The waterfront is the part of a town along the edge of the water. The old waterfront, a waterfront flat, walk along the waterfront.
In most port cities it went from working docks to warehouses to expensive flats within about forty years, which is one of the standard patterns of urban change. To cover the waterfront means to deal with every aspect of something.
1nounwaterfrontThe part of a town along the edge of the water.
“We walked along the waterfront, looking at the boats and the seafood restaurants.”
waterfront is a district.
From water + front.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA