St. John's: The Atlantic entrance to the new world

St. John's was incorporated as a town in 1888 and raised to a city in 1921. In the 1950s, the city adopted its first land-use zoning by-law. A draft municipal plan was prepared in 1972, but the first adopted plan came in 1984. Today, St. John's has over 100,000 residents - roughly one-thir...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: O'Brien, Ken
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Canadian Institute of Planners 2000
Subjects:
Newfoundland > Capital and capitol
City planning > Newfoundland > St. John's
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10613/6546
https://doi.org/10.25316/IR-1454
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Summary:St. John's was incorporated as a town in 1888 and raised to a city in 1921. In the 1950s, the city adopted its first land-use zoning by-law. A draft municipal plan was prepared in 1972, but the first adopted plan came in 1984. Today, St. John's has over 100,000 residents - roughly one-third of the province's population. https://viurrspace.ca/bitstream/handle/10613/6546/OBrien.pdf?sequence=3 Part of the Canadian portrait: Canadian provincial and territories cities section.

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