| London was a port and a sequence of waterfronts, quays, and warehouses developed along the north bank of the Thames. |
| The re-conquest of waterfronts is traditionally connected with the availability of port areas that have become obsolete. |
| For some years now, Dublin's quays and waterfronts have been in the process of vigorous urban redevelopment. |
| Developed waterfronts present unique opportunities for this to occur, and especially to bring natural amenities into the core of the city. |
| They are also involved in improving public access, protecting agricultural lands, and restoring urban waterfronts. |
| Even as waterfront property is today prized above all other, until the 1960s urban waterfronts were primarily industrial, brutal, and cheap. |
