Niagara Falls, New York
Niagara Falls, New York City of Niagara Falls The town/city of Niagara Falls.
The town/city of Niagara Falls.
Nickname(s): Niagara Falls, USA, Honeymoon Capital of the World Location in Niagara County and the state of New York.
Location in Niagara County and the state of New York.
Niagara Falls (/na r / ny-ag-ra) is a town/city in Niagara County, New York, United States.
It is adjoining to the Niagara River, athwart from the town/city of Niagara Falls, Ontario, and titled after the famed Niagara Falls which they share.
The town/city is inside the Buffalo Niagara Falls Metropolitan Travel Destination as well as the Western New York region.
While the town/city was formerly occupied by Native Americans, Europeans who migrated to the Niagara Falls in the mid-17th century began to open businesses and precarious infrastructure.
Later in the 18th and 19th centuries, scientists and businessmen began harnessing the power of the Niagara River for electricity and the town/city began to attract manufacturers and other businesses that were drawn by the promise of inexpensive hydroelectric power.
Even with the diminish in heavy industry, Niagara Falls State Park and the downtown region closest to the falls continue to thrive as a result of tourism.
The City of Niagara Falls was incorporated on March 17, 1892 from the villages of Manchester and Suspension Bridge, which were parts of the Town of Niagara.
By the end of the 19th century, the town/city was a heavy industrialized area, due in part to the power potential offered by the Niagara River.
The Niagara Falls foundry precinct downriver from the American Falls, 1900.
In 1956, the Schoellkopf Power Plant on the lower river just downstream of the American Falls was critically damaged due to a massive collapse of the Niagara Gorge wall above it.
New York City urban planner Robert Moses assembled the new power plant in close-by Lewiston, New York.
Much of the power generated there fuels burgeoning demands for power in Downstate New York and New York City.
After the Love Canal disaster, the town/city witnessed a reversal of fortunes, as the costs of producing materials elsewhere became lower than in Niagara Falls.
Much like the close-by city of Buffalo, the city's economy plummeted downward when a floundered urban renewal universal took place resulting in the destruction of Falls Street and the tourist district.
View of town/city and American Falls from Niagara Falls, Ontario.
In early 2010, former Niagara Falls Mayor Vincent Anello was indicted on federal charges of corruption, alleging that the mayor accepted $40,000 in loans from a businessman who was later awarded a no-bid lease on town/city property.
On November 30, 2010, the New York State Attorney General entered into an agreement with the town/city and its police department to problematic new policies to govern police practices in response to claims of excessive force and police misconduct.
Niagara Falls is positioned at the global boundary between the United States of America and Canada.
The town/city is inside the Buffalo Niagara Falls urbane region and is approximately 15 miles (24 km) from Buffalo, New York. According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 16.8 square miles (44 km2), of that, 14.1 square miles (37 km2) of it is territory and 2.8 square miles (7.3 km2) of it (16.37%) is water. The town/city is assembled along the Niagara Falls and the Niagara Gorge, which is positioned next to the Niagara River.
Niagara Falls experiences cold, snowy winters and hot, humid summers.
The town/city has snowier than average winters compared to most metros/cities in the USA, however less than many other metros/cities in Upstate New York including close-by Buffalo and Rochester.
Climate data for (Niagara Falls International Airport), New York 1981 2010, extremes 1951 present Niagara Falls is home to nine neighborhoods: Deveaux, Niagara Falls - Located in the northwestern corner (west of the North End) along the Niagara River is residentiary region assembled in the 1920s to 1940s.
La - Salle, Niagara Falls - Area bounded by 80th Street, Niagara Falls Boulevard, Cayuga Drive and Lasalle Expressway was assembled up in the 1940s to 1960s. Downtown, Niagara Falls - Area around the Falls and home to hotels including Seneca Niagara Resort Casino, Niagara Falls State Park, Niagara Falls Culinary Institute (formerly Rainbow Outlet Mall) Niagara Street, Niagara Falls - residentiary region located east of Downtown along Niagara Street once home to a predominate German and Polish community.
East Side, Niagara Falls Buffalo Avenue, Niagara Falls - runs along the south end along the Niagara River once home to a vast number of old families with architecturally momentous mansions; further east surrounded by a number of industrialized sites.
Hyde Park, Niagara Falls - Located near the namesake Hyde Park next to Little Italy as well as home to Hyde Park Municipal Golf Course. Niagara Falls has a number of places of worship, including the Salvation Army, First Assembly of God Church, First Unitarian Universalist Church of Niagara, St.
Although statistically lower in crime than metros/cities in Western New York such as Buffalo and Rochester, Niagara Falls stillendures from a higher than average crime rate. In the wake of recent[when?] gun violence, volunteer groups such as the SNUG boss have been mobilized to stop violence in the town/city and promote positive improve involvement in the troubled areas of the city. Currently, Niagara Falls' chief industry is tourism.
The town/city and falls are presently visited by almost ten million citizens each year, with the waterfall considered one of the United States' top ten tourist destinations. However, the town/city struggles to compete with Niagara Falls, Ontario, which has a much more vibrant tourism trade and stronger economy. The city's economy was originally based around the power generated by Niagara Falls' rushing water. This inexpensive and abundant origin of power was the driving force behind the rapid rise of region industry. Around the turn of the 20th century, thousands of immigrants from dominantly European nations such as Italy, Germany and Poland came to the region to work the chemical, steel, and manufacturing plants owned by present-day companies such as the Occidental Petroleum company. The city, which once boasted slightly over 100,000 citizens at its peak in the early 1960s, has seen its populace decline by some 50 percent, as industries shut down and citizens left for the employment opportunities of the South and West. The unemployment rate in the City of Niagara Falls was approximately 10 percent as of October 2010. About 60 percent of inhabitants in Niagara Falls receive enhance assistance such as food stamps, welfare, unemployment insurance and Medicaid. Local and state government officials have vowed[who?] to embrace the physical and cultural advantages that the Niagara region naturally possesses, such as the Niagara Gorge, wine trails, historical landmarks, Little Italy, or Niagara Falls itself. These marketing accomplishments have attempted to move focus away from the city's industrialized past to embrace a tourism-based economy.
