Blonde Girl At The Shore Posing On The Quay

In old ports such as London (which once had around 1700 wharves ) many old wharves have been converted to residential or office use.
Etymology
The word comes from the Old English hwearf, meaning "bank" or "shore", and its plural is either wharfs, or, especially in American English, wharves; collectively a group of these is referred to as a wharfing or wharfage. "Wharfage" also refers to a fee ports impose on ships against the amount of cargo handled there.