Editing Perth (section)

==={{anchor |cbd}}Central business district===
{{See also|Perth (suburb)}}
[[File:Cathedral Square Perth Hay Street.jpg|thumb|[[City of Perth Library]] and [[Treasury Buildings, Perth|State Buildings]], Hay Street]]
The [[central business district]] of Perth is bounded by the [[Swan River (Western Australia)|Swan River]] to the south and east, with [[Kings Park, Western Australia|Kings Park]] on the western end and the railway reserve as the northern border.{{citation needed|date=August 2020}} A state and federally funded project named [[Perth City Link]] sank a section of the railway line to allow easy pedestrian access between [[Northbridge, Western Australia|Northbridge]] and the CBD. The [[Perth Arena]] is an entertainment and sporting arena in the city link area that has received several architectural awards from institutions such as the [[Design Institute of Australia]], the [[Australian Institute of Architects]], and [[BlueScope|Colorbond]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.pertharena.com.au/About_Us/Venue_Awards.aspx|title=Venue Awards|website=Perth Arena|access-date=7 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171007120056/http://www.pertharena.com.au/About_Us/Venue_Awards.aspx|archive-date=7 October 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[St Georges Terrace]] is the area's prominent street, with a large amount of office space in the CBD. [[Hay Street, Perth|Hay Street]] and [[Murray Street, Perth|Murray Street]] have most of the retail and entertainment facilities. The city's tallest building is [[Central Park (skyscraper)|Central Park]], the [[List of tallest buildings in Australia|twelfth tallest building in Australia]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.skyscrapercenter.com/building/central-park-tower/892|title=Central Park Tower|website=The Skyscraper Centre— The Global Tall Building Database of the CTBUH|access-date=7 October 2017|archive-date=7 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171007122604/http://www.skyscrapercenter.com/building/central-park-tower/892|url-status=live}}</ref> The CBD until 2012 was the centre of a mining-induced boom, with several commercial and residential projects being built, including [[Brookfield Place (Perth)|Brookfield Place]], a {{convert|244|m|adj=on}} office building for Anglo-Australian mining company [[BHP]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.watoday.com.au/wa-news/boom-town-to-ghost-town-perth-cbd-vacancies-hit-25year-high-20170124-gtxzas.html|title=Boom town to ghost town: Perth CBD vacancies hit 25-year high|last=Allan-Petale|first=David|date=25 January 2017|website=WA Today|access-date=7 October 2017|archive-date=7 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171007224839/http://www.watoday.com.au/wa-news/boom-town-to-ghost-town-perth-cbd-vacancies-hit-25year-high-20170124-gtxzas.html|url-status=live}}</ref>