From Niagara This Week:
A city resident wants the last remaining view of Niagara Falls from the Fallsview area protected against development through a heritage designation.
Bernadette Secco made a presentation to council asking them to start the process leading towards a historical designation for the pedestrian deck, located beside the former Loretto Academy in the Fallsview area. She said the tiny piece of land needs to be preserved as a place residents and tourists can see and listen to the falls.
“This is the Niagara Falls experience and this is why tourists and residents come to Niagara Falls and Fallsview,” said Secco. “You don’t get the same experience at Table Rock (where it is often misty) or the viewing deck at the Fallsview Casino where the trees get in the way.”
The land is currently owned by Niagara 21st Group, owners of the Marriott, who asked city hall in September to release it from a pedestrian deck agreement in place since 1991. The pact, which restricts use of the land and air rights to only allow a pedestrian deck on the land, originated in the early 1960s.