docklands
Port industrial zone
Docklands refers to an area around commercial docks, especially one that has been redeveloped for residential, commercial, or entertainment use after the decline of traditional shipping: The old warehouses in the docklands have been converted to luxury apartments.
Often capitalized when referring to specific regenerated waterfront districts, particularly London's Docklands.
Waterfront loading zone
- wharfShip docking structure
- pierWaterfront landing structure
- jettyStructure extending into water
- harborSafe anchorage for ships
marina · shipyard · berth · mooring · slipway · gangway · promenade · esplanade
Seagoing vessels
- cargoTransported goods
- seafaringTraveling by ocean vessel
- nauticalOf ships and sailing
- marinersThose who work ships
navigation · sailing · voyage · harbor · port · deckhand · rigging · fishing
Wealthy influx displacing locals
- revitalizationRestoring vigor or vitality
- regenerationBiological self-repair process
- brownfieldPreviously developed, possibly polluted land
- loftsUpper open building spaces
conversions · apartments · masterplan · sustainability · newbuild · canalside · investment
Large goods storage buildings
- factoriesIndustrial production facilities
- manufacturingIndustrial product creation
- smokestacksTall industrial exhaust pipes
- machineryCollective mechanical equipment
production · laborers · steelworks · foundry · forge · mills · refinery · workshop
Exchange of commodities
- importObtain from overseas
- exportForeign-bound sale
- wholesaleBulk sales to merchants
- logisticsCoordination of complex activities
merchandise · commodities · exchange · bonded · trading · merchants · marketplaces · auctions
quayside
Waterfront loading zone
harbor · marina · shipyard · berth · mooring · slipway · gangway · promenade · esplanade · seawall
ships
Seagoing vessels
mariners · navigation · sailing · voyage · harbor · port · deckhand · rigging · fishing · stevedore
gentrification
Wealthy influx displacing locals
- revitalizationRestoring vigor or vitality
- regenerationBiological self-repair process
- brownfieldPreviously developed, possibly polluted land
lofts · conversions · apartments · masterplan · sustainability · newbuild · canalside · investment
warehouses
Large goods storage buildings
- factoriesIndustrial production facilities
- manufacturingIndustrial product creation
- smokestacksTall industrial exhaust pipes
machinery · production · laborers · steelworks · foundry · forge · mills · refinery · workshop · assembly
trade
Exchange of commodities
logistics · merchandise · commodities · exchange · bonded · trading · merchants · marketplaces · auctions · fishmarket
- industrializationfactory, industrial revolution, Industrial Revolution, factories, manufacturing
- portsport, seaport, harbor, seaports, harbors
- waterfrontquay, beachfront, promenade, pier, oceanfront
- Waterfront AreasFisherman's Wharf, Navy Pier, lakefront, harborfront, riverfront
- waterfrontspiers, waterfront, waterside, marinas, harborfront
- harbor facilitiespier, jetty, wharf, wharves, berth
docklandscity center
Urban area's main district
downtown · central business district · financial district · uptown · historic quarter
docklandsfinancial center
Economic hub district
Wall Street · administrative district · corporate headquarters