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.

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Scores of people crowded along a waterfront sidewalk to watch.

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Local businesses also stand to benefit in the waterfront city of about 39, 000 people.

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Catherine's Hospital in Cite Soleil, a sprawling slum of about a quarter of a million people in the city's waterfront.

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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.

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The cliffs are among the many places up and down the East Coast where people are now vying with eagles for choice waterfront property.

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"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.

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