square mile" within the park lands is defined by a small area of high rise office and apartment buildings in the centre north, around King William Street , which runs north-to-south through the centre. Surrounding this central business district are
1025-577: The company W. H. Bruce Limited, which had a capital value of £150,000, with £47,000 being in fully paid-up shares. Bruce allocated 5,000 shares to current employees of the business, and 1,000 to past employees. He was the governing director of the new company. At this time he had shops in Kadina and Port Pirie in South Australia, three locations in Victoria , and six in New South Wales. He had
1066-588: The company that owned many Empire Theatres in the United Kingdom Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Empire Theatre . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Empire_Theatre&oldid=1214755494 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
1107-787: The seat has been held by Lucy Hood of the Labor party. Adelaide's cultural and entertainment precincts/venues are generally concentrated in the city centre, including the Convention Centre ; the Adelaide Oval is just north of the Torrens within the parklands and easily accessible from the city. Most of the events relating to the Adelaide Festival and Adelaide Fringe are held within Adelaide's city centre and surrounding parklands during February and March. This time
1148-466: The site, additional educational facilities were built. In June 1876, a teachers' training college opened, also designed by Woods. In 1891, the Advanced School for Girls opened, which was the first state secondary school in the colony of South Australia , as well as the first state school for girls above primary level. It was designed by Owen Smyth in 1890, and built by J. J. Leahy. In 1908
1189-490: The streets and squares in the Adelaide city centre and North Adelaide named after themselves. Brown Street, named for John Brown, was subsequently subsumed as a continuation of Morphett Street in 1967. In the same year, Hanson Street, named for Richard Hanson , was subsumed as a continuation of Pulteney Street . The squares were named after: The east–west streets named on 22 December 1836 were: Most of these people did not reside in or visit South Australia. The naming of
1230-415: The streets was completed on 23 May 1837 and gazetted on 3 June. East–west streets: North–south streets: The Adelaide City Council began the process of dual naming all of the city squares, each of the parks making up the parklands which surround the city centre and North Adelaide , and other sites of significance to the Kaurna people in 1997. The naming process, which assigned an extra name in
1271-532: The surrounding four terraces. In the south half of the city, in several places the Adelaide City Council has constructed wide footpaths and road markings to restrict traffic to a lesser number of lanes than the full width of the road could support. The street pairs, design widths, and town acres in Light's Vision are illustrated in this diagram: The streets and squares were named by a committee of
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1312-456: The theatre, in January 1910 run by Messrs Lennon, Hyman, and Lennon, initially featured vaudeville acts and movies , then silent films . It continued as a picture theatre until 1952. It was converted into a Peoplestores store in 1953–4. It still stands today (2022), numbered 61–68 and housing several stores. The Lyric Theatre was a cinema built by owner W. H. Bruce , completed during
1353-463: The work of Colonel William Light (1786–1839), who was the first Surveyor General of South Australia . The area where the Adelaide city centre now exists was once known as "Tarndanya", the Kaurna word for as "male red kangaroo rock", which was the name used for an area along the south bank of what is now known as the River Torrens ( Karrawiri Pari ), which flows through Adelaide. Adelaide
1394-712: Was " No Religion " at 52.9% of the population. At federal level, Adelaide is within the Division of Adelaide , a marginal seat which historically has alternated between the Liberal and Labor parties. It has been held since 2019 by Steve Georganas of the Labor party. In the South Australian House of Assembly , Adelaide is within the Electoral district of Adelaide . Since the March 2022 state election,
1435-569: Was built between 1912 and 1914, and still stands today, on the corner of Gary Street. The original church building was demolished in 1959. A chapel was built on the northern side of Grote Street at the eastern end for the Church of Christ congregation in December 1856. This was replaced by a larger bluestone chapel in 1925. The old church was demolished in 1940 and the new one has been used for other than religious purposes for some time, including as
1476-557: Was established on the site of the old Adelaide Girls High School. Nos. 109-119 Grote Street, the buildings comprising the schools, were state- heritage-listed in 1981. The United Trades and Labor Council (UTLC), established in 1884, constructed a Trades Hall on the northern side of the street, near Victoria Square. Although not financially supported by the colonial government , it was funded by various private donations by parliamentarians, including Richard Chaffey Baker , George Charles Hawker , and John Howard Angas . The building
1517-448: Was later described as a "great businessman". There was still a business concern named W. H. Bruce in 1954, which opened a new food store (of meats) at 13–15 Grote Street in December 1954. In 1931, an arcade was constructed through the shops formerly leased by Bruce, to create a northern entrance to the Adelaide Central Market . On 10 April 1909 the first theatre in Grote Street, the Empire Theatre, opened. Designed by A. Barnham Black,
1558-403: Was not as badly affected by the 1860s economic depression in Australia as other gold rush cities like Sydney and Melbourne , allowing it to prosper. Historian F.W. Crowley noted that the city was full of elite upper-class citizens which provided a stark contrast to the grinding poverty of the labour areas and slums outside the inner city ring. Due to its historic wealth during the 20th century,
1599-536: Was officially opened on 4 March 1896. In the early 1900s Robert Barr Smith donated £2,300 to pay off the outstanding mortgage . Around 1903, W. H. Bruce started a business with £30 capital "in a little shop of 12 sq ft (1.1 m ) in the Central Market ", trading in " fancy goods ", soon moving on to tailoring , which by 1918 was "the largest tailoring concern in Australasia". He leased
1640-435: Was planned in 1837 on a greenfield site following a grid layout , with streets running at right angles to each other. It covers an area of 4.33 square kilometres (1.67 square miles) and is surrounded by 6.68 square kilometres (2.58 square miles) of park lands. Within the city are five parks: Victoria Square in the exact centre and four other, smaller parks. Names for elements of the city centre are as follows: Before
1681-593: Was still screening films on 17 January 2014, but soon thereafter advertisements appear for the auction of a variety of goods at the entrance to the Lyric Theatre, including jewellery, suit materials, and Japanese goods. The Princess Theatre, built in 1912–13 for Edwin Daw, was immediately leased and renamed as the New Tivoli Theatre, and staged vaudeville acts, stage plays, and other entertainment. After