It’s a clear winner, particularly in the context of early 1980s Niagara, a place which really did have it all, but in all the wrong ways. I planned my piece carefully and, with the day’s most boosterish tourist slogans in mind, chose my headline: “Niagara: It has it all.” I am twelve years old and win my local newspaper’s writing contest, along with the $100 prize.
Freedom crossing, honeymoon spot, casino resort, factory town, Superfund site.
