Shopping Arcades Around the World

 

There have been (and in many cases there still are) a number of shopping arcades in cities around the world. Most were built in the 19^th and early 20^th centuries in Europe and the United States. Yet today they number probably less than 200. Few cities had more than one; and most did not have any. As a building type these shopping arcades were and are relatively rare. (Johann Friedrich Geist in his comprehensive scholarly Arcades: The History of a Building Type, 1983, lists 310 shopping arcades of which he indicated 79 had been either demolished or destroyed)

 

Here is a list of those we have been able to identify. As more are identified, we will add them to the list. We would welcome additional entries.

 

Click here to see images of various shopping arcades from around the world.

 

Brisbane: Strand Arcade

Melbourne: Block Arcade

Melbourne: Lanes and Arcades of Melbourne

Melbourne: Royal Arcade

 

Brussels: Galleries St. Hubert

Brussels: Passage du Nord

 

Milan: Galleria Vittorio Emanuelle II

Naples: Galleria Umberto I

Turin: Galleria Subalpina

 

Lyon: Passage de l’Argue

Paris: Galerie Vivienne

Paris: Galerie Vero-Dodat

Paris: Passage Brady

Paris: Passage Jouffroy

Paris: Passage Moliere

Paris: Passage des Panermas

Paris: Passage du Claire

Paris: Passage du Grande Cerf

Paris: Passage du Prado

Paris: Rue de Rivoli

 

Click here to read about some of the Paris Shopping Arcades

 

Wellington: Old Bank Arcade

 

Moscow: GUM

St. Petersburg: The Passage, St. Petersburg

St. Petersburg: Great Gosting Dvor

 

Port Elizabeth:

 

 

Bath: The Corridor

Cardiff: Central Market (1891)

Cardiff: Dominians Arcade (1921)

Cardiff: Duke Street Arcade (1902)

Cardiff: High Street Arcade (1885)

Cardiff: Morgan Arcade (1896)

Cardiff: Royal Arcade (1858)

Cardiff: Wynaham Arcade (1887)

Glascow: Argyle Arcade

Glascow: Shawlands Arcade

Leeds: Victoria Quarter

Leicester: Silver Arcade

London: Burlington Arcade (1819)

London: Piccadilly Arcade

London: Princes Arcade

London: Royal Arcade (1879)

Oxford: Covered Market (1774)

 

Click here to see photos and descriptions of some of London’s Shopping Arcades

 

Ann Arbor, Michigan: Nickels Arcade

Ashville, North Carolina: Arcade Building

Boston, Mass: Faneuil Hall (1742)

Buffalo, New York: Market Arcade (1892)

Chicago, Illinois: Douglas Arcade (demolished)

Chicago, lllinois: Granville Arcade (demolished)

Chicago, Illinois: Pullman Arcade (demolished)

Chicago, Illinois: Woodruff Arcade

Cincinnati, Ohio: Ohio Arcade

Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Arcade

Cleveland, Ohio: Colonial Arcade

Dayton Ohio: Dayton Arcade

Detroit, Michigan: Penobscot Building

Los Angeles, California: Broadway Arcade

Miami, Florida: Shoreline Arcade (1925, Pfeiffer & O’Reilly)

Nashville, Tennesse: Nashville Arcade

New Orleans, Louisiana: Tulane Arcade

Pittsburg, Pennsylvania: Jenkins Arcade (demolished)

Providence, Rhode Island: Westminister Arcade

Toledo, Ohio: Spitzer Arcade (1893-96) (not active)

St. Louis, Missouri: Arcade Building

San Francisco, California: Emporium

San Jose, California: Gummer Arcade

Springfield, Ohio: Arcade

Watertown, New York: Paddock Arcade