Saint John - Downtown

In recent years new life has been breathed into the city center making it a particularly pleasant place to explore on foot. Various tourist "trails" have been marked out (information from the Tourist Office).

Opened in 1983 the Market Place is actually an attractive multi-level shopping center with atrium-like inner courtyard, part of a complex which also includes a hotel, conference center, a number of flats. A street of 19th c. warehouses incorporated into the complex now faces a pretty "plaza" around Market Slip (where in 1783 the Loyalists came ashore from their ships).

An elevated walkway crossing over Dock St. links Market Square with the Saint John City Hall and Brunswick Square (a complex of shops, offices and hotels). There is an observation gallery in the City Hall.