Churchill Square is a shopping area in St. John's, Newfoundland, located on Elizabeth Avenue near Memorial University of Newfoundland. [1] "The Square", as it is often referred to, contains two parallel rows of shops on each side of a parking lot. [2] The eastern row is much more uniform, and contains apartments on the upper levels. [3]
A larger building between the two rows, Terrace on the Square, contains a clock tower and a small shopping mall with several more shops, as well as business offices on the top levels. [4]
Facing the square, across Elizabeth Avenue, is a bust of Winston Churchill. [5] The bust was sculpted by Dr. Elizabeth Bradford Holbrook.
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Churchill Square can refer to:
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