Ironically, the district of Old Recife, site of the original settlement, which for centuries clung tenaciously to the mainland by a sliver of sand, was finally severed from the continent with the expansion of port facilities in 1960.
Diemžēl smilšu strēle, kas gadsimtiem ilgi Resifi vecpilsētas rajonu bija vienojusi ar kontinentu, 1960. gadā, ostai paplašinoties, tika noārdīta.