Frank Hsieh rescued the Love River and built Urban Spotlight in hopes of altering the Harbor City's traditional image as a rough town with hard edges, transforming it into a recreation-filled coastal town suited to the middle class.
郭瑞坤指出，出身台北的謝長廷整治愛河、打造城市光廊，希望扭轉港都過去線條剛硬、粗獷的屬性，轉型為適合中產階級的水岸遊憩城市。