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the carpet humanity laid over swamp so it could eat funnel cake at the edge of oblivion
means A raised wooden walkway, usually built along a beach or over wetlands, where people stroll, shop, and snack.
from A plain compound of "board" (a sawn plank, from Old English bord) and "walk" — literally a walkway made of boards. The word took on its now-famous coastal sense in late-19th-century America, when seaside resorts laid wooden planking along the shore to keep sand and mud off visitors' feet; the boardwalk at Atlantic City became the iconic model that fixed the term in popular use.
- origin
- first one built in Atlantic City, 1870
- purpose
- invented to keep sand out of hotels
- monopoly
- priciest property, named for that beach
- length
- Atlantic City's once ran over four miles
- capitalized
- officially a proper noun in that city
atlantic city boardwalk — oldest boardwalk in the us, built 1870 in new jersey, 5.5 miles long
coney island boardwalk — famous nyc amusement boardwalk established 1923, home to luna park and cyclone
venice beach boardwalk — 1.5-mile pedestrian promenade in los angeles, california, opened 1905