"Coastal development in major cities has long been a terrain of opportunity and contention-shaped at once by the pursuit of capital (premium views, scarce land, and the promise of reclamation), by civic demands for public access and collective waterfront life, and by contemporary aspirations for sustainability and place-defining urban identity."
"Yet in New York City and Hong Kong, we can trace each city's ambitions-despite differing strategies, priorities, and political logics-through a set of keystone projects that anchor their coastlines. Read together, these projects reveal not only what each city chooses to value, but also what it is willing to trade off in order to build at the edge."
Coastal development in major cities combines opportunities for capital—premium views, scarce land, and reclamation—with civic demands for public access, collective waterfront life, and contemporary goals for sustainability and place-defining urban identity. These competing agendas rarely align, making it difficult to fully realize waterfront potential. In New York City and Hong Kong, distinct strategies, priorities, and political logics shape a set of keystone projects that anchor their coastlines. Comparing these projects exposes what each city chooses to value and what it is willing to trade off when building at the waterfront edge.
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