Exhibition Street, Melbourne 🐢

"Exhibition Street is a major street in the central business district of Melbourne, Australia. The street is named after the International Exhibition held at the Royal Exhibition Building in 1880, and was previously known as Stephen Street from 1837. The street runs roughly north-south and was laid out as part of the original Hoddle Grid. Geography Situated in the east of the Melbourne city centre, Exhibition Street is a major thoroughfare for city traffic. At its southern end, Exhibition Street becomes Batman Avenue after its intersection with Flinders Street and the Batman Avenue Bridge. Batman Avenue links the central business district to the Monash Freeway, and the section immediately south of Flinders Street is also known as the Exhibition Street Extension. At its northern end it becomes Rathdowne Street, which runs along the western edge of the Carlton Gardens, Royal Exhibition Building and Melbourne Museum. History = Founding as Stephen Street = Stephen Street, as Exhibition Street was originally known, was established in April 1837 as one of the eight north-south streets on Robert Hoddle's original survey of Melbourne. Stephen Street was named as a tribute to Sir James Stephen, the Permanent Undersecretary for the British Colonies in London who was at the peak of his power within the Colonial Office at the time of the naming of the streets in the Hoddle Grid. In 1847, the Eastern Market was opened on the corner of Stephen Street and Bourke Street. It was the second major market in Melbourne, after the Western Market. It was intended to be Melbourne's main fresh food market, but it proved less popular than the Queen Victoria Market, and eventually became closer to an amusement park. It was demolished in 1960. Royal Exhibition Building = Renaming to Exhibition Street = Stephen Street was renamed Exhibition Street by Melbourne City Council on 5 December 1898. It was renamed to celebrate the 1880 International Exhibition and the 1888 Centennial Exhibition, both held at the Royal Exhibition Building during the boom time of Marvellous Melbourne. The change only applied to the portion of Stephen Street north of Collins Street. The remainder was called Collins Place, and kept that name until it became part of Exhibition Street in 1963. = Exhibition Street Extension = The Exhibition Street Extension project was announced by the State Government in 1997 and opened in October 1999,Exhibition Street Extension Transit Australia September 1997 page 213 with CityLink operator Transurban operating the road and collecting tolls from road users. The project included a four lane divided road over the Jolimont railyards, enabling Batman Avenue west of Melbourne Park to be closed. In addition the route 70 tram was removed from Swan Street, and rerouted to dedicated tracks between the sporting precinct and the railway lines, before crossing the new bridge and turning into Flinders Street. The Exhibition Street Extension was not part of the initial CityLink project announcement, as it had been promoted as a bypass that would keep cars out of the CBD. Notable buildings Her Majesty's Theatre Telstra Corporate Centre Exhibition Street is a commercial district lined by skyscrapers and home to many of Melbourne's tallest buildings. It is also home to many heritage buildings listed on the Victorian Heritage Register and/or classified by National Trust of Australia. These include: The Herald and Weekly Times Building, prior to the addition of the skyscraper Eight Exhibition Street = Listed Buildings = * Cooper's Inn Pub (1853) * Former London Chartered Bank (1859) * Former Mickveh Yisrael Synagogue and School (1877) * Her Majesty's Theatre (1886) * Friendly Societies House (1891) * P Ng Hong Nam Building (1910) * The Herald and Weekly Times Building (1921) * Comedy Theatre (1928) = Skyscrapers = * Reserve Bank of Australia building (1973) * Collins Place (1981) * SX1 (Southern Cross Tower) (2004) * Australia Post Headquarters (2009) * Telstra Corporate Centre (1992) * Ernst & Young Tower (2005) * Marriott Hotel * Rydges Hotel * Mantra 100 Exhibition (formerly the Pacific International) See also References * Category:Streets in Melbourne Category:Melbourne City Centre "

Texas State Highway 1 🐢

