Waterfront (area)
The waterfront area of a city or town is its dockland district, or the area alongside a body of water.[1][2][3]
List of examples
Africa
- Alexandria Corniche, Alexandria, Egypt
- V&A Waterfront, Cape Town, South Africa[4]
Americas
- Baltimore Inner Harbor, Baltimore, USA
- Chicago Riverwalk, Chicago, USA[5]
- Detroit International Riverfront, Detroit, USA
- Embarcadero (San Francisco), San Francisco, USA
- Embarcadero (San Diego), San Diego, USA
- Manhattan, USA
- Navy Pier, Chicago, USA[6]
- Puerto Madero, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Toronto waterfront, Toronto, Canada
Asia
- Central Harbourfront, Hong Kong
- The Bund, Shanghai, China
- Dubai Waterfront, Dubai, UAE
- Varanasi Ghats, Varanasi, India
- Kamarajar Promenade, Chennai, India
- Marine Drive, Kochi, India
- Promenade beach, Pondicherry, India
- Valankulam Lakefront, Coimbatore, India
- Elliot Beach (Besant Nagar Beach), Chennai, India
- Sabarmati Riverfront, Ahmedabad, India
- Minato Mirai 21, Yokohama, Japan
- Mira Coral Bay,[7][8] Dubai, UAE
- Odaiba, Tokyo, Japan
- Marina bay, Singapore
- Malacca River, Malacca, Malaysia
- Passo, Dubai, UAE[9][10]
- Victoria Dockside, Hong Kong
Europe
- Belgrade Waterfront, Belgrade, Serbia
- Bratislava Riverfront, Bratislava, Slovakia
- Camden Waterfront, Camden, USA
- Dublin Docklands, Dublin, Ireland
- HafenCity, Hamburg, Germany
- Ipswich Waterfront, Suffolk, England
- London Docklands, London, England
- Port Vell, Barcelona, Spain
- Monte Carlo, Monaco
- Rheinauhafen, Cologne, Germany[11]
- Ribeira District, Porto, Portugal
- Ruoholahti, Helsinki, Finland
- Valletta Waterfront, Floriana, Malta
Oceania
- Auckland waterfront, Auckland, New Zealand
- Barangaroo Waterfront, Sydney, Australia[12]
- Circular Quay, Sydney, Australia
- Docklands, Melbourne, Australia
- Elizabeth Quay, Perth, Australia
- South Bank Parklands, Brisbane, Australia
See also
References
- ^ "WARERFRONT | English meaning". Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
- ^ "WATERFRONT Definition & Meaning". Merriam-Webster. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
- ^ "Transforming waterfronts for a resilient and sustainable urban future". World Economic Forum. 28 April 2025. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
- ^ de Bruyn, Pippa (6 May 2025). "Radisson RED Cape Town V&A Waterfront". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
- ^ Kamin, Blair (September 2009). "Cityscapes: City's second waterfront: Riverwalk improved, but hurdles remain". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on October 19, 2012. Retrieved October 3, 2012.
- ^ LaTrace, A J (April 6, 2017). "Millennium Park overtakes Navy Pier as most popular attraction in Illinois". Chicago Curbed. Archived from the original on April 7, 2017. Retrieved May 11, 2022.
- ^ Akhmetova, Yana (13 September 2024). "В эмирате Рас-эль-Хайма построят брендовый район. Чем он интересен?". Forbes Kazakhstan (in Russian). Retrieved 16 May 2025.
- ^ "Mira Coral Bay, Ras Al Khaimah". miradevelopments.ae. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
- ^ "BEYOND marks expansion with PASSO, a sculptural icon on Palm Jumeirah". Gulf News. 1 August 2025. Retrieved 9 December 2025.
- ^ "PASSO by Beyond Palm Jumeirah". passo-bybeyond.ae. Retrieved 9 December 2025.
- ^ Allgemeine Information, Rheinauhafen, Modernes Köln Archived 2011-07-19 at the Wayback Machine (in German)
- ^ "First look at Barangaroo's newest waterfront precinct". Sydney Metro. 26 July 2024. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
External links
Media related to Waterfronts at Wikimedia Commons