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boardwalk
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
boardwalk \board"walk\ n. a walkway made of wooden boards; usually at a seaside. The more elaborate boardwalks at shore resorts are lined with many commercial retail establishments, on the side of the walk opposite the ocean. ``On the Boardwalk in Atlantic City''
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
n. A path for pedestrians, typically made out of wood and running alongside a beach.
WordNet
n. a walkway made of wooden boards; usually at seaside
Wikipedia
The Boardwalk nightclub was located on Little Peter Street in Manchester, England. This medium sized club and rehearsal studios, owned by Colin Sinclair, was a popular live music venue in the late 1980s and early 1990s where bands such as Oasis and Northside made their live debuts.
Along with other clubs like the Haçienda, and the International, the Boardwalk provided an important live venue for many local bands.
The Man From Delmonte, The Stone Roses, the Charlatans, Happy Mondays, Female Brothers and James, who played the opening night in 1986, were amongst the many Manchester bands that appeared frequently at the Boardwalk before acquiring international recognition or disappearing into obscurity. The venue also saw a variety of other acts including Oasis, Sonic Youth, Chumbawamba, Verve, Bob Mould and Rage Against The Machine.
In later years, until the club closed in 1999, former Haçienda DJ Dave Haslam played the regular Yellow night at the Boardwalk. Haslam subsequently wrote a book about the Manchester music scene at the time, Manchester, England.
Funkademia was started by DJ and promoter David Payne at The Boardwalk in 1995 and has since gone on to be Manchester's longest running club night, currently at the Mint Lounge.
A boardwalk (board walk, boarded path, promenade) is a constructed pedestrian walkway along or overlooking beaches, usually built with wood boards; or as walking paths and trails over bogs and wetlands and above fragile ecosystems. They are frequently found in close proximity to piers.
Boardwalks along intertidal zones are known as foreshoreways in Australia. A boardwalk along a river is often known as a riverwalk and a boardwalk along an oceanfront is often known as an oceanway. Aside from their obvious pedestrian usage, boardwalks have been used to create commercial districts and enable commerce along waterfronts where conventional streets would have been more expensive because of a beach or other waterfront feature. Although boardwalks can be found around the world, they are especially common along the East Coast of the United States.
Many of the original boardwalks in the United States have developed to be so successful as commercial districts and tourist attractions that the simple wooden pathways have been replaced by esplanades made of concrete, brick or other construction, sometimes with a wooden facade on the surface and sometimes not. Indeed, in many parts of the U.S. today the term boardwalk often carries more the connotation of a waterfront, pedestrian, entertainment district than the original meaning of a wooden path. One of the earliest such boardwalks was designed in New Jersey and opened June 26, 1870, in Atlantic City.
Boardwalk is a 1979 American drama film written by Stephen Verona and Leigh Chapman and directed by Verona. It stars Ruth Gordon, Lee Strasberg and Janet Leigh.
The film is about the Rosen family and their struggle with a gang terrorizing their Coney Island neighborhood. It was filmed on location at numerous spots in New York city, including the famous but now defunct Dubrow's Cafeteria.
A boardwalk is a pedestrian walkway.
Boardwalk or The Boardwalk may refer to:
- Boardwalk, the most expensive property in Monopoly (game)
- Boardwalk (nightclub), a former nightclub and live music venue in Sheffield, Yorkshire
- Boardwalk (music club), in Manchester, England
- Boardwalk Records, a record label
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Disney's BoardWalk Resort, Walt Disney World Resort, Greater Orlando area, Florida
- Disney's BoardWalk Inn
- Disney's BoardWalk Villas
- Boardwalk Hotel and Casino, a former establishment in Las Vegas, Nevada
- The Boardwalk, a themed area of Knott's Berry Farm, Buena Park, California
- The Boardwalk at Hersheypark, a themed area of Hersheypark in Hershey, Pennsylvania
- Boardwalk Fun Park, an amusement park in Grand Prairie, Texas, that closed in 1992
- Boardwalk Bowl, a post-season college football game held in Atlantic City, New Jersey
- Boardwalk Pipeline Partners, an energy company based in Houston, Texas
- Boardwalk (film), a 1979 film starring Ruth Gordon, Lee Strasberg and Janet Leigh
- Boardwalk Brown (1889-1977), American Major League Baseball pitcher
The Boardwalk was a bar/ nightclub based on the corner of Snig Hill and Bank Street, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. The venue played host to many up-and-coming home-grown bands, as well as smaller touring bands and cover acts. In November 2010, the landlord of the venue voluntarily placed the owning company into administration and closed the site indefinitely. Despite an official statement in December of the same year claiming three potential parties to be interested in operating the venue, this did not materialise and the Boardwalk remained closed.
The Boardwalk held an important place in Sheffield's music scene since the 1960s, when it was known as the Black Swan (and later by its local nickname, the Mucky Duck). It played host to a number of high-profile bands including AC/DC and Genesis, with The Clash playing their first ever gig at the venue on a bill that also included Sex Pistols and Buzzcocks.
In its later years, the music venue had helped facilitate the rise of local bands such as Arctic Monkeys, Tomato Plant, Bromheads Jacket, Milburn, Bring Me the Horizon, and Little Man Tate, with the former naming their first demo Beneath the Boardwalk.
Usage examples of "boardwalk".
Then he squinted into the darkness and lowered the gun, speaking in a voice as convivial as if he were encountering an old friend by chance while strolling the boardwalk in Atlantic City.
MONDAY, MAY 19 SPRING LAKE, THE town where I grew up, boasts two miles of pristine beaches and the longest stretch of oldfashioned, noncommercial boardwalk in all of New Jersey.
On the way up, Sammy captured shots of the noncommercial boardwalk and the immaculate beach.
Alvin and Jeremy set up the cameras near the boardwalk on the Pamlico River.
Others wanted every possible hazard of the parks eliminated by boardwalks, guardrails, fences, signs, and signposts every few feet, despite the fact that every known and unknown hazard could never be completely eliminated by structures or regulations any more than traffic hazards could be eliminated from the L.
From the boardwalks, hung-over ruffians lounged, eyeing the populace, making obnoxious cat-calls at the women, and generally being a nuisance.
Three figures, muffled in dark wool mackinaws and toques, were approaching along the path from where the boardwalk ended.
The boardwalk seemed to be a minimall with mainly shoe and greeting card boutiques.
From the elegant boardwalk surrounded by pine and birch trees, I looked out at these naturists and wondered what I always wonder: What is it like to feel free like that?
After a long descent, the staircase gave onto a wooden boardwalk that disappeared between stalagmites and stalactites.
Across the street, in the other arcade, a skinny kid in jeans and a sweatshirt came out of one of the storefronts, began sweeping sand off the boardwalk into the street.
Boardwalks have been built out into the bay so that visitors can stroll over the water to get a good look at the stromatolites, quietly respiring just beneath the surface.
Chris Brinker walking by herself, her head down and her silky hair half-concealing her face, kicking at the loose boards of the boardwalk.
Having long since finished his coffeine and tired of the cigar, at last he rose, left a small tip on the table, nodded amiably at the gnarled little bartender, and stepped outside on the boardwalk.
The yellow-sailed fishing boats blew their conches again, and the muddy hollow beneath the boardwalk struts resounded to cheers.