"State Highway 1 (SH 1) was a Texas state highway that traveled across the U.S. state of Texas. The highway traveled from Texarkana on the eastern border to El Paso on the western border, via Dallas and Fort Worth, Abilene, and Midland–Odessa. SH 1 was approximately long, and was one of the original 25 Texas state highways, which were designated on June 21, 1917. In 1920, the entire length of the highway was designated as part of the Bankhead Highway, a transcontinental Auto trail. In the Texas Department of Transportation's 1939 state highway renumbering, most of SH 1 was redesignated as U.S. Route 80, as well as U.S. Route 67, and others. Most of these highways were replaced by Interstate 10, Interstate 20, and Interstate 30. The only portion of SH 1 that existed after September 26, 1939 was a short spur located in Dallas. Texas State Highway 1 was officially cancelled on August 20, 1952. Due to the highway's historic value, a highway can not be designated as Texas State Highway 1 unless by the order of TxDOT Executive Director or by the Transportation Commission. Texas State Highway 1 had several long spur routes. Most of these were simply numbered as State Highway 1, and were renumbered within a few years. Three of these spurs were separately numbered. They were Texas State Highway 1A, which was a long alternate route of SH 1 that traveled from Abilene to just west of Palo Pinto, Texas State Highway 1B, which was a short spur located in Dallas that was redesignated as SH 1 in 1939, and Texas State Highway 1C, which was a short spur located in Fort Worth that was redesignated at US 80 in 1939. Route description In terms of today's Interstate Highways, the routing of SH 1 is followed by Interstate 10 (I-10) from New Mexico to east of Van Horn, I-20 to west of Fort Worth, and I-30 to Texarkana. U.S. Route 80 in Dallas in 1965. This was formerly SH 1 100px History SH 1 was assigned on June 21, 1917 as one of the original 25 state highways. Known as the Texarkana, Dallas, Fort Worth and El Paso Highway, it crossed from Arkansas at Texarkana and ran west through Dallas, Fort Worth, Albany, Abilene, Big Spring and Van Horn to end in El Paso. On September 5, 1918, it had been extended northwest from El Paso to the New Mexico border. In February 1920, the whole of SH 1 was included in the transcontinental Bankhead Highway, a marked auto trail. In late 1926, the United States Numbered Highways were assigned. State Highway 1 kept its number, but was also assigned U.S. Highway 80 from New Mexico to Dallas and U.S. Highway 67 from Dallas to Texarkana. By 1936, US 80 had been moved off SH 1 west of downtown Dallas. While SH 1 angled northeast on Fort Worth Avenue from Cockrell Hill, crossing the Trinity River on the Commerce Street Bridge, US 80 continued east on Davis Street, turning north on Zang Boulevard and over the Houston Street Viaduct. In downtown, US 80 turned east on Commerce Street (State Highway 15), and US 67, which had joined US 80 along Davis Street, turned east on Elm Street (SH 1). (Commerce Street and Elm Street later became a one-way pair.) On June 21, 1938, SH 1 Spur was designated to Santo. On December 1, 1938, SH 1 Loop was designated in El Paso. On September 26, 1939, SH 1 was truncated to only this short piece west from downtown Dallas. The loop became Loop 16 (El Paso). The spur became Spur 40 (Santo). It split from US 80 (Davis Street) and ran northeast on Fort Worth Avenue and Commerce Street. Upon entering downtown Dallas, it split into the one-way pair of Commerce and Elm Streets, ending at US 80 (Houston Street). In August 20, 1952, the route was renumbered to Loop 260 and signed as U.S. Route 80 Business. Loop 260 was removed from the State Highway System and turned over to the City of Dallas on June 25, 1991, along with most of Loop 354. =Branches= 100px In the original 1917 definition, SH 1 had a split between Abilene and Palo Pinto (west of Mineral Wells). Another split was present between Sulphur Springs and Texarkana, and a branch ran from the northern route at Naples east to State Highway 8 at Douglassville. SH 1 followed State Highway 39 from Greenville to Commerce and went southeast to Sulphur Springs when the route was decided. On February 19, 1918, the southern route between Sulphur Springs and Texarkana had become State Highway 1A, and a new State Highway 1B ran from SH 1 in Naples to Douglasville, and a new State Highway 1C ran southeast from SH 1A at Atlanta to the Louisiana state line. On March 20, 1918, SH 1A extended north from Texarkana north to the Red River (the Arkansas border). The southern route between Abilene and Palo Pinto was improved first. Thus it was designated as part of US 80 in 1926. The north route was redesignated on August 21, 1923 as State Highway 1A, and in 1932 was designated US 80N (later U.S. Highway 80 Alternate), On March 16, 1927, SH 1 was rerouted on the direct route between Sulphur Springs and Greenville, and the old route became part of SH 39 and SH 11. On August 8, 1935, all of SH 1A west of Albany was transferred to SH 15, but that was not effective until September 1 of that year. On October 