The Water Street pedestrian mall opened at the beginning of July and will close on Sept. 7. (CBC)Despite calls from some business owners to keep the Water Street pedestrian mall going, the pilot project will end, as planned, on Monday, Sept. 7. "The downtown pedestrian mall has been, I think, beyond anybody's wildest imaginations of its success," said St. John's Mayor Danny Breen. In the summer of 1969, a section of Water Street in St. John's was turned into a pedestrian-friendly space. (Remember the Old St. John's/Facebook)Even though it was the first time there's been a pedestrian mall on water street since 1969, the mayor says it isn't gone forever.

Source: CBC News August 31, 2020 22:30 UTC