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06/24/11 04:50 - ID#54564

When Ch 29 was good

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Category: tourism

06/21/11 07:06 - ID#54545

Downtown Niagara Falls

I was just thinking lately that Niagara Falls NY is slowly turning the corner and isn't the embarrassment that it has been in the past. From what it appears it's been part government and the other portion has been Canadian investors. The people that just bought the Sheraton own most of Niagara Falls Ontario and it's just ironic that they're bringing the playbook over here. Basically it's have a Starbucks in your hotel and a chain restaurant which is TGI Friday's which will open up next week. The old Hotel Niagara was purchased by some guy from Vancouver, but as you can see from the pics nothing has been done as of you. What gets me is what are they going to do about parking? Carl Paladino beat them to it as it appears he got the lot that used to be used by the hotel.

Yea the old OTB sign still stands on the rusted out mall and the walkway from the parking garage to the now One Niagara Center just looks out of place to the knowledgeable eye.

metalpeter writes at 09:02:43 06/26/11 - Comment #63209: The Winter Gardens used to be pretty Cool.... Love the Hardrock Cafe..... Not sure if I can remember when there was good shops in the Rainbow mall or not.....

The Ugly fact of the matter Niagara falls is the place where it seems that every 2 years ok maybe 3 you hear about some great plan and then none of those cool things ever show up..... I say it is the local mob I mean the Phelps family I mean local 210 not really sure who it is Maybe it is just why would someone want to build something when all the good stuff is on the other side....

I think a lot of it comes from the younger drinking age.... So many people go over to what ever that place was called to drink and then stay over there.... The Older crowd has the strip clubs..... But Trump and others who where concerned about organized crime made sure that gambling would stay illegal so NF usa never got the Casino yes they got an Indian one But it just isn't as cool you can't do as much with it you don't get all the taxes ....... As an example (have no papers so can't cross the boarder) in the past I went to the hardrock Cafe and there is a door that goes (used to be) right to the Casino...

Yes for looking at the falls we have the better side and yes that park should be there....But it is so scary how the other side has taken what ever that place they had with the games from when I was a kid and changed that entire area and the US really hasn't....... I Hope I'm wrong but guessing in 10 years it will still be the same?

paul writes at 09:31:13 06/22/11 - Comment #63121: The rainbow mall is so creepy now. I remember looking down into it from inside the parking ramp a few years back. It looked like something out of a post apocalyptal movie.

I like the openness created by the removal of the wintergardens but at the same time, that was such a cool winter destination.

I hope it all changes bit the Canadians will always have the advantage if the better view. Maybe we should add a curtain and charge them to open it each day, lol.