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Downtown Pedway and Parking Information. the Downtown Downtown Pedway and Parking Information. The Downtown Business Association has good information regarding Getting Around the downtown area: http://www.edmontondowntown.com/getting-around.php?sid=78 A map of the Downtown Pedway system is attached. A map of Downtown Edmonton is attached. Pedway and Parking – October 2017 9 6 S T R E E T ( C H U R C H S T R E E T ) 1 0 1 S T R E E T 9 7 105 AV ENUE S E T Edmonton Police ENU R AV Headquarters 3A E 10 Downtown E EPCOR Tower T Downtown MacEwan Community John E. Brownlee Arena Building Pedways Royal Alberta CN Tower Museum NUE (Open 2018) AVE 03A Opening times Grand Villa 1 Casino Future ICE District NUE Pedway connections are indoor Rogers Place Development 104 AVE links between buildings. Unless otherwise stated, pedway UE 9 103A AVEN 104 AVENUE 104 AVENUE 6 connections are generally open NUE S E T AV between these times: Mercer 9 103 R 9 E Building Future ICE JW Marriott E S City Hall Edmonton T • 6am–11pm Monday to Saturday Hotel T District Edmonton Tower ( Neon R 1 Law Courts Development (Open 2018) T 0 E • 6am–6pm Sundays Sign H 2 E Museum Future site of E T S E ICE District AVENU A T 103 LRT Stations can be 1 R Plaza (Open 2019) 0 R M 0 E A accessed 5am–1am MNP A E E U T N S E T Tower ARTS V Stantec A U Bell T 2A ICE DISTRICT Art Gallery 10 R Stantec Tower On evenings with major events, Tower of Alberta E Access to Tower DISTRICT ) access times to some buildings Rogers Sutton (Open 2018) E 1 Place Place NU 9 0 VE may be extended. A A 7 4 Hotel 02 1 S 103 AVENUE S 103 AVENUE T T Century R R E 1 Key 1 Churchill Place 0 Chancery E E Crash 0 E 0 E HSBC T U 1 Hall EN T Hotel AV S Bank S 2 10 T Pedway Connection ( Oxford T Sir Winston 4 1 Place R R Churchill 0 T Tower Francis Winspear E E 3 above ground H Square E E Winspear Centre for Music S T T S Delta Edmonton Edmonton Patio T T City Centre Tix on the R Centre Suites Hotel Pedway Connection R E Edmonton Square E East E E City Centre below ground T T West TD P Tower NUE R E 102 AV VE Pedway Connection O A Centre 01A M 1 through building High School E Library Parkade Citadel N A UE 102 AVEN eatre Canada 102 ASteppedVENUE access from street D E Place ) Don Wheaton Manulife Family YMCA Place LRT Station Centennial E ILL Enbridge Plaza LEY V H R AL A N OCTO R O Centre SH PE RS 102 Street S IE Accessible LRT Entrance 1 E A AVENU JA R Centre 0 101 G 2 Sun Life Rice Howard Post Office 9 S e Westin Way Clock Tower 9 Place T Information Point Hotel S R Alberta T E Commerce Hotel R E Place E Enbridge T Scotia Place Shopping Place University of Alberta E 9triple8 T Michael Enterprise Square Jasper Shaw Conference Phair World Centre Restaurants Park Cambridge Trade Bay/Enterprise Square Empire Building Centre Edmonton Building E Welcome Centre R AVENU T Edmonton JASPE H Accessible Washroom C O Public Library O Central R 1 U N 0 R 0 T T O JASPER AVENUE JASPER AVENUE S N Accessible Washroom T Frank Union 1 in LRT Station Canadian Bank ATB Place 0 Oliver First North 0 Park Marriott Abbey Inn Jaffer Western Royal S Glen & Jasper Courtyard Building Bank Place Bank T Hotel 1 1 R Car Park 1 0 0 0 Building E 4 2 1 E S T S S Fairmont T T T Downtown Edmonton Hotel R TELUS R R MacEwan Community League Edmonton E MacDonald r E E House Rive E University – E n E Journal wa T ATB e T T Alberta ch All Saints McDougall Place kat United College as Anglican Campus East S Cathedral Church rth Beatrice Future No Carmichael M Funicular Park ACDON ( Open Fall 2017) A Living Map 2017. Map data © City of Edmonton. Designed by Applied Wayfinding. Veterans’ LD DRIVE Park © MCDOUGALL HILL 1 0 3 S T R E E T .
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