What a Failed Waterfront Renewal Looks Like

A section of waterfront demonstrating common mistakes in waterfront revitalization. The poorly executed version features: a two-meter-high vertical flood wall clad with cultural stone, behind which is a row of neatly trimmed palm trees and a colorful tiled pathway where people walk completely unable to see the water; old warehouses have been demolished and replaced with imitation European-style viewing platforms; the water's edge is equipped with continuous stainless steel railings and decorative lamp posts; the entire bank has only one elevation, with no place to sit down and get close to the water. Avoid: using a vertical flood wall with cladding for the shoreline, using colorful tiles and decorative lamp posts, demolishing historical structures to rebuild imitation antique facilities, or having only one elevation along the entire bank.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一段示範常見錯誤的水岸。做壞的版本是:一道兩米高的垂直防洪牆貼上文化石,牆後是一排修剪整齊的棕櫚樹與彩色地磚步道,人走在上面完全看不到水;舊倉庫被拆掉換成仿歐式的觀景平台;水邊裝了連續的不鏽鋼欄杆與造型燈柱;整段岸只有一種高程,沒有任何地方可以坐下來接近水面。避免:用垂直防洪牆加貼面處理岸線、使用彩色地磚與造型燈柱、拆除遺構改建仿古設施、讓整段岸只有一個高程。