Definition of riverfront
: the land or area along a river
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Examples of riverfront in a Sentence
We went for a walk down at the riverfront.
Recent Examples of riverfront from the Web
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Opened to great fanfare in 2010, the glass palace on the Louisville riverfront was touted as a $238 million jewel in the crown for a redeveloping downtown — a construction project during an economic downturn that was completed on time and on budget.
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Pittsburgh Serving as the hub for several other trail system connections, the Three Rivers trail affords runners a look at many of the city’s neighborhoods and its iconic riverfront stadiums.
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The weekend before there are fireworks at Lake Compounce and Six Flags New England, and the weekend afterward Middletown hosts its annual festival on the riverfront.
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The city recently solicited bids to build a band shell to host concerts and theater performances on the grassy riverfront.
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The Legacy Museum, about a block from Montgomery's riverfront, is in a warehouse that once imprisoned humans waiting to be auctioned at what was one of the nation's busiest slave markets.
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The original French trading post was located near the current national park riverfront property, but likely never had more than 1,200 permanent residents, said Gateway Arch National Park historian Bob Moore.
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Henry Ford II, grandson of the firm’s founder, tried to revive the city’s fortunes in 1970 with the construction of the Renaissance Centre, a group of seven interconnected skyscrapers on the riverfront.
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During his 10 years as mayor, Montgomery landed the Hyundai auto assembly plant, started a revitalization of its downtown that continues today and brought back minor league baseball with a new stadium on the city's riverfront.
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First Known Use of riverfront
1751
RIVERFRONT Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of riverfront for English Language Learners
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: the land that is next to a river
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