Editing Moncton (section)

==Cityscape==
[[File:MonctonSkylineb.jpg|thumb|Skyline of [[Downtown Moncton]], with the [[Bell Aliant Tower]] to the right. The Tower is the tallest free-standing structure in [[Atlantic Canada]].]]
{{See also|List of tallest buildings in Moncton}}
Moncton generally remains a "low rise" city, but its skyline encompasses buildings and structures with varying architectural styles from many periods. The city's most dominant structure is the [[Bell Aliant Tower]], a {{convert|127|m}} [[microwave communications]] tower built in 1971. When it was constructed, it was the tallest microwave communications tower of its kind in North America. It remains the tallest structure in Moncton, dwarfing the neighbouring Place L'Assomption by {{convert|46|m}}.<ref name="Bell Aliant Tower">{{cite web |url=http://www.historicplaces.ca/visit-visite/com-ful_e.aspx?id=5386 |title=Bell Aliant Tower |date=April 20, 2007 |work=Canada's Historic Places |access-date=July 25, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927003109/http://www.historicplaces.ca/visit-visite/com-ful_e.aspx?id=5386 |archive-date=September 27, 2007 |url-status=live}}</ref> Indeed, the Bell Aliant Tower is also the tallest free-standing structure in all four Atlantic provinces.{{Citation needed|date=March 2025}} [[Assumption Place]] is a 20-story office building and the headquarters of [[Assumption Life|Assumption Mutual Life Insurance]]. This building is {{convert|81|m}} tall and tied with Brunswick Square ([[Saint John, New Brunswick|Saint John]]) as the tallest building in the province.<ref name="NB Diagrams">{{cite web |url=http://www.assumption.ca/English/press/details.cfm?id=105 |title=Assumption Life and the Drop Zone Create Some Extreme Thrills |date=August 31, 2006 |work=Assumption Life |access-date=May 4, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110510083351/http://www.assumption.ca/English/press/details.cfm?id=105 |archive-date=May 10, 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The [[Blue Cross Centre]] is a nine-story building in [[Downtown Moncton]]. It is architecturally distinctive, encompasses a full city block, and is the city's largest office building by square footage.<ref name="Blue Cross">{{cite web |url=http://www.fortisproperties.com/en/home/realestate/ourproperties/blue_cross_centre.aspx |title=Blue Cross Centre |date=April 20, 2006 |work=[[Fortis Inc.]] |access-date=July 25, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071208232036/http://www.fortisproperties.com/en/home/realestate/ourproperties/blue_cross_centre.aspx |archive-date=December 8, 2007 |df=dmy-all}}</ref> It is the home of [[Medavie Blue Cross]] and the [[Moncton Public Library]]. There are about a half dozen other buildings in Moncton between eight and 12 stories, including the Delta Beausejour and Brunswick Crowne Plaza Hotels and the Terminal Plaza office complex.
[[File:Autumninmoncton.JPG|thumb|[[Centennial Park (Moncton)|Centennial Park]] is one of several public parks managed by the city.]]

===Urban parks===
The most popular park in the area is [[Centennial Park (Moncton)|Centennial Park]] which has lighted cross country skiing and hiking trails, the city's largest playground, lawn bowling and tennis facilities, a boating pond, a treetop adventure course, and Rocky Stone Field, a city owned 2,500 seat football stadium with artificial turf, and home to the Moncton Minor Football Association.<ref name="Centennial Park">{{cite web |url=http://www.moncton.ca/Page2162.aspx |title=Centennial Park |date=April 6, 2008 |work=www.moncton.ca |access-date=May 8, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160331095930/http://www.moncton.ca/page2162.aspx |archive-date=March 31, 2016 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all}}</ref> The city's other main parks are [[Mapleton Park]] in the city's north end, [[Irishtown Nature Park]] (one of the largest urban nature parks in Canada) and St. Anselme Park (located in [[Dieppe, New Brunswick|Dieppe]]). The numerous neighbourhood parks throughout the [[metro Moncton]] area include Bore View Park (which overlooks the [[Petitcodiac River]]), and the downtown [[Victoria Park, New Brunswick|Victoria Park]], which features a [[bandshell]], flower gardens, fountain, and the city's [[cenotaph]].<ref name="Community Parks">{{cite web |url=http://www.moncton.ca/Page2196.aspx |title=Community Parks |date=April 6, 2008 |work=www.moncton.ca |access-date=May 8, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308084832/http://www.moncton.ca/page2196.aspx |archive-date=March 8, 2016 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all}}</ref> There is an extensive system of hiking and biking trails in [[Metro Moncton]]. The [[Riverfront Trail, Greater Moncton|Riverfront Trail]] is part of the [[Trans Canada Trail]] system, and various monuments and pavilions can be found along its length.<ref>Merlin 4</ref>