Binjiang Lu over the last few decades has turned its back on the communities along the river, cutting them off by four lanes of fast-moving traffic with few ways of crossing the road to the river. In response, the buildings along the river have turned their backs on Binjiang Lu, with mostly car parking and lifeless facades.
As a result, one of the most lifeless and unattractive street sections in Haizhu District is precisely the one which theoretically should be the most scenic, facing the city and river.
From this cache, observe the fast-moving four lanes of traffic cutting off pedestrians from the river, and the lack of active shopfronts. Binjiang Lu unfortunately is best viewed like this: from above rather than at street level. Despite being cut off from the surrounding communities, it's a nicely landscaped and shaded walk along the river, unimpeded by traffic, when sticking to the river side of the road.
Just to make sure that nobody has the temerity to try to cross the road to access the waterfront outside the few-and-far-between designated spaces, as if this wasn't already hard enough, traffic authorities have recently erected a fence along the road median.