Bucharest was born as a small village on the river banks of Dambovita. Over centuries Bucharest's relationship with its sole river has dramatically changed. When the city started to become a large urban settlement, the urban tissue followed the water, integrating and relating to it, mostly drawing its inspiration from Paris and its relationship with the river Seine. If in the 18th century's Dambovita's riverbanks was used as a popular meeting ground, starting with the 19th century, due to the geographical conditions, a series of construction works were realized to stop the constant flooding of the city's center. But the latest and the most disruptive change was undertaken during the communist era, leaving the banks of the river Dambovita barren and unfriendly. During communism, due to the lack of clear and unified urban regulations, the urban tissue surrounding Dambovita degraded. Slowly, the connection between the city and Dambovita dissipated. Afterwards the river became a natural border between different urban clusters and neighborhoods which slowly emerged around it. The river Dambovita crosses Bucharest from North West to South East with an approx. 18 km span. Apart for some small exceptions and even though it encounters many urban tissues along the way, the relationship between the river and the city is somehow absent. The river flows through the city passing by different university campuses, communist apartment blocks, beautiful 19th century architecture, green parks, industrial areas and commercial centers but the dialogue between the river and the city is by some means missing. Dambovita could be a magnet for social gathering, cultural, and educational activities, but unfortunately the river struggles with an incoherent path and cannot do anything else than fail to reach its full potential and further alienate the city's inhabitants by creating disruptive voids within the urban infrastructure.