23, 1935, US 80 and SH 1 were rerouted onto the direct route between Ranger and Weatherford, replacing part of State Highway 89, and US 80 Alternate was extended east to Weatherford; this did not become effective until paving on SH 89 from Strawn to Weatherford was completed. It was unknown what the old route would become, but on November 19, 1935, the section from Weatherford to Palo Pinto was already part of SH 15, and the section from Palo Pinto to Strawn would become part of an extended SH 120. The SH 1A designation was removed in the 1939 general redescription, and US 80A was replaced on September 6, 1943 by State Highway 351 and U.S. Highway 180. The other branches, located east of Dallas, were all renumbered on August 21, 1923: *The section of SH 1A from Commerce east to Daingerfield became part of State Highway 11. This road still carries SH 11. The section of SH 1A from Daingerfield to Hughes Springs became part of State Highway 49 and the section of SH 1A from Hughes Springs east to Atlanta became State Highway 48. *SH 1B was renumbered to State Highway 77. *SH 1C and the section of SH 1A from Atlanta north through Texarkana to the Red River became State Highway 47. On June 24, 1931, the section of SH 47 that replaced SH 1C became an extension of SH 77, and SH 47 was rerouted to Daingerfield, eliminating SH 48. On the September 26, 1939 redescription, SH 11 (which had gone north from Daingerfield) was extended east from Daingerfield along former SH 1A to the Red River, eliminating SH 47. (The short piece of SH 49 became a concurrency.) SH 11 was truncated to Linden on October 13, 1947, when the rest became part of U.S. Highway 59. A branch was designated on Commerce Street in Dallas on March 13, 1931. On November 11, 1933, it was known as SH 1B. This was eliminated on September 26, 1939. Another SH 1C was designated on Lancaster Street on March 17, 1936. This was eliminated on September 26, 1939 (became US 80). Major junctions See also * * References External links 001 "

Pied Piper (comics) 🐢

"Pied Piper (Hartley Rathaway) is a fictional supervillain turned superhero appearing in comic books published by DC Comics, and is commonly associated with the superhero the Flash. The character was created by writer John Broome and artist Carmine Infantino, and made his first appearance in The Flash #106 (May 1959). Piper was originally introduced as an adversary of the Flash / Barry Allen and eventually became a member of the Rogues, a criminal association led by Captain Cold which often battled the Flash. During the crossover event Crisis on Infinite Earths, most of the Multiverse was destroyed, which resulted in the DC Universe being rebooted; moreover Barry died, and Wally West took up the mantle of the Flash. Following the events of Crisis, Piper was re-introduced in The Flash #20 (December 1988) as having reformed and become a champion for the poor. Soon afterward, he became an ally and personal friend of Wally, and an integral member of the Flash family. Following the events of Flashpoint, DC Comics rebooted its universe once again and relaunched its titles in 2011, during The New 52 event. Here, Piper is portrayed as a former member of the Rogues, who has given up being a vigilante and is dating David Singh, Barry's Director at the Central City Police Department. The Pied Piper made his live action appearance in an episode of the first season of The Flash, played by actor Andy Mientus. Mientus returned to the role in an episode of the second season, and two episodes of the sixth season. Publication history Created by John Broome and Carmine Infantino, the character made his first appearance in The Flash #106 (May 1959). Following the events of Crisis, Piper was revealed to be gay in The Flash #53 (August 1991). Fictional character biography Hartley Rathaway was born deaf and received assistive technology in the form of hearing implants thanks to research funded by his wealthy father (later it was revealed that the implants were made by Dr. Will Magnus).Flash (vol. 2) #190 (November 2002) He became obsessed with sound, and pursued little else in life; experimenting with sonic technology, Rathaway eventually invented a technique of hypnotism through music, and a way to cause deadly vibrations. Growing bored with his lifestyle, he turned to crime as the Pied Piper and frequently clashed with Barry Allen, the second Flash. Following the events of Flashpoint, DC Comics rebooted its universe once again and relaunched its titles in 2011, during The New 52 event. Here, Piper is portrayed as a former member of the Rogues, who has given up being a vigilante and is dating David Singh, Barry's Director at the Central City Police