Word: waterfront
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That is only what should have been done long ago. Poland, aside from the fact that she needs a seaport of her own in order to thrive commercially, has certain legal jurisdictions over the city, and also the right to improve the harbor, waterfront, railways, and the other public utilities that she may find it necessary to use. But she cannot enforce her laws nor carry out her improvements unless she possesses some means by which she may force her authority. The glaring fault of internationalism as applied to cities was shown at the time of the Red drive...
...mile and a quarter, and extending inland half a mile. But for a half mile further south--toward the centre of the town--and inland, the destruction is only less complete. And still another three-quarters of a mile of wharves and warehouses is badly shattered. The waterfront laid waste is equal in extent to that of Boston from the South Station around to the North Station, and across Charlestown to beyond the Navy Yard; only in Halifax the property was less valuable, and the wharves and buildings more scattered; two-fifths of it was railway frontage, two-fifths Imperial...