Another Look: Bridging the Upper Niagara

By Susan Eck - April 15, 2011

Politics, business interests, engineering issues and the public good were all factors when the Peace Bridge was originally planned in the first quarter of the 20th century. We take a look back at the effort to build a bridge connecting Buffalo to Canada.

The full content is available in the Spring 2011 Issue.

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