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...city's first integrated resort, scheduled to be completed in 2009. Beyond gambling, the Marina Bay Sands-composed of three nearly identical 50-story towers-will offer 2,500 hotel rooms, 93,000 sq m of convention space, two theaters, an ice-skating rink, shops and restaurants. A revitalized waterfront will sport the world's tallest Ferris wheel, miles of walkways and a 100-hectare botanical garden. To help bring in tourists, Singapore recently announced it had cut a deal to become a stop on the Formula One Grand Prix circuit starting in 2008; the city will host the annual...
...urban planning, and members of this loose-knit coalition of non-profit and student groups are determined to stop the Hong Kong government tearing down, or relocating the historic structure to make way for a new highway and ongoing land reclamation project that is reshaping Hong Kong's waterfront. "People feel very powerless," Chen explained. "They think the government will just do what it wants. They are very pessimistic about saving historic monuments...
...area, on the streets of the riverfront district, along the Willamette River itself, back across the university, and up to the shaded dirt trails of Forest Park. Long or short, trail or street, the routes are there, and often many people are too. Dili: In 2003, starting from a waterfront motel in East Timor's capital, I ran north along the seaside boulevard until pavement gave way to dirt and downtown gave way to field, with the aroma of grilled fish being prepared at seaside restaurants wafting past. Magical...
With officials in Boston debating a plan proposed by Mayor Thomas M. Menino to relocate City Hall to the South Boston waterfront, City Council President Michael F. Flaherty presented a measure last week that would require a more exhaustive study of the plan and delay the project...
...order also points out that “considerable effort was undertaken by the public, community leaders and the Boston Redevelopment Authority” to engineer several plans for the waterfront, and “in all those plans, the impact of constructing a new city hall was never considered or discussed...