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Originally Posted by Mutt
My parents would take us on summer nights, this was way before the casino, I loved how tacky Clifton Hill was, the smell of the Falls mixed with the smell of white trash was intoxicating.
All there was back then was the Skylon Tower, Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum, Ripley's Museum, the souvenir shops and food joints. Oh, and the Fallsway Hotel had a miniature golf course, the only one I knew of in the Niagara area.
Driving around the residential streets, some beautiful Victorian homes I remember.
What I missed out on was the heyday of Crystal Beach, our family photos and 8mm movies have a lot of Crystal Beach in them, most of the people in them were dead by the time I came around.
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Old school, for sure.
As a kid I still remember Clifton Hill from the same era - long before we eventually moved here. Funny you mention the 8mm movies - we still have some of the falls from back in the 50s/60s.
A lot has changed, obviously. They finally took out the train tracks from the top of Clifton Hill a few years ago. The Minolta Tower is completely lost in a cluster of highrises. The Skylon still stands apart, though. Even Tablerock is quite different these days with an arched walkway over the Parkway.
And Crystal Beach, yeah...I remember it back in its heyday. Just a bunch of sanitized condos now - although the pier is still there. The beach is smaller due to higher water levels in Lake Erie, though.