| Even as waterfront property is today prized above all other, until the 1960s urban waterfronts were primarily industrial, brutal, and cheap. |
| London was a port and a sequence of waterfronts, quays, and warehouses developed along the north bank of the Thames. |
| Before the mid-80s, activity was dispersed across all the waterfronts, while New-York was the number one container port in the world. |
| They guarded waterfronts, carried out coastal picket patrols, rescued survivors from scuttled ships and did anything else they were asked to do. |
| The re-conquest of waterfronts is traditionally connected with the availability of port areas that have become obsolete. |
| They are also involved in improving public access, protecting agricultural lands, and restoring urban waterfronts. |
