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24-617: The Quayside is an area along the banks ( quay ) of the River Tyne in Newcastle upon Tyne (the north bank) and Gateshead (south bank) in Tyne and Wear , North East England , United Kingdom . The area was once an industrial area and busy commercial dockside serving the area, while the Newcastle side also hosted a regular street market . Trade and passenger shipping was extensive in

48-428: A fixed platform, often on pilings . Commercial ports may have warehouses that serve as interim storage: where it is sufficient a single wharf with a single berth constructed along the land adjacent to the water is normally used; where there is a need for more capacity multiple wharves, or perhaps a single large wharf with multiple berths, will instead be constructed, sometimes projecting over the water. A pier, raised over

72-578: A giant observation wheel on the quayside at Spiller's Wharf as part of a wider 'Giants on the Quayside' development. Dubbed the "Whey Aye" wheel, at 460 feet (140 m) tall it would be the tallest such structure in Europe upon completion, which was anticipated to take two years. Notable buildings include: 54°58′08″N 1°36′17″W  /  54.96889°N 1.60472°W  / 54.96889; -1.60472 Quay A wharf commonly comprises

96-470: Is a prominent street in the Harbourfront neighbourhood of Toronto , Ontario , Canada . The street was originally commercial in nature due to the many working piers along the waterfront; parts of it have been extensively rebuilt in since the 1970s with parks, condominiums, retail, as well as institutional and cultural development. The road supplanted both Front Street and Lake Shore Boulevard as

120-432: Is an open public space and the latter a green area. Both replace the former parking lot, which is now underground. Queens Quay is served by two streetcar lines, operating on a dedicated right-of-way. The 509 Harbourfront and 510 Spadina both terminate at Union Station and run along Queens Quay from Bay Street, westward. At Spadina Avenue , the 510 heads north to Spadina station , and the 509 continues west, bound for

144-645: The Exhibition Loop . Originally there was to have been an underground station in front of the Westin Harbour Castle Hotel and the Jack Layton Ferry Terminal , with underground access to the hotel. This plan was cancelled when the hotel management became unwilling to share in the cost, and a smaller station was built around the corner under Bay Street. Plans to add a Queens Quay East light rail line are

168-636: The Toronto Transit Commission opened a dedicated streetcar right-of-way in the median from Bay Street to Bathurst Street . In 2001, the city planners set out to improve Queens Quay by reclaiming public space for pedestrians and cyclists. This resulted in the Waterfront Toronto Central Waterfront Public Realm International Design Competition, which was completed in 2006. In August 2006,

192-597: The staith spelling as a distinction from simple wharves: for example, Dunston Staiths in Gateshead and Brancaster Staithe in Norfolk . However, the term staith may also be used to refer only to loading chutes or ramps used for bulk commodities like coal in loading ships and barges. Quay , on the other hand, has its origin in the Proto-Celtic language . Before it changed to its current form under influence of

216-638: The 19th and early 20th centuries with companies such as the Tyne Tees Steam Shipping Company and Nielsen, Andersen & Company operating services both nationally and to European countries including Belgium , Denmark and the Netherlands . In recent years the docks became run-down, and the area has since been heavily redeveloped to provide a modern environment for the modern arts , music and culture , as well as new housing developments (e.g. at St Peter's Marina). Along

240-757: The Gateshead side from 1984 until 2008 was the Tuxedo Princess (replaced for a time by sister ship Tuxedo Royale ), a floating nightclub, beneath the Tyne Bridge near the Sage. The Sage , an arena and conference centre, is under construction between the Sage Gateshead and the Baltic. One of the Quayside's main features is the pedestrian Gateshead Millennium Bridge , opened in 2001, which spans

264-562: The Newcastle side is an area that houses restaurants , bars and night clubs as well as housing and the Newcastle Law Courts. The NewcastleGateshead initiative now lists the Quayside as a top ten attraction. The Gateshead side of the river is designated and signposted as Gateshead Quays . It is the site of the BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art and The Glasshouse International Centre for Music . Also moored on

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288-755: The Republic of Ireland, and may also refer to neighbourhoods and roadways running along the wayside (for example, Queen's Quay in Toronto and Belfast ). The term wharf is more common in the United States. In some contexts wharf and quay may be used to mean pier , berth , or jetty . In old ports such as London (which once had around 1700 wharves ) many old wharves have been converted to residential or office use. Certain early railways in England referred to goods loading points as "wharves". The term