Department. =Reform= After Allen's death during Crisis on Infinite Earths, Hartley retired from crime to become a socialist champion of the poor and underprivileged. He also came out as one of DC's first openly gay characters, and joked that this was ironic, as he was one of the few villains to have ever "gone straight". He first realized he was gay when he became attracted to Rod Lauren when watching The Crawling Hand.Countdown to Final Crisis #12 (February 2008) Rathaway becomes a good friend of the Flash, Wally West, and his wife Linda, whom he helps with scientific problems. Sometime later, Piper was arrested for the murder of his parents. Wally was sure Piper could not have committed such an act, but Piper himself seemed to believe himself guilty. Wally eventually discovered that the true murderer was Mirror Master. Unaware of Wally's discovery, Piper broke out of Iron Heights and struck a deal of some sort with former Rogue and FBI agent the Trickster. During this time, Flash asked the Spectre to erase everyone's memories of his secret identity, due to his wife suffering a miscarriage from an attack by Zoom. It was later revealed that Barry Allen had Zatanna tamper with the mind of supervillain the Top, turning him into a hero (the Top had gone on a murderous rampage and Allen believed this was the only way to stop him from causing more harm). As a hero, the Top went insane over the guilt of his earlier deeds. After Allen had died, Wally received a letter from Barry asking him to restore Top's mind if he ever returned. After Wally had Zatanna restore the Top's mind, the Top revealed that when he had been a hero he had attempted to reprogram many of the other Rogues into heroes as well, including the Pied Piper. When the 'good' Rogues went after the remaining 'bad', Top returned to undo his brainwashing on the redeemed Rogues. When the Piper battled the Flash, West unmasked himself, triggering a flood of memories of their friendship and causing the Piper to pass out as his mind repaired itself. When he awoke, Piper appeared to be his old self again and came to Linda's aid. Piper remains the only Rogue to no longer be a villain, save for Magenta. He later had all charges for murder cleared. =One Year Later= One Year Later, Pied Piper was seen in the pages of both The Flash (Vol. 3), and Countdown teaming with a new group of Rogues led by Inertia.Flash: The Fastest Man Alive #11 (June 2007) The team of Rogues has him working with his parents' murderer, Mirror Master. Piper reveals that he has rejoined the Rogues with a plan of infiltrating them, but when Captain Cold, Heat Wave, and Weather Wizard successfully murder Bart Allen,Flash: The Fastest Man Alive #13 (August 2007) he and Trickster are forced on the run together. They are pursued by heroes and villains alike in the form of the Suicide Squad, the Question and Batwoman, Poison Ivy and Deathstroke, and eventually Piper's former friend and the newly returned previous Flash, Wally West. Wally confines the two of them at the wedding of Green Arrow and Black Canary, despite the warnings that Deathstroke is planning an all-out assault at the occasion. They manage to escape the wedding assault, while inadvertently picking up Double Down as a passenger. The trio stop at a diner, only to be attacked by the Suicide Squad. Double Down is captured, but Piper and Trickster, using an invisibility field, decide to follow the Squad and free the other captured villains. After encountering and freeing Two-Face, Piper and Trickster are again attacked by Deadshot, who pursues them relentlessly until he succeeds in murdering Trickster. With Trickster's death, the cuffs activate a 24-hour self-destruct, which Piper is able to delay with his flute. When the train they are on is submitted to a border check, Piper flees into the desert. Delirious from the heat, he begins to imagine Trickster's corpse is talking to him. After severing the hand from the rest of the corpse, Piper is brought to Apokolips by DeSaad. Desaad unlocks the shackles, and claims that Piper can channel the Anti-Life Equation and control the planet. Before the Piper can do so, Brother Eye finishes assimilating Apokolips. DeSaad finally gets into Brother Eye's control and convinces Piper to play his flute in order to activate the Anti- Life Equation. Piper agrees to play, but upon hearing that DeSaad was the mastermind behind his recent misfortune, in an almost successful attempt to break his spirit and take control of him, he kills DeSaad with a tune. He plays one final time for Brother Eye, a swan song, "The Show Must Go On" by Queen, that blows up the merged entity Brother Eye/Apokolips, with him still trapped inside, apparently left to die.Countdown to Final Crisis #9 (February 2008) However, he is later seen alive in the streets of Gotham City, saying that if he was allowed to live for some reason, this time he will play on the side of the angels.Countdown to Final Crisis #1 (April 2008) =Final Crisis= Pied Piper returns in the Final Crisis: Rogues' Revenge mini-series. He invades the police precinct, and picks up Trickster's will, which is actually a fake that contains information on the other Rogues, written in invisible ink. Piper later steps into the middle of the fight between Inertia, Zoom and the Rogues, using his flute to paralyze the combatants, and taking the opportunity to revenge himself upon Mirror Master through a kick in the face. Before he can do anything else, Libra appears, and stabs Piper in the shoulder with his spear. Although wounded, Piper is able to contribute in the killing of Inertia by holding him in place for the Rogues using his flute. Piper is later mentioned to have turned himself into the Central City Police Department.Final Crisis: Rogues' Revenge #3 (November 2008) =The New 52: The Flash and Forever Evil: Rogues Rebellion (2011–2016)= In September 2011, The New 52 rebooted DC's continuity. In this new timeline, Hartley is now the conductor of Central City's orchestra, and it is said that he is a 'reformed vigilante'. He later assists Flash and former Rogue teammate Captain Cold against the newly united Rogues.Flash Annual #1 He is in a romantic relationship with David Singh, the director of the crime lab at the Central City Police Department.Flash (vol. 4) #8 (June 2012) =DC Rebirth: The Flash (2016–present)= Powers and abilities A genius of sonic technology, by the age of sixteen Rathaway had crafted a sophisticated flute capable of hypnotizing anyone within range of its sound. He can make anyone do what he wants, and can even make himself 'invisible' to the perception of others. Although he focused obsessively on sound-based technology in his early years, he later expanded his scope to more general mechanical tinkering. Initially, he employed his mind control techniques almost exclusively on humans (and occasional animals), but during his incarceration in Iron Heights he became infatuated by the prison's ubiquitous rats and incorporated them into his gimmick, adding another similarity to his legendary namesake. He is able to use nearly anything that can create tones for his sonic manipulations, including touch-tone telephones and grass blade whistles. According to DeSaad, Rathaway's power is based on the manipulation of The Anti-Life Equation. Rathaway also employs a number of devices that can generate or amplify sound for destructive or protective purposes. Other versions =Action Comics= The first Pied Piper appears in Action Comics #48 (May, 1942). Working for the Queen Bee, the Pied Piper would play his flute, whose music would compel the VIPs that had been previously drugged by Queen Bee to follow him. He'd lead them to a hidden bunker under the ocean where Queen Bee would hold them for ransom. He was stopped by Mister America. =Earth-S= The Earth-S version of Pied Piper appears in Captain Marvel Jr. #2 and 3 (1942). This version is an enemy of Captain Marvel Jr. =Flash Comics= A version of Pied Piper appears in Flash Comics #59 (November, 1944). =Detective Comics= A version of Pied Piper appears in Detective Comics #143 (January, 1949). The Pied Piper was a criminal obsessed with every sort of pipe. He opened a pipe shop in Gotham City where he planned a series of crimes related to pipes. His activities attracted the unwanted attention of the local vigilantes Batman and Robin and the Pied Piper was eventually captured. =Mystery in Space= A version of the character named Pied Piper of Pluto appears in Mystery in Space #110 (September, 1966). =Flashpoint= In the alternate timeline of the Flashpoint event, the Pied Piper is a hero who has had his vocal cords ripped out by Citizen Cold, forcing him to rely on a cybernetic replacement.Flashpoint #1 (June 2011) Pied Piper was also a childhood friend of Wally West. He arrives at Wally's lair and discovers that Wally has been killed by Citizen Cold. Pied Piper takes Wally's place in uncovering evidence of Citizen Cold's true identity. Pied Piper runs through the sewers and intends to rescue Iris West from the Rogues but was apparently killed by Citizen Cold's exploding ice sculpture.Flashpoint: Citizen Cold #2 (July 2011) He was later revealed to have survived, and revealed to Iris that Citizen Cold had killed her nephew. After threatening to reveal Citizen Cold's true criminal identity, Pied Piper was briefly attacked by Citizen Cold, who was then frozen by Iris as payback