The Ports Approach is a small borough sandwiched between the highly dense and low rent neighbourhoods aligning the Royal Ports to its south, St. Paul’s Borough to the north and Oak Temple and Can Town to the west and east respectively. Much of the land in the neighbouring land is occupied by heavy industries, port/dockland activities and vast swathes of residential tracts. Social housing in neighbouring boroughs is very high, although the low rent housing in Ports Approach is predominantly private sector, land-lord owned tenement apartments.

Tenement blocks in Ports Approach:

Somewhat similar to tenement blocks that can still be found in the South Bronx, the large blocks tower

over the streets and in some cases provide poor conditions for families, as families here tend to be

large and cramped into these living conditions/environments. The area became popular for low rent

immigrants due to its location around some of the important rail trade/freight routes from the ports into

the main-lands of the New World Islands.

Tenements occupied by Italian immigrants:

Tenement style housing in Ports Approach:

Industrial land uses along railways leading to the Royal Ports: