From the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review:
The falls still work. Immense volumes of water tumbling over one of nature’s best-located edges make a grand sight and sound, plus clean electric power galore. But the forces of development are great, too. And fickle. They build, transform and move on. And how much improvement occurs — well, you’re entitled to your opinion.
It’s a good thing the Canadians of a century ago reserved a few acres of public park next to the falls. Or you can be sure that hotels, eateries and now gambling dens would crowd to the rim. Americans correctly saved a similar patch of green on the New York side.