waterfront
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The waterfront estate on affluent La Gorce Island has a dock and 100 feet of frontage on Biscayne Bay.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Watching Banderas’ chef stare at the Atlantic, it may occur to you that a cook can no longer afford a waterfront shack on the sand.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
The bank is providing nearly $200 million in financing for a 342-unit residential building on the San Francisco waterfront, it said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Turkish-flagged boats carrying tourists are a constant presence along the waterfront, arriving and departing throughout the day, highlighting the steady flow of Turkish visitors to the Greek island.
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026
The canals had been dredged from swampland; the picturesque waterfront hacked out of the lakeside by the shovelful.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
It sparked a craze where people flocked to places like parks, waterfronts and shopping malls in the hope of catching Pokémon.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
In Nashville; Charlotte, N.C., and Tulsa, Okla., city and county governments have successfully enacted effective floodplain zoning, relocating homes and converting waterfronts to public open space.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 26, 2023
The work to protect salmon habitat extends beyond those forest streams, through agricultural land, urban landscapes and working waterfronts.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 24, 2023
Now, D.C.’s gaze has turned toward our waterfronts, including the Wharf, National Harbor and Washington Harbour in Georgetown, which are job creators and magnets for locals and tourists alike.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 18, 2022
From New Jersey to Alaska, reservoirs, bridges, tunnels, factories, and waterfronts were put under guard.
From "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand
