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Glen Iris Shopping Centre Precinct

Other Name

Centred on High Street, Glen Iris

Location

High Street GLEN IRIS, Stonnington City

Level

Included in Heritage Overlay

Statement of Significance

The High Street shopping precinct is located in High Street, Glen Iris, immediately to the east of the intersection with Malvern Road. The area is under consideration comprises approximately thirty shops all of which were constructed during the short preiod between the early 1920s and the early 1930s

The area is especially significant as a well preserved example of an interwar shopping precinct. The historical significance of the site lies with its strategic siting between the High Street tram terminus and the Glen Iris station of the Glen Waverley railway l ine. The site clearly demonstrates the importance of public transport in the development of the area as a whole. The precinct is also adjacent to the significant Ranfurlie, Valentines and Viewbank estates, which were substantially developed as suburban housing allotments during the interwar period. The success of the strip was intimately tied to the development of these housing estates.

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