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In Niagara Falls, New York, on June 9th, 2021, the Niagara River as viewed from the east end of Goat Island, in Niagara Falls State Park.

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WATER GOES DOWN DOLOSTONE of the Lockport Group, formed 428.9 to 424.1 million years ago, during the Homerian, Gorstian, and Ludfordian ages of the Wenlock and Ludlow epochs of the Silurian period of the Paleozoic era (per Macrostrat).

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In Niagara Falls, New York, on June 9th, 2021, the Canadian Rapids in the Niagara River, as viewed from the south end of the Three Sisters Islands trail in Niagara Falls State Park. Niagara Falls, Ontario, is on the opposite riverbank, including the decommissioned Toronto Power Generating Station, erected 1906.

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In Niagara Falls, New York, on June 9th, 2021, a channel of the Niagara River as viewed from a footbridge on the Three Sisters Islands trail in Niagara Falls State Park.

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The tree had been attempting a journey to the Gulf of St Lawrence, but now time is wasting.

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In Niagara Falls, New York, on June 9th, 2021, the American Rapids in the north channel of the Niagara River between Goat Island and the New York mainland, as viewed from the west side of the American Rapids Bridge on 1st Street, in Niagara Falls State Park. Niagara Falls, Ontario, is in the distance.

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Unusual area! These whitewater rapids in the United States were good-looking and high-quality. The skyscrapers were in Canada.

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In Niagara Falls, New York, on June 9th, 2021, the American Rapids in the north channel of the Niagara River as viewed from the west side of the American Rapids Bridge on 1st Street, in Niagara Falls State Park. Goat Island is at the left. Niagara Falls, Ontario, is in the distance.

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So weird!

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In Niagara Falls, New York, on June 9th, 2021, the Niagara River as viewed from an overlook on Luna Island in Niagara Falls State Park. Bridal Veil Falls is at the left.

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Here was an especially weird-looking stretch of the international border, bizarre and disconcerting.

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In Niagara Falls, New York, on June 9th, 2021, the Niagara River and American Falls as viewed from the Horseshoe Falls observation point on Goat Island in Niagara Falls State Park. Niagara Falls, Ontario, is on the opposite riverbank. There's the Rainbow Bridge.

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They resemble Niagara Falls tourists of other times, such as May 2014 or August 2018.

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In Niagara Falls, New York, on June 9th, 2021, at the Horseshoe Falls observation point on Goat Island in Niagara Falls State Park.

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In Niagara Falls, New York, on June 9th, 2021, at the Horseshoe Falls observation point on Goat Island in Niagara Falls State Park. Niagara Falls, Ontario, is beyond the mist.

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Here, look at a picture of the building from earlier, when the turtlehead had polychrome paints. The geodesic dome at the left represents the turtle's shell. Turtle Island is a name for North America.

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In Niagara Falls, New York, on June 9th, 2021, at the former Native American Center for the Living Arts (built from 1977 to 1981; designed by Dennis Sun Rhodes from a concept by Duffy Wilson; closed in 1995) on the east side of Old Main Street, north of Buffalo Avenue.

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Grayish pink is the color. There are triple gables and phony half-timbering.

It was built in the year 2000, per the local county government's property information database. I was skeptical, so I looked at historical satellite imagery on Google Earth Pro, and it checks out. It's from the year 2000.

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In Niagara Falls, New York, on June 9th, 2021, the south elevation of the "Haunted House of Wax" at the southwest corner of Rainbow Boulevard and Old Main Street.

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In Niagara Falls, New York, on June 9th, 2021, the Niagara Towers (eighteen stories of senior housing built in 1980) on the south side of Cedar Avenue between 10th Street and Armory Place.

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"1929? We built it just in time!" the people of the 1930s commonly said, in reference to buildings like these. No I'm just kidding, I made that up.

"The brick sheathing is shaded so that the lower dark brown brick gradually lightens until it becomes a gray buff color on the upper floors," it says here. This is delightful to see.

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In Niagara Falls, New York, on June 9th, 2021, the Giacomo Hotel and Residences (built 1928-1929 as the United Office Building; designed by James A. Johnson of Esenwein & Johnson; 05001537 on the National Register of Historic Places) on the west side of 1st Street between Old Falls Street and Rainbow Boulevard, as viewed from the southwest corner of 1st Street and Rainbow Boulevard.

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This creation combines gables with a mansard. There is a date stone above the door: "Joseph C. Del Grosso, circa-1981, 2524 Pine Ave."

The building's record in the Niagara County Property Record Online System says the building was completed in 1982. Based on my experience with some fishy records in this database, that could be true, or 1982 could be the year that the building last underwent a major remodel or expansion. For example, the record describes the building as two one-story buildings, each occupying an area of identical size. Maybe what actually happened in 1982 is an older building was given a new façade and a new second story?

Anyway, "Nineteen hundred eighty two, a gable roof with mansard. Paint its wooden shingles pink and all your prayers are answered."

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In Niagara Falls, New York, on June 9th, 2021, 2524 Pine Ave on the north side of Pine Avenue (U.S. 62 Business Route) west of 26th Street.

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A buff-colored commercial building from the 1940s and a white-colored sedan from the 2010s have found one another.

"1947 E. Dal Porto" reads the datestone at the top of the building. Chrysler 200s were manufactured in Sterling Heights, Michigan, for model years 2011-2017, and then discontinued.

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In Niagara Falls, New York, on June 9th, 2021, 2101 Pine Ave at the southeast corner of Pine Avenue (U.S. 62 Business Route) and 21st Street.

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This was a perfect amount of Parthenocissus tricuspidata for a big blank wall on a sunny June day. I cheerfully imagined that the idea behind the pink sidewalk was that it would lead the residents of Niagara Falls away from the painful experiences of rustbelt times.

According to Google Streetview imagery, the patio was soon to be enclosed for use by a new restaurant. If you love restaurants, I suppose you're happy to hear about that!

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In Niagara Falls, New York, on June 9th, 2021, at the southeast corner of Pine Avenue (U.S. 62 Business Route), west of 15th Street.

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In Niagara Falls, New York, on June 9th, 2021, at 1701 Main St (built in 1971; a "contributing property" in the Main Street Historic District, 100006092 on the National Register of Historic Places) at the northeast corner of Main Street (New York State Route 104) and Michigan Avenue.

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In Niagara Falls, New York, on June 9th, 2021, the Geraldine A. Donovan Early Childhood and Headstart Center at the southeast corner of Main Street (New York State Route 104) and Michigan Avenue.

The building (1631 Main St, built in 1924 as the Cataract National Bank) is a "contributing property" in the Main Street Historic District, 100006092 on the National Register of Historic Places.

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As of 1999, there was a lingerie shop in the building on the left, and a barbershop in the building on the right. But this picture is from 2021.

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In Niagara Falls, New York, on June 9th, 2021, 645 (left) and 643 (right) 19th St (each built in 1925) on the east side of 19th Street, south of Pine Avenue.

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An archèd doorway is a flashy "lipstick mouth."

According to this obituary, Pine Ave. Hardware closed circa 2020, when its owner, Enzo Luciani, retired at the age of 91, having worked there for 72 years.

Every time I hear the name Luciani, I cannot help but recall a pop song from 1986, by the Fall, titled "Hey! Luciani," about Pope John Paul I, born Albino Luciani.

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In Niagara Falls, New York, on June 9th, 2021, 1912 Pine Ave (built in 1919) on the north side of Pine Avenue (U.S. 62 Business Route), east of 19th Street.

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