To me, (C) has more meaning problems than (E).
(C) are looking to their waterfronts to improve the quality of urban life
seems to imply these cities are anticipating that the waterfront will do the work of improving the city, which assigns a nonsensical amount of agency to the river. On the other hand,
(E) are looking at their waterfronts as a way they can improve the quality of urban life
does contain that idiomatic error ("looking at") but makes more sense as it avoids the
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(C) are looking to their waterfronts to improve the quality of urban life
seems to imply these cities are anticipating that the waterfront will do the work of improving the city, which assigns a nonsensical amount of agency to the river. On the other hand,
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(E) are looking at their waterfronts as a way they can improve the quality of urban life
does contain that idiomatic error ("looking at") but makes more sense as it avoids the
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