for what he did to Wally.Flashpoint: Citizen Cold #3 (August 2011) =All-New Batman: The Brave and the Bold= The Pied Piper appears in All-New Batman: The Brave and the Bold #16 (April, 2012). =Injustice: Gods Among Us= He appears in Injustice: Gods Among Us: Year Five #2 (March, 2016). =Wonder Woman '77= The Hartley Rathaway version of the character appears in Wonder Woman '77 Special #3 (June, 2016). In other media =Television= * A different version of Pied Piper appears in the Wonder Woman episode "Pied Piper," portrayed by Martin Mull. This version of the character, Hamlin Rule, hypnotizes women to rob the venues at which he performs. * Pied Piper makes a non-speaking cameo appearance in the Justice League Unlimited episode "Flash and Substance", where he is seen in a Central City bar sitting with Turtle-Man before Batman, Orion and the Flash appear, causing them to flee. Andy Mientus as Hartley Rathaway / Pied Piper in television series The Flash * Andy Mientus portrays Hartley Rathaway / Pied Piper on The CW's The Flash. This version is depicted as a former employee and protege of Dr. "Harrison Wells" who was also disowned by his parents after he came out as gay. When the particle accelerator exploded, his hearing was enhanced to a superhuman level, but leaves him in constant agony. In retaliation, he developed sonic-wave weaponry in order to exact revenge on Wells by targeting his new protégé, the Flash, as well as implants for himself that serve both as hearing aids that dull sound and as discreet weapons. He appears in the 11th and 12th episodes of the series' first season, initially attempting to get revenge on Dr. Wells for ruining his reputation after he attempted to reveal the risk of the particle accelerator exploding. He is captured, but manages to escape. His parents appear in the episode "Revenge of the Rogues" and he is mentioned by name. Cisco later uses components from Hartley and Sara Lance's sonic weapons to develop an ultrasonic collar for the latter's sister, Laurel. Hartley returned in the season two episode, "Flash Back", when Barry traveled back in time to defeat Zoom. Along the way, he prevents Hartley's escape before the latter helps him defeat a Time Wraith that had followed him through time. When Barry returns to the present, he is greeted by a reformed Hartley who became an ally to Team Flash and was on good terms with parents due to timeline changes Barry inadvertently made. In the season six episode "Grodd Friended Me", due to changes made following Crisis on Infinite Earths, Hartley became a metahuman with full sonic powers as well as an enemy to Team Flash once more as they had slighted him years prior. Flash finds him robbing a jewelry store and thwarts him, but Hartley gets away. In a later season six episode, "Pay the Piper", Barry learns that in an altered version of one of their original fights, he accidentally destabilized Hartley's henchman/boyfriend, Roderick's, molecules. Due to this, Hartley grew to resent the Flash ever since. After they reconciled and joined forces to stop Godspeed, they were able to save Roderick; leading to Hartley forgiving Barry. * Hartley Rathaway is mentioned in the Supergirl episode, "Worlds Finest," when Barry Allen accidentally ended up in Supergirl's universe and helped her fight Silver Banshee using special earbuds to counter her hypersonic scream. =Film= * Pied Piper was reportedly featured in David S. Goyer's script for an upcoming Green Arrow film project entitled Escape from Super Max. In the script, Pied Piper appeared as an inmate of the Super Max Penitentiary for Metahumans. * Pied Piper appears in the animated film Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox, in a non-speaking role. In the distorted Flashpoint timeline, Pied Piper is a superhero member of Cyborg's group to stop the war between Aquaman's and Wonder Woman's forces. =Video games= Pied Piper appears in DC Universe Online, voiced by Jim Canning. =Web series= Pied Piper is seen as a background student on DC Super Hero Girls. References External links * Arrowverse entry for Pied_Piper * Gay League Profile * Counting Down to Countdown V: Mary Marvel, Trickster, Pied Piper Category:Comics characters introduced in 1959 Category:Fictional deaf characters Category:DC Comics superheroes Category:DC Comics supervillains Category:Fictional orphans Category:Fictional gay males Category:DC Comics LGBT superheroes Category:DC Comics LGBT supervillains Category:Fictional LGBT characters in television Category:Characters created by John Broome Category:Characters created by Carmine Infantino Category:Fictional flautists Category:Pied Piper of Hamelin Category:DC Comics television characters "