From the Niagara Falls Review:
High-rise hotels, like the 53-storey Hilton that opened last year, have replaced smokestacks as the symbol of where the jobs are in Niagara Falls.
It’s a sign of Niagara’s changing economy and evidence municipal leaders have to be able to adapt to new economic trends, say experts who monitor the health of Niagara’s economy.
The idea that any economically challenged region can revive the days when big factories employed thousands of people is just “wishful thinking,” says Charles Conteh, a Brock University political science professor.