The shopping arcade that runs from Aleksanterinkatu to Pohjoisesplanadi, i.e. the Wrede passage, was named after its designer, architect K. A. Wrede. The building situated on the Aleksanterinkatu side was completed in 1892. The decorative painting on the building has been abundant. It gives an image of the decorative paintings of the stair hall at Aleksanterinkatu 46, which were discovered in the mid 1980's under the layers of paint that had been painted over the original.