312-480: The city closed the two eastbound lanes, replacing them with bike lanes as part of the Martin Goodman Trail and additional pedestrian space. The experiment resulted in an improved public realm and more visitors to the overall waterfront area. In 2009, Waterfront Toronto announced its plans to turn Queens Quay into a grand lakefront boulevard by placing streetcar lanes in the centre, traffic only on

336-539: The foot of Bay Street, south of Queens Quay; these included the Westin Harbour Castle and Harbour Square. In 1990, the 40-storey York Quay towers were built and remain the tallest buildings on Queens Quay. The scale and density of these and subsequent high-rise development along Queens Quay were criticized for blocking the lake and failing to provide a welcoming realm for visitors. In 1997 City School (Toronto) relocated to 635 Queens Quay West. In 1999,

360-694: The modern French quai , its Middle English spelling was key , keye or caye . This in turn also came from the Old Norman cai ( Old French / French chai "wine cellar"), meaning originally "earth bank near a river", then "bank built at a port to allow ship docking". The French term quai comes, through Picard or Norman-French, from Gaulish caio , ultimately tracing back to the Proto-Celtic *kagio- "to encompass, enclose". Modern cognates include Welsh cae "fence, hedge" and Cornish ke "hedge", Queens Quay (Toronto) Queens Quay

384-433: The most southerly east–west corridor in the city when it was created on reclaimed land in the inner harbour . Sometime after 1919 to the early 1920s the inner harbour was filled in and new slips were created. Queens Quay continues to go through a significant transformation. Originally, it served as an access road for the various ports and slips in the inner harbour. The street between Yonge Street and Parliament Street

408-547: The north side and a pedestrian-focused space on the south side. The plan would restrict Queen's Quay to two traffic lanes, on the north side of the streetcar tracks, similar to the design of the 2006 experiment. Additionally, the plan calls for the beautification and extension of the Harbourfront streetcar line along Queen's Quay East between Yonge and Cherry Street . The transit right-of-way will be grass-covered. In 2013 Ontario Square and Canada Square opened. The former

432-793: The northeast and east of England the term staith or staithe (from the Norse for landing stage) is also used. The two terms have historically had a geographical distinction: those to the north in the Kingdom of Northumbria used the Old English spelling staith , southern sites of the Danelaw took the Danish spelling staithe . Both originally referred to jetties or wharves. In time, the northern coalfields of Northumbria developed coal staiths specifically for loading coal onto ships and these would adopt

456-499: The river between the BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art and the Newcastle Law Courts. The other bridge which allows direct road and pedestrian links between the two banks is the low level Swing Bridge , built in 1876, and located nearer the two respective city centres. Using the two bridges, the Quayside is the venue for the junior course of the annual Great North Run . In July 2019, Newcastle City Council passed plans to erect

480-454: The subject of a class environmental assessment. Various bus routes currently serve portions of the eastern portion of Queens Quay: the 19 Bay operates from Bay Street to Sherbourne Street ; the 65 Parliament and the 365 Parliament Blue Night operate from Sherbourne Street to Parliament Street; the 72 Pape and the 202 Cherry Beach operate from Bay Street to Parliament Street; the 75 Sherbourne operates from Jarvis Street to Sherbourne Street; and

504-486: The water rather than within it, is commonly used for cases where the weight or volume of cargos will be low. Smaller and more modern wharves are sometimes built on flotation devices ( pontoons ) to keep them at the same level as the ship, even during changing tides. In everyday parlance the term quay (pronounced 'key') is common in the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and many other Commonwealth countries, and

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528-719: Was carried over from marine usage. The person who was resident in charge of the wharf was referred to as a "wharfinger". The word wharf comes from the Old English hwearf , cognate to the Old Dutch word werf , which both evolved to mean "yard", an outdoor place where work is done, like a shipyard ( Dutch : scheepswerf ) or a lumberyard (Dutch: houtwerf ). Originally, werf or werva in Old Dutch ( werf , wer in Old Frisian ) simply referred to inhabited ground that

552-560: Was home to storage buildings devoted to trade on the Saint Lawrence Seaway , major industries such as the Redpath Sugar Refinery and Victory Mills , as well as small commercial enterprises. However, the mainly industrial uses along Queens Quay were slowly replaced by commercial and residential uses, mainly high-rise condominiums. Between 1975 and 1979, a cluster of large, concrete towers were erected at

576-461: Was not yet built on (similar to " yard " in modern English), or alternatively to a terp . This could explain the name Ministry Wharf located at Saunderton, just outside High Wycombe, which is nowhere near any body of water. In support of this explanation is the fact that many places in England with "wharf" in their names are in areas with a high Dutch influence, for example the Norfolk broads. In

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