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  • Episode 1
    Yesterday’s Tomorrow

    Episode 2
    Living Downtown

    Episode 3
    Parks & Recreation

    Episode 4
    Transportation

    Episode 5
    Economic Engines

    Episode 6
    Brain Power

    Episode 7
    On The Waterfront

    Episode 8
    Let Us Entertain You

    Episode 9
    Common Grounds

    Episode 10
    Food & Dining

    Episode 11
    Social Studies

    Episode 12
    Image of the City

    Episode 13
    Our Towns

    Episode 7: On the Waterfront

    We explore how cities are re-routing rivers to improve both the natural and urban environment, see how neglected waterfronts have opened up for public access and recreational uses and visit onetime maritime harbors now part of the urban fabric.

     

    Current Events
    We journey along three riverfronts where waters have been re-routed to create open spaces, provide for better flood control and open up new sites for development.

    • Trinity: Fort Worth
    • Whitewater: Grand Rapids
    • Divine Providence: Providence

    Streaming
    Waterfronts once off limits to the public are being opened up for public access, recreational uses and complementary new development.

    • Waller Creek: Austin
    • Cumberland: Nashville
    • Riverlife: Pittsburgh

    Harboring Good Intentions
    We learn how formerly industrial port sites are being transformed into urban communities on a grand scale.

    • Pioneering: Baltimore
    • The 6th Borough: New York
    • Coal Harbour: Vancouver

     


Episode 7