Boardwalk

A man, whom we had noticed walking rather uncertainly, as if not sure whether he was going up or down hill, at this crisis came to a pause, staggered off the boardwalk, and leaned against the fence.

[A]bout the beginning of the war the greatest concern of [Ulysses Simpson] Grant was to get a good boardwalk laid from his house to the store. […] It is related, that after one of his great victories, some gentlemen of Galena had the walk laid, and telegraphed the General: "Rest easy, the walk is down."

From the height of the boardwalk the sea lay before them, silver and stony, fold on fold of it, stretching east into the mist and clouds.

Oh when the sun beats down and burns the tar up on the roof / And your shoes get so hot you wish your tired feet were fire proof / Under the boardwalk, down by the sea, yeah / On a blanket with my baby is where I'll be

New Jersey was reeling on Wednesday from the impact of Hurricane Sandy, which has caused catastrophic flooding here in Hoboken and in other New York City suburbs, destroyed entire neighborhoods across the state and wiped out iconic boardwalks in shore towns that had enchanted generations of vacationgoers.

To drive home the point, Obama and Christie visited the Point Pleasant boardwalk and even engaged in a “Touchdown Fever” football toss, with Obama missing his throws while Christie’s first effort was a winner, sailing through the tire.

A footpath would be boardwalked across the east meadow and would minimize compaction.

The state Forestry Division is boardwalking the Alaka‘i Swamp Trail to prevent damage to its fragile ecosystem, and, as of this writing, they had completed all but a mile.