On the Waterfront

lakefront, riverfront, or salt-waterfront property, the Thurston county area offers no shortage of waterfront properties for sale in Olympia with breathtaking views from east to west and north to south. For most people, buying waterfront property is more about buying a lifestyle than just a piece of property. The scenic lakes and salt water inlets in Olympia have lured families to their shores for generations to fish, boat and swim. There is no shortage of waterfront properties in Olympia…

Proposed Functional Concept for Sittwe City, Rakhine State, Myanmar Abstract: Sittwe city, estuarial island, capital of Rakhine State, Western part of Myanmar, is located on the confluence of Kaladan River and Bay of Bengal. It is also the main trading center of the Rakhine state as this city is a port city. And there are many historical places to conserve and several places of attraction. Nowadays, port of Sittwe city has been promoted as Kaladan Multi-modal Transport Project which would…

Centre Question 1a) Mac’s Function Centre is located on Wellington’s waterfront, on the Corner of Taranaki St, and Cable St. just south of Te Papa. This function centre offers 3 different sized rooms of which can hold many styles of conferences. Each room comes with a different view. The biggest room is the Te Aro room which is located on the second floor. The smallest of the 3, the waterfront room has view of Te Papa and the waterfront. On the ground floor sits the Cable room which is the only…

Jersey City 15 years ago 15 years ago, Jersey City was surprisingly undeveloped. Most areas of the city were unsafe, and what should have been an extremely valuable area was very undeveloped. Large parking lots took up much of the area around the waterfront, and the city was not safe to be in during the night. Few of the skyscrapers that exist now were around then. Much of the buildings in Jersey City represented the areas roots as a manufacturing and shipping town. Land was very cheap, and you…

The Lagos State Government has made no secret of its immense disapproval of presence of Makoko, The Ex-Commissioner for Waterfront and Infrastructural Development in Lagos State, Adesegun Oniru, stated in an interview with syndicated local news station, Channels News, “When we have visitors into our country, majority of them go an reside on the island, the second they climb…

-This route is entirely pedestrian. -Landscaping is used to create a tide barrier along the waterfront. -Where possible it can be used as a promenade. 8.2 Legibility Legibility is the ease with which Port St Johns is understood and navigated through reference points that provide a sense of orientation. -Artwork created locally is used to anchor significant…

Wow! The semester is really halfway over and time has gone by unexpectedly fast for me. For this class I think I am writing my last reflection paper, which goes to show you that the semester is coming to an end. I’ve had a rather smooth transition from high school to college regarding academics. The social life has been a huge change for me and was quite a struggle at first. Regarding academics I have received my first grade that did not go as I hoped it would have. I am currently taking a…

farmlands or wetlands, connecting with the built bike routes in Mangrove (the northern opposite side of Tamsui River). 4.3 Comparative planning Obviously, several core planning fields in Rotterdam can be associated. The Rotterdam planning of the waterfront is the first. Besides geography, the most similar point is both planning framework, which comprise different small zones, and then characteristic functions of those are developed continuously, such as farmlands and the ecological riverside…

bara’s piece titled Long Pond: Daylight is an oil based landscape that displays a scenic forest along a contrasting waterfront. LaPalombara created this piece in 2016 and it is currently on display in the Kennedy Museum along with several other landscapes of his: Long Run and Long Pond Shoreline. In Long Pond: Daylight LaPalombara successfully manipulates color and depth to portray a realistic, picturesque experience. The overall color scheme of the piece contains an analogous color scheme based…

people, and even schools. Yet there is a place that stands out. The place is called Liberty State Park. It is not only recognized as where you have fun or picnics, but because of its history. Liberty State Park began as the waterfront home for the Lenape. Then, it became the waterfront for the Dutch settlers. They later developed a ferry service to Manhattan in 1661. The northern part of the park follows the line Morris Canal. The Morris Canal’s barges transported Pennsylvania coal to the Urban…