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{{Redirect|Promenade||Promenade (disambiguation)|and|Esplanade (disambiguation)}}
{{For|the neighbourhood of Kolkata|Esplanade, Kolkata}}
[File:Atlantic City Boardwalk view north from Caesars Atlantic City by Silveira Neto June 24 2012.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|The [[Atlantic City, New Jersey|Atlantic City]] [[boardwalk]] esplanade, as seen from [[Caesars Atlantic City]], opened in 1870, as the America’s first boardwalk. At {{Convert|5+1/2|mi|0}} long, it is also the world's longest and busiest boardwalk. New Jersey is home to the world’s highest concentration of boardwalk esplanades.|alt=Many people walking on a boardwalk at the beach in Atlantic City, New Jersey]]
[[File:Central City Park, May Day, 1876 - DPLA - b42178cb2f6ff2dfd3c7d07b805cd814.jpeg|thumb|248x248px|Central City Park, May Day, 1876]]
An '''esplanade''' or '''promenade''' is a long, open, level area, usually next to a river or large [[body of water]], where people may walk. The historical definition of ''esplanade'' was a large, open, level area outside [[fortification|fortress ]] or city walls to provide clear fields of fire for the fortress's guns. In modern usage, the space allows the area to be paved as a [[pedestrian zone|pedestrian walk]]; esplanades are often on sea fronts and allow walking whatever the state of the [[tide]], without having to walk on the [[beach]].
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