Suyeong Bay’s 40-Year Drift from Public Maritime Vision to Private Vertical Enclave | Busan news | Breeze in Busan Suyeong Bay’s long journey from civic maritime district to high-rise enclave reveals how incremental decisions, not grand plans, are reshaping Busan’s urban economy.

Suyeong Bay’s 40-year shift from a civic maritime vision to a high-rise enclave shows how small decisions—not grand plans—are reshaping Busan’s urban future. breezeinflow.com/busan-news/s... #Busan #UrbanPlanning #SouthKorea #Waterfronts #CityDevelopment

Snøhetta and Hassell’s Harbourside Redevelopment Moves Forward with Public Domain Approval in Sydney Discover Sydney's Harbourside redevelopment, a vibrant public space designed by Snøhetta and Hassell for community and sustainability.

The NSW IPC has approved the public domain works for #Sydney's Harbourside redevelopment.

11,200sqm of open space, new apartments and office buildings, it's a reimagining of one the world's most iconic modern #waterfronts by #designers Snøhetta, Hassell and #developer Mirvac:

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Free Webinar: Coastal Resilience Planning & Adaptation for Waterfront Facilities, July 31, 2pm ET: buff.ly/XR7fV2s @bldgsciences #waterfronts #facilities #waterfrontfacilities #coastalresilience #resilience #coasts #flooding #design #planning #floods #climatechange #sustainability #greenbuilding

Free Webinar: Coastal Resilience Planning & Adaptation for Waterfront Facilities, July 31, 2pm ET: buff.ly/XR7fV2s @bldgsciences #NIBS #waterfronts #facilities #waterfrontfacilities #coastalresilience #resilience #planning #floods #climatechange #engineering #sustainability #building #greenbuilding

Prof. James Wasley, the 2024–2025 Water Policy Scholar, explores the future of Milwaukee’s Dredged Material Disposal Facility & how communities across the #GreatLakes are transforming industrial #waterfronts.
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Coastal connections: Altona Pier The design for a new pier in Melbourne’s south-west embraces the site’s natural forces of wind and water, foregrounding the essential connection between community and coast.

There appears to be a 'global trend' to reclaim the #waterfronts of #cities, to make them places where people can swim, where piers are not about ships but about promenading, fishing, jumping-off, and looking at the horizon... - Altona Pier, #Melbourne:

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**_Published byMaine Public on April 3, 2025._** So far, Maine’s lobster industry has largely been spared from the biggest direct hits from President Donald Trump’s trade war with Canada. Canada was not part of the latest round of tariffs placed on dozens of countries that Trump announced Wednesday. And though Canada has placed tariffs on an initial round of U.S. goods worth some $30 billion, lobster is not on that list. Still, some members of the industry and economic experts worry that broader global economy uncertainty may drive down demand for the product in Maine. “Lobster is an indulgence; it’s a luxury item,” Luke Holden of Luke’s Lobster said Thursday during an Island Institute webinar on tariffs and Maine’s heritage industry. “And people are only willing to pay for something like that when they’ve got confidence in the economy.” Canada is Maine’s biggest trading partner, and received more than 75% of the state’s fish exports last year, according to Amanda Rector, Maine’s state economist. China has placed a 10% tariff on U.S. lobster exports. And trade experts warn that more dire impacts may still be on the horizon. Trump placed a variety of new tariffs on European Union countries, and Eric Miller, a consultant with the Rideau Potomac Strategy Group, said those countries could retaliate and tax American lobster or seafood exports.

It’s not just tariffs; broad economic uncertainty could weigh on Maine’s lobster industry Tho...

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Vancouver's Granville Island - The Ultimate Multi-Layered Destination www.sociallifeproject.org/granville-is...

By Fred Kent, Steve Davies, Kathy Madden and @drtpanova.bsky.social

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Relevant to #waterfronts everywhere, some inspiring examples to try to support the planning process for a place-led transformation of the industrial waterfront in our Brooklyn neighborhood: www.sociallifeproject.org/discussion-w... By Steve Davies, Kathy Madden, Fred Kent & @ethankent.bsky.social

In urban environments, such as #urban #waterfronts, often it's the 'little' things that make a difference. #Toronto #Harbour's many #dockwalls are crumbling. Bureaucratic intertia & unclear lines of responsibility are letting this happen.

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