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Water Street is located in downtown St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It became a commercial trading outpost for the Basques , French , Spanish , Portuguese , and English . The street now boasts many souvenir shops, restaurants, pubs, and high-end boutiques, as well as other commercial ventures.
View of Downtown St. John's from the harbour. The downtown is bounded by St. John's Harbour to the east. In the case of St John's the word "downtown" is ambiguous because it can be both taken literally, and can follow the dictionary. That is the old city is literally downtown, below the ridge along which Military Road runs.
In 1982, during the course of an archaeological excavation conducted as 161 Water Street was built, an 18th-century ship was discovered. [6] Portions of the ship and other artifacts were sent to the Mariners' Museum in Newport News. [5] 161 Water Street was completed in 1983. [7] The building was designed by Fox & Fowle. [1]
288-300 and 291-307 Water Street as well as the Murray Premises National Historic Site St. John's NL 47°33′42″N 52°42′36″W / 47.5617°N 52.7101°W / 47.5617; -52.7101 ( Water Street Historic District National Historic Site of
In January 2010, Fortis Properties, a subsidiary of Fortis Inc., announced plans to retrofit its existing building and construct a new 15-storey building next to it.The plan also called for 382 new parking spaces, an outdoor plaza and a pedestrian walk-way over Water Street to the TD Building, all at a cost of $75 million.
Sheraton Hotel Newfoundland: 40 m (131 ft) 9: 1982: In 2008, St. John's based Fortis Inc. properties bought the Newfoundland Hotel and converted it to the Sheraton Hotel Newfoundland in 2009. [19] [20] 14 The Rooms: 38 m (125 ft) 5: 2004: This building houses the Newfoundland and Labrador provincial museum, art gallery, and archives. [21] 15
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The road provides a direct link from the Trans-Canada Highway (TCH) to downtown St. John's, Newfoundland, which was previously accessible only via city streets such as Topsail Road or Kenmount Road (which was part of the TCH until the Outer Ring Road was built). Initially called the Harbour Arterial, construction began in the early 1970s and ...