Tightrope walker who crossed Niagara Falls dies

From Yahoo! News: The celebrated French tightrope walker and chair-balancer known as Henry’s, who balanced high above the Alps, Niagara Falls and for months over a supermarket in his hometown, has died… At Niagara Falls in 1975, he balanced on a platform attached to a motorcycle that his friend rode across the cable over the…

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Younger generation looking to restore Falls landmark to former glory

From the Tonawanda News: A Niagara Falls landmark that has sat largely dormant for years is getting some love from a pair of 20-somethings. Nirel Patel and Matt Green have big plans for the Niagara Club, the building that housed a private social club that had a list of members — Whitney, Scheollkopf — that…

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