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By my definition of "large body of water", I'm afraid all cities located on major rivers-- including Minneapolis, St. Louis, Memphis, NO, Cincinatti, Louisville, etc, will have to be excluded from consideration for this poll. That's because, in my interpretation, the Mississippi, Missouri, and Ohio Rivers (for example) ARE indeed quite large bodies of water, especially compared to smaller rivers and streams. So, the best American waterfront not on a large body of water might well be San Antonio's.
Not only is the park massive, and hosts North America's largest fire work show, it now has an old railroad bridge dedicated to cross river bike and pedestrian traffic, and is now connected to miles of riverfront parks upstream that includes a massive waterfront development underway:
Let's not forget the Chatanooga waterfront- it has a lot going on on both sides of the river - even a world class aquarium.
That Indianappolis photo is great. I like the scale of the landscape but would prefer to see a bit more variety at the water's edge - planters, benches, etc.
Just because the downtown isn't right on the Atlantic, does not mean it isn't by it.
Gosh. If what I said in the first post is not clear enough for some to understand, then I honestly worry for you people when it comes to more important things in life.
The condescending posts about me not knowing what a river is are not appreciated considering the fact that some of you are just insulting your own intelligence by disregarding the first post.
Anyway...
Chattanooga is nice and so is Knoxville. It's too bad Memphis isn't nicer, in my opinion. Looking at some other photos of Indianapolis and San Antonio, I regret not putting them on the original poll.
Just because the downtown isn't right on the Atlantic, does not mean it isn't by it.
Gosh. If what I said in the first post is not clear enough for some to understand, then I honestly worry for you people when it comes to more important things in life.
The condescending posts about me not knowing what a river is are not appreciated considering the fact that some of you are just insulting your own intelligence by disregarding the first post.
Anyway...
Chattanooga is nice and so is Knoxville. It's too bad Memphis isn't nicer, in my opinion. Looking at some other photos of Indianapolis and San Antonio, I regret not putting them on the original poll.
What does being "by" it have *ANYTHING* to do with it. Those cities are clearly not like San Francisco, Chicago, Boston, Newport, Miami, San Diego, NYC, etc.
Your first post said...
"Which American city that is not situated along a large body of water like an ocean or one of the Great Lakes utilizes the water within or along the city's borders in the best way possible? "
None of those cities are situated on an ocean or a great lake, in fact, the rivers they are on are not even as wide as several of the other cities being proposed.
I still see no logic whatsoever in why you would want to not include them. I understand not having a build like San Francisco or Miami, but these cities are CLEARLY river cities, just like pretty much every city in your thread. Should we discount Pittsburgh, b/c it has multiple rivers???
Very pretty! I never gave Indianapolis a thought when I put this together. I never even think of it for anything but it seems like a nice place.
Yes, it's just a small canal and there is not a proper river that flows through central Indianapolis, so it doesn't get much attention, but the canal they've built there is well maintained with nice waterfront property. Probably far from the best in the country, but some nice eye candy still.
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