The Buffalo Chronicle
State Parks
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Many Niagara Falls residents want the City to benefit directly from State Park operations
Niagara Falls State Park is certainly a lucrative and, some would argue, it is an underperforming asset. Presently, the State Parks system does a very poor job programing the parks during the…
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Dyster should press Cuomo to remove parking lots from Niagara Falls State Park
Urban design activists, tourism industry advocates, and Niagara Falls residents have been clamoring to remove the two vast surface parking lots located atop Goat Island and another located only a few hundred…
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Parking lots blight State Park, Falls’ residents argue
Urban design and tourism advocates are calling on Governor Andrew Cuomo to commit to removing Niagara Falls State Park’s three surface parking lots, which they argue blight the park and detract from its…
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Local opposition ramping up to Cuomo’s lodge in Olmsted’s ‘Niagara Reservation
BY JAMES HUFNAGEL While the shock of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s announcement that he wants to build a state-owned “lodge” (read hotel) on Goat Island in the Niagara Falls State Park is still…
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Niagara Falls experiences social media firestorm over Cuomo’s Goat Island proposal
BY JAMES HUFNAGEL A number of Niagara Falls residents lit up social media this week with protests against Gov. Cuomo’s “lodge” which he wants to build next to the Niagara River on…
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Cuomo pressured to remove parking lots from Niagara Falls State Park
Niagara Falls State Park is the oldest in the nation, founded in 1885. It hosts just over nine million visitors annually and is among the most iconic natural monuments in North America. The…
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The Albright Knox can transform Niagara Falls
Our region’s most renowned art museum boasts an enormous collection so large that only up to 3% of it can be displayed at any given time. The institution is considering an expansion,…
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Pushback from police union on barracks blowup
By James Hufnagel, The Niagara Falls Reporter According to Manuel Vilar, president of the Police Benevolent Association of New York State, the Long Island-based union that represents State Parks Police officers, construction…
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Ken Young defends paving at Joe Davis State Park, says town allowed 40-ton trucks to ruin lot, not him
Last week, the Niagara Falls Reporter published an article about the failed parking lot at Joseph Davis State Park, a lot that was paved less than two years ago. The lot was paved…
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Failed parking lot at Joe Davis State Park leads to investigation
By Frank Parlato, The Niagara Falls Reporter The lot at Joe Davis, paved less than two years ago, has failed spectacularly. The Joseph Davis State Park is under a lease agreement with…
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Readers Beware of Sneaky State Parks Agenda Halting of Police Barracks Is Only Temporary
By Frank Parlato, The Niagara Falls Reporter The State Park police barracks, planned to be built at a site with a beautiful and stunning vista of the gorge – a police barracks…
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Plans Halted for Parks Police Barracks — for Now
By James Hufnagel, The Niagara Falls Reporter The controversy over the new State Parks police barracks has been a near media sensation over the past week. Both daily newspapers, the Niagara Gazette…
