The Queen's Arcade features a distinct, ornate red sandstone facade topped by a curved glass roof that runs the length of the block between Donegall Place and Fountain Street. Built in eighteen eighty, this shopping passage served as the grand gateway for Victorian shoppers seeking luxury goods like imported tea and fine silk. During the Second World War, a German incendiary bomb struck the site, shattering the glass ceiling and leaving the structure hollowed out, yet the original iron framework held firm against the flames.
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