Tontine Street joins Albion Square (at the top of Lichfield Street) and  Tontine Square in Hanley shopping centre. Tontine Street is crossed by Percy Street. On the 1898 OS map a tramway runs up Lichfield Street, across Albion Square and along Tontine Street as far as Percy Street.

'Tigers' Pub (formerly The Waggon & Horses) - which is on the corner of Old Hall Street and Tontine Street. The Post Office building can be seen in Tontine Street on the left of the photo.

Tontine Street boasts two listed buildings -
 the Post Office and the Old Meat Market.