Tag: Niagara Falls

That time we created a giant crater downtown

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I'm too young to remember AquaFalls. I didn't realize it was a thing until I ran across a mention of it in a Buffalo Spree article. Then I felt the need to start digging...no pun intended. For those of you like me (too young) or those of you who didn't live in the area, AquaFalls … Continue reading That time we created a giant crater downtown

Building a convention city

Urban Renewal was in full swing in 1975. The Convention Center was the sparkly new thing in the city, and the rest of Downtown was being rebuilt. This advertisement ran in 1975 in a program for Miss USA (which was held in the Convention Center: don't tell me all of Urban Renewal was a failure). Look at … Continue reading Building a convention city

That time I was in Seventeen Magazine (because of Totes McGoats)

Many moons ago, Niagara Falls was all over the news because of Totes McGoats: the terrifying new mascot to help spread the message of recycling! Totes went viral insanely fast. Niagara Falls was all over Twitter, and I had no idea what I was witnessing. It was so surreal. So naturally, I tweeted. Of course, … Continue reading That time I was in Seventeen Magazine (because of Totes McGoats)

The two best malls of Niagara Falls (That never actually existed)

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Niagara Falls has had not one, but TWO malls not built! Real talk, flock: what I told you that the wonderful Fashion Outlets currently sitting in Town of Niagara was supposed to be built downtown? What if I told you the Mall of America was almost built downtown? What if I told you that I wasn't … Continue reading The two best malls of Niagara Falls (That never actually existed)

Mailing Niagara: The Grand Island Bridges have their own postcard

To finish up our postcard series, I thought I'd throw a curveball: a postcard on the Grand Island bridges. Another teacher story: one of my teachers (different from the Hilton one) once said that there were no bridges connecting Grand Island to the mainland until the 1960s. I mean, he's wrong, but the second set … Continue reading Mailing Niagara: The Grand Island Bridges have their own postcard

The Marketside has the best pancakes on this planet

Anybody who says otherwise doesn't know pancakes. In this era of uncertainty, there is only one fact that we can rely on: Mike from The Marketside makes the best pancakes. I'm not exaggerating: Mike's pancakes are insanely good. They're almost too good. For those of you not familiar, The Marketside has been around, well, forever. It … Continue reading The Marketside has the best pancakes on this planet

The time JFK landed in the Falls

Niagara Falls' runway was the only one long enough for Air Force One For President's Day, I thought I'd deviate from the Monday postcards and instead talk about the time President John F. Kennedy landed in Niagara Falls. JFK was set to speak at Buffalo's Pulaski Day celebrations on October 16, 1962. Of course, Buffalo's … Continue reading The time JFK landed in the Falls