the harbour trust was also given authority over the "esplanade" plan. the original 1817 plan intended to build a public walk and garden along the waterfront, just south of front street. the province's plan was largely ignored and the city allowed the use of the shoreline to be used for wharves and docking. in 1837, a new plan was developed for the esplanade. in this plan, the esplanade would be built just south of front, and the waterfront extended south to the "windmill line", some 100 yards south. the new lands would be used for port uses. the esplanade itself would become mostly railway lands.