Word: riverfront
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...levees are being reconsidered, the schools reimagined, the whole region rethought, with ideas for riverfront parks, light-rail systems and everything short of whirlycopters filling the sky. Some of it may even happen. Not all the plans mesh, and most of them require dollars that may not all materialize, but in a city that has suffered like this one, the power of this wholesale reinventing is a sign of life in itself...
Something else the hurricane may produce is what Nagin predicts will be "the biggest construction boom this country has ever had." While the poorer districts may be languishing, in some areas there are signs the boom may be happening. Deals are popping up around downtown and along the Mississippi riverfront. KB Home, one of the nation's largest home builders, is racing to start up to 10,000 Orleans-style houses just across the parish line, as well as 58 lots downtown. Bruce Karatz, CEO of California-based KB Home, promises that the houses "will have the New Orleans feel...
...shot by our all-seeing photographers, here is a view of Harvard that you might overlook as you rush along to your classes. From the riverfront, to the ivy-covered Yard, to the light pouring in through the stained glass windows of Annenberg, take a minute to stop, look around, and enjoy the beauty of Harvard. Maybe those tourists are on to something...
...adjoining blocks charmless years ago. Moreover, 8,000 new apartments should channel some of the gentrifying development pressure away from fragile Manhattan neighborhoods. The rooftop acreage is ingenious: the park will be above the elevated highway that runs along the Hudson, allowing pedestrians unimpeded views and a sense of riverfront connection...
...scenarios laid out in the report place undergraduate Houses along the river—blocks away from the North Allston residential community. Riverfront sites are advantageous to the University, which wants to keep new Houses as close as possible to the ones on the other side of the Charles...