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Bloomberg Businessweek takes a hard look at Niagara Falls

A story in this week's Bloomberg Businessweek explores the failure of Niagara Falls to capitalize on its potential.

"The Fall of Niagara Falls" takes a look at the "decay, corruption and failed get-rich-quick schemes" that the magazine says has made the city "one of the most intractable disasters in the U.S."

"In truth, the failure can't be attributed to any single entity," writes Bloomberg Businessweek's Andrew Rice in the lengthy piece published Thursday. "It's the product of a machine that has for decades been running on unfulfilled promises, from the public and private sector alike, just whirring on in an endless cycle of dashed hope and failed deliverance."

Read the story here.

--Denise Jewell Gee

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Charlie Specht

Charlie Specht

Charlie Specht started at The News as a college intern, joining the staff full time after his graduation from St. Bonaventure. A South Buffalo native, he also lived in Marilla and is in his second year covering Niagara Falls City Hall.

cspecht@buffnews.com


Bruce Andriatch

Bruce Andriatch

Bruce Andriatch, a proud Town of Tonawanda native and a graduate of St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute and Canisius College, is the suburban editor at The News. He has been writing a weekly column since 2006. Two days after his first column appeared, the October Storm occurred, plunging much of the region into darkness and despair. Read into that what you will.

bandriatch@buffnews.com

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