It’s home to some of Melbourne’s arty retail favourites: The Sticky Institute zine shop, Wax Museum Records and Corky Saint Claire jewellery, to name just a few.
Store owners at Campbell Arcade have been told their leases will end in mid-2019, and their former underground haven of creativity will be demolished to make way for the new tunnel.
Some stores have been operating out of the arcade for as long as fifty years, so this planned removal will not be accepted easily.
Greens MP Ellen Sandell has decided to fight for Campbell’s future, launching a petition which so far has 900 signatures, all of whom are keen to save something that is a heritage-listed part of Flinders Street.
The petition will be presented to the Victorian Planning Minister, Richard Wynne.
