riverfront

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Recent Examples of riverfront The city is investing over $200 million to turn a former riverfront industrial zone into a year-round recreation hub. Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 24 Oct. 2024 In addition to wrecking many businesses and private homes, the flooding in Chimney Rock tore up Main Street, creating a deep and jagged gash in the asphalt and completely demolishing the walkways along the riverfront. Marshall Crook, NBC News, 23 Oct. 2024 This colonial-style retreat features expansive riverfront rooms, a heated pool, complimentary bikes, and a laidback restaurant serving traditional Vietnamese dishes and seafood. Lauren Mowery, Forbes, 19 Oct. 2024 Major facets of the landmark $80 million Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Centennial Park are coming together along Detroit's riverfront after years of planning. Joe Guillen, Axios, 16 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for riverfront 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for riverfront
Noun
  • The five-star Four Seasons Hotel Bangkok is a luxury riverside urban resort in the heart of Bangkok.
    Bon Appétit, Bon Appétit, 16 Sep. 2024
  • In Punta Gorda, a 10-foot (3-meter) surge from the Peace River swept into the historic district, damaging homes and depositing six boats along one riverside street.
    JULIO CORTEZ, KATE PAYNE, TIME, 11 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Sitting on the waterfront in the city of Çanakkale, the actual wooden horse from the 2004 Brad Pitt Troy movie is a huge hit.
    John Oseid, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
  • Over seafood in San Francisco on the waterfront, one attorney sketched out for Adkisson revisions to Daniel’s Law that could make Atlas’ job easier.
    Paresh Dave, WIRED, 25 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • The quiet of the riverbank is a stark contrast to the Broadway houses where McDonald has earned more acting Tony Awards than any other performer.
    Christopher Barnard, Vogue, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Accessible by a small bridge connecting to the mainland near Wraysbury village, the secluded spread—officially known as the Magna Carter House—features a whopping four acres of lush mature gardens, roughly 1,300 feet of riverbank frontage, and a private boat mooring.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 27 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • In San Francisco, voters were approving by 53-47% a plan to ban cars from more than 2 miles of the Great Highway on the city’s western edges near Ocean Beach and turn it over to bicyclists, joggers and hikers to create a new oceanfront park.
    Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
  • In addition to the three other bedrooms in the unit, there are dual oceanfront offices, a TV room, and a laundry room.
    Emma Reynolds, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Although Winnetka would hardly be the first affluent community where private residents have been accused of monopolizing water access (see Malibu, East Hampton, Nantucket, and Half Moon Bay), few places in America are more touchy about their shorefront than Chicago.
    Ben Ryder Howe, Curbed, 7 Aug. 2024
  • Camping from $10, cabins from $30 Thatch Caye Resort Occupying the shorefront of a private island 30 minutes off the coast of Dangriga, this resort hosts just 30 guests at a time.
    Graham Averill, Outside Online, 7 May 2022

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“Riverfront.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/riverfront. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.

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