These groups support the NHP parkway removