This isn’t directly related to Niagara Falls, but it does tie in with the Niagara’s Lost Amusement Parks:
From the Niagara Falls Review:
When it came to gathering stories about the old Crystal Beach Amusement Park, PBS senior producer Lynne Bader-Gregory had it easy.
All it took was a nudge, and dozens of Buffalo and Crystal Beach residents opened the floodgates.
“I sort of hit the jackpot meeting these people,” says Bader-Gregory, whose documentary “Remembering Crystal Beach Park” premieres on Buffalo’s PBS station WNED Sept. 10.
“Everyone wants to talk about it. If you ask anyone about their memories of Crystal Beach, you can basically sit down and be quiet for the next 20 minutes.”
Utilizing vintage footage and interviews with some of the park’s biggest fans, the 45-minute special is a nostalgic look at a playground that united two communities separated by a river. Opened in 1888, the Crystal Beach park was a summer institution for generations of families in Western New York and southern Ontario.