The property includes a deep-water pier with electricity and established plantings on the landscaped grounds.
When Paul Soros, as a young engineer, observed that large cargo ships could not get to shallow-water piers to load and unload, he came up with a radical solution: take the piers to the ships.
There are new state and city parks on the water, city pier and the old Custom House pier have been renovated to serve as a site for public events, and people are starting to return to the water, he said.
And waterways weave their way around hotels, restaurants, parks, water taxi piers and cycle paths".
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Officers from the Police Department's Harbor Unit found the boat there early yesterday morning after city workers reported that the boat was bobbing in the water, two piers south of its regular resting spot.
A name can also — perhaps — paper over a less-than-fabulous address; or give would-be residents a sense of a building's salient features, like proximity to water (Northside Piers, a development in Williamsburg) or its values (the ecologically correct Tribeca Green).
In fact, one would do better to remember that the word "harbor" can be a noun ("a place on the coast where vessels may find shelter, especially one protected from rough water by piers, jetties, and other artificial structures") as well as a verb ("give a home or shelter to").
"Time and Forgiveness", the first world the player encounters, was drawn to create a feel of exploration and forgiveness, while artwork for "Time and Decision" used a mix of "luxurious domestic objects (nice furniture and fabrics) with rugged outdoor objects (swampy water, rotting piers and nautical rope)" to create an intentionally "incongruous" look to convey aspects of alternate realities.
A gamut of new offices, shops and homes will fan out towards the waterfront, with a striking hotel standing above the water on a pier.
