WBFO's Emyle Watkins reports.
Buffalo Ave is quiet, quaint almost, but lined with hotels and apartments. Many people will use this street in the summer. At the intersection of Third Street, there is now a short path going through a lightly wooded area to a set of metal stairs that go down a 28-foot grade change.
Many see improvements like this one as vital to economic development. USA Niagara Development Corporation President Anthony Vilardo shared how small upgrades can make a big impact:
“It's not hard to see the economic benefits that are already starting to take shape with the parkways removal: new hotels have been built, apartments and storefronts have been renovated because the development community has seen the opportunity that's been afforded to it by our work in reconnecting the city to its waterfront.”