Esplanade




"Promenade" redirects here. For other uses, see Promenade (disambiguation) and Esplanade (disambiguation).

For the neighbourhood of Kolkata, see Esplanade, Kolkata.



Beach promenade in Rostock, Germany


An esplanade or promenade is a long, open, level area, usually next to a river or large body of water, where people may walk. The historical definition of esplanade was a large, open, level area outside fortress or city walls to provide clear fields of fire for the fortress's guns. In modern usage the space allows people to walk for recreational purposes; esplanades are often on sea fronts, and allow walking whatever the state of the tide, without having to walk on the beach. Esplanades became popular in Victorian times when it was fashionable to visit seaside resorts. A promenade, often abbreviated to '(the) prom', was an area where people – couples and families especially – would go to walk for a while in order to 'be seen' and be considered part of 'society'.


In North America, esplanade has another meaning, being also a median (strip of raised land) dividing a roadway or boulevard. Sometimes they are just strips of grass, or some may have gardens and trees. Some roadway esplanades may be used as parks with a walking/jogging trail and benches.[1]


Esplanade and promenade are sometimes used interchangeably. The derivation of "promenade" indicates a place specifically intended for walking, though many modern promenades and esplanades also allow bicycles and other nonmotorized transport.[2] Some esplanades also include large boulevards or avenues where cars are permitted.


A similar term with the same meaning in the eastern coastal region of Spain is rambla, but it is more widely referred to as paseo marítimo ("esplanade"), paseo ("promenade") or explanada ("esplanade") in the rest of the Hispanic world.




Contents






  • 1 Examples


    • 1.1 Coastal


      • 1.1.1 Asia


        • 1.1.1.1 India


        • 1.1.1.2 Malaysia


        • 1.1.1.3 Philippines


        • 1.1.1.4 Others




      • 1.1.2 Americas and Caribbean


        • 1.1.2.1 United States


        • 1.1.2.2 Others




      • 1.1.3 Europe


      • 1.1.4 Others




    • 1.2 Inland




  • 2 Image gallery


  • 3 See also


  • 4 References





Examples



Coastal



Asia



India



  • Esplanade, also known as the Central Business District in Kolkata


  • Kamarajar Salai, Chennai in Chennai, India


  • Marine Drive, Kochi in Kochi, India


  • Marine Drive in Mumbai


  • Bandstand Promenade in Mumbai


  • Promenade Beach in Pondicherry


  • Esplanade One Bhubaneswar, One of the Biggest Shopping Mall in India located at Rasulgad Bhubaneswar



Malaysia



  • Esplanade, George Town, Penang


  • Gurney Drive, George Town, Penang


  • Karpal Singh Drive, George Town, Penang



Philippines



  • Baywalk, Manila


  • Dipolog Boulevard, Dipolog City

  • Rizal Boulevard Promenade, Dumaguete City


  • Iloilo River Esplanade, Iloilo City

  • Bai Walk, Cotabato City


  • Paseo del Mar, Zamboanga City



Others



  • Tsim Sha Tsui East, Victoria Harbour in Hong Kong


  • Tel Aviv Promenade, Tel Aviv, Israel


  • Corniche Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon


  • The Esplanade, Singapore


  • Galle Face Green, Colombo, Sri Lanka


  • Breakwater Corniche or Al-Kasr in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates


  • Doha Corniche, Doha, Qatar



Americas and Caribbean



United States


  • The Camelback Esplanade, Phoenix, Arizona

  • The Charles River Esplanade, Boston, Massachusetts

  • The Esplanade, Redondo Beach, California


  • The Esplanade, Rio del Mar, California


  • Third Street Promenade, Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California,


  • Eastbank Esplanade, Portland, Oregon



Others



  • Calçadão de Copacabana and Calçadão de Ipanema (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)


  • Malecón, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico


  • Malecón, Havana, Cuba


  • Rambla de Montevideo, Uruguay


  • Terrasse Dufferin, Quebec City, Canada



Europe



  • Esplanade, Redcar, England

  • Esplanade, Exmouth, England

  • Esplanade, Aberdeen, Scotland


  • Esplanaden, Copenhagen, Denmark


  • La Promenade des Anglais, in Nice, France


  • Usedom Beach Promenade, Western Pomerania, Germany (Europe's longest beach promenade)[3]


  • Riga, Esplanade, Latvia


  • Świnoujście, by the Baltic Sea, Poland


  • Trzebież, by the Szczecin Lagoon, Poland


  • The Esplanade, in Weymouth, England

  • The Promenade, at Portobello, in Edinburgh, Scotland


  • Esplanadi, in Helsinki, Finland


  • Valletta Waterfront, in Floriana, Malta

  • Esplanade, Corfu town, Greece



Others




  • St. Clair Esplanade in Dunedin, New Zealand


  • Marine Parade, in Napier, New Zealand

  • The Golden Mile, Durban, South Africa


  • Sea Point, Cape Town, South Africa



Inland




  • Esplanade of the European Parliament, in Brussels, Belgium


  • Ministries Esplanade, in Brasília, Brazil


  • Thames Embankment, in London, England


  • Brühl's Terrace, Dresden, Germany

  • The Danube Promenade in Budapest, Hungary


  • Esplanade, in Calcutta, India


  • Iloilo River Esplanade in Iloilo City, Philippines


  • Błonia, Kraków, Poland


  • L'Enfant Plaza in Washington, D.C., United States


  • Charles River Reservation, in Boston, Massachusetts, United States

  • The Eastbank Esplanade, in Portland, Oregon, United States



Image gallery






  • Usedom, Western Pomerania, Germany - longest beach promenade in Europe[3] (Ahlbeck here)







  • Marine Drive, Mumbai, India







  • St Clair Beach and esplanade, Dunedin, New Zealand







  • The Corniche, Beirut, Lebanon







  • Promenade at Rizal Boulevard in Dumaguete City, Philippines







  • Sliema promenade, Malta







  • The Galle Face Green esplanade, Colombo, Sri Lanka







  • Gurney Drive, Penang







  • Błonia, Kraków, Poland







  • Blackpool's regenerated Promenade, England







  • Esplanade Row East, Kolkata, India







  • Boston Esplanade, Boston, United States







  • Esplanade in the Olympic Park of Sochi, Russia






See also



  • Boardwalk

  • Foreshoreway

  • Malecón

  • Oceanway

  • Processional walkway

  • Similar areas inland: Boulevard, mall



References









  1. ^ Adopt-An-Esplanade - City of Houston, [1], May 2013


  2. ^ Tony Russell, Cycling England, January 2010


  3. ^ ab Europe’s longest beach promenade from Bansin to Świnoujście (12 km)










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