Briggate, Victoria Quarter- Trinity Leeds, Queens Arcade, County Arcade, Cross Arcade, Grand Arcade, Debenhams, Albion Place, King Edward St, Lands LaneBriggate is the main pedestrian street of Leeds. It is one of the oldest streets in Leeds, made in 1207. The area from Briggate to Vicar Lane is known as Victoria Quarter and is famous for its many beautiful shopping arcades in old Victorian style, all with entrances towards Briggate. There are also many larges shopping malls and markets around Briggate and Victoria Quarter. The beautiful Thronton's Arcade from 1878 features a white interior with a clock and interesting display windows, County Arcade from 1903 has a very beautiful Victorian interior with caulted glass roof, Cross Arcade is passing through in a cross shape and the colourful Queens Arcade, formerly Queen Victoria Street that was arcaded in 1990. It features designer stores similar to London's Carnaby St, and the largest expanse of stained glass in Europe. Grand Arcade opened in 1897 and Central Arcade is a newer and much more modern arcade. Victoria Gate is a luxury, ultramodernshopping mall that opened in 2016, with marble floors, glass roof and diagonal patterns in typical Leeds way. It has 35 stores and is anchored by a futuristic John Lewis department store building. A large shopping mall with curved glass roofs towards the sky, Trinity Leeds, occupies several blocks in this area, and has an entrance to Briggate, where the Briggate Minerva sculpture welcomes the visitors. It was designed by Chapman Taylor and named after the adjacent Holy Trinity Church from the 18th century. It opened in 2012, as a result of several older shopping malls combined and renewed. Trinity has 120 stores on 3 floors and is anchored by Marks & Spencer and Topshop/Topman. It has a feeling of being outdoors and indoors at the same time, you can watch the sky through the glass roofs, featuring 1209 glass panels. The sculptureĀ Equus Altus, a packhorse carrying cloth can be seen inside. There are several other nice pedestrian streets in this area as well, like Albion Place (that is also a square with the beautiful gothic revival building Albion Court), Kirkgate, Lands Lane and King Eward St. The Pinnacle highrise is a landmark in this area. At the nearby Vicar Lane you find the Kirkgate Market (Europe's largest market building) and the Corn Exchange.
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