In late 2001, the State of New York established the USA Niagara Development Corporation, a subsidiary to the State's economic evolution agency, to focus specifically on facilitating evolution in the downtown area.
However, the organization has been criticized for making little progress and doing little to advancement the city's economy. The Niagara Tourism & Convention Corporation was established in 2003, replacing the Niagara Convention & Visitors' Bureau as the official marketing arm of the town/city and the encircling regions.
The town/city is home to the Niagara Falls State Park.
The park has a several attractions, including Cave of the Winds behind the Bridal Veil Falls, Maid of the Mist, a prominent boat tour which operates at the foot of the Rainbow Bridge, Prospect Point and its observation tower, Niagara Discovery Center, and the Aquarium of Niagara.
Brydges Artpark State Park in close-by Lewiston, New York, and Fort Niagara State Park in Youngstown, New York.
Former sports squads based in Niagara Falls include the Class-A Niagara Falls Sox Minor League Baseball, the Class-A Niagara Falls Rapids and the Niagara Power a New York Collegiate Baseball League team was positioned inside Niagara Falls.
See also: List of mayors of Niagara Falls, New York The City of Niagara Falls functions under a strong mayor-council form of government.
On a state level, Niagara Falls is part of the 145th Assembly District of New York State, presently represented by Republican Angelo Morinello.
Niagara Falls is also part of the 62nd Senate District of New York State, represented by Republican Robert Ortt.
Totes Mc - Goats is the surroundingal mascot of Niagara Falls, New York.
Lackluster recycling statistics in the town/city prompted the town/city to find a way to advancement on its four percent recycling rate, at the time the worst in Western New York, as stated to the Investigative Post. In response, the mascot was invented by Brook D'Angelo, coordinator of the city's Solid Waste Education and Enforcement Team, as a way to promote recycling. Residents are zoned to the Niagara Falls City School District.
Niagara University and Niagara County Community College are the two universities in Niagara County.
Since Niagara Falls is inside the Buffalo Niagara Falls urbane area, the city's media is dominantly served by the town/city of Buffalo.
The Buffalo News is the closest primary journal in the region and once had a Niagara County, NY agency that extensively veiled Niagara Falls and its encircling communities. The town/city also is the home to a weekly tabloid known as the Niagara Falls Reporter.
Three airways broadcasts are licensed to the town/city of Niagara Falls, including WHLD AM 1270, WJJL AM 1440, and WTOR AM 770.
Niagara Falls is primarily served by the Buffalo Niagara International Airport for county-wide and domestic flights inside the United States.
The recently period Niagara Falls International Airport serves the city, and many cross border travellers with flights to Myrtle Beach, Fort Lauderdale, Orlando and Punta Gorda.
The town/city is served by Amtrak's Maple Leaf and Empire train services, with regular stops at the Niagara Falls Station and Customhouse Interpretive Center at 825 Depot Ave West.
Niagara Falls Amtrak station Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority is the enhance transit provider in the Buffalo metro area, with hubs at the Portage Road and Niagara Falls transit centers.
Highway, and one parkways pass through the town/city of Niagara Falls.
New York State Route 31, New York State Route 104, and New York State Route 182 are east-west state roadways inside the city, while New York State Route 61, New York State Route 265, and New York State Route 384 are north-south state roadways inside the city.
The La - Salle Expressway is an east-west highway which terminates near the easterly edge of Niagara Falls and begins in the close-by town of Wheatfield, New York.
The Robert Moses State Parkway is a north-south parkway that runs through the town/city along the northern edge of the Niagara River and terminates in Youngstown, New York.
Route 62, known as Niagara Falls Boulevard, Walnut Avenue, and Ferry Avenue, is signed as a north-south highway.
Route 62 has an east-west orientation, and is partially split between two one-way streets inside Niagara Falls.
Route 62 east from downtown Niagara Falls.
Two global bridges connect the town/city to Niagara Falls, Ontario.
The Rainbow Bridge joins the two metros/cities with passenger and pedestrian traffic and overlooks the Niagara Falls, while the Whirlpool Rapids Bridge, which formerly carried the Canadian National Railway, now serves small-town traffic and Amtrak's Maple Leaf service.
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"NIAGARA FALLS: Tourism talk turns heated " Local News".
"'Totes Mc - Goats' is the New Face of Niagara Falls Recycling".
Industrial Ruination, Community, and Place: Landscapes and Legacies of Urban Decline (University of Toronto Press; 2012) 240 pages; comparative study of urban and industrialized decline in Niagara Falls (Canada and the United States), Newcastle upon Tyne, Britain, and Ivanovo, Russia.
Wikisource has the text of the 1911 Encyclop dia Britannica article Niagara Falls, New York.
Media related to Niagara Falls, New York at Wikimedia Commons Niagara Falls, New York travel guide from Wikivoyage Niagara Falls Handbill Collection, 1838-1886 RG 551 Brock University Library Digital Repository Niagara Falls Photo Album, 1906 RG 556 Brock University Library Digital Repository Buffalo Niagara Falls urbane region Municipalities and communities of Niagara County, New York, United States
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