In the city's Takata neighborhood, an area close to the waterfront where many people died, about 100 people gathered for a Buddhist ceremony Sunday morning.
Among the worst recent attacks were the bombing of a gay bar earlier this month, which injured six people, and the bombing last year of a Planet Hollywood restaurant on the Waterfront which killed two people.
For several hours after that, the threat of gunfire stopped firefighters from battling the blaze and forced police SWAT teams to evacuate 33 people in the neighborhood of small waterfront homes.
"Bay Pointe will give the people of Cardiff easier access to the 14km of waterfront that has been created by the construction of the barrage, " he said.