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I would give this one to Baltimore. It's much more oriented towards the water. It has a proper port and shipyard and even has cruises to the north and the Caribbean. So, I don't see D.C.'s waterfront competing with all that by 2020.
Nice thread. You should make a "who will have a better waterfront in 2020 thread" for Philadelphia and Washington D.C.... should be an interesting comparison.
Baltimore has a renowned harbor/waterfront that DC may never be able to compete with, for popularity at least. When people visit Baltimore, there most likely going to the Harbor unlike DC. I live in Silver Spring, MD right now and anytime I visit DC I'm not going to the waterfront, I'm going to the National Mall, Chinatown, etc, the waterfront is one of the last things I care to visit. In Baltimore the harbor is the first and probably only place people do visit, it's a true tourist trap for people nationwide.
DC can build as many new buildings as it wants to but the vibe will not be the same as the harbor, it won't feel nearly as organic as the harbor, and the popularity may never reach the harbors. But with all that said, DC still has the chance to build a great waterfront, it just will never have the popularity, originality, etc of the harbor. It's like Dubai vs NYC, Dubai can build as many beautiful, tall towers, gigantic malls with every store imaginable, build replicas of NYC monuments, have the most expensive hotels and restaurants on the globe, and etc but it'll never be able to compete with NYC. Dubai is still great but NYC will always be better, more world renowned, original, etc.
Baltimore has a renowned harbor/waterfront that DC may never be able to compete with, for popularity at least. When people visit Baltimore, there most likely going to the Harbor unlike DC. I live in Silver Spring, MD right now and anytime I visit DC I'm not going to the waterfront, I'm going to the National Mall, Chinatown, etc, the waterfront is one of the last things I care to visit. In Baltimore the harbor is the first and probably only place people do visit, it's a true tourist trap for people nationwide.
DC can build as many new buildings as it wants to but the vibe will not be the same as the harbor, it won't feel nearly as organic as the harbor, and the popularity may never reach the harbors. But with all that said, DC still has the chance to build a great waterfront, it just will never have the popularity, originality, etc of the harbor. It's like Dubai vs NYC, Dubai can build as many beautiful, tall towers, gigantic malls with every store imaginable, build replicas of NYC monuments, have the most expensive hotels and restaurants on the globe, and etc but it'll never be able to compete with NYC. Dubai is still great but NYC will always be better, more world renowned, original, etc.
This may be true, but you have to admit this is a pretty impressive riverfront forming:
Pretty big news out today about "The Yard's" which is one of D.C. waterfront's being built. Forest City put their PUD in for the next phase of their development.
DC is not a waterfront city. Baltimore has the advantage here (and pretty much only here).
That is not going to be the case after all the waterfront's are finished. D.C. has way more development on their waterfront than Baltimore. You are looking at D.C. of 2013 versus the D.C. that is under construction right now.
-SW Waterfront (breaks ground in 3rd Qtr. of 2013)
-Yard Waterfront (under construction)
-Buzzard Point Waterfront (soccer stadium mixed use complex coming)
-Georgetown Waterfront (built)
-Poplar Point Waterfront (planned)
-National Harbor (built and still expanding)
-Alexandria Harbor (master plan moving)
Baltimore doesn't have even half the waterfront milage of D.C.'s coming waterfront. You can't think about now, you have to think about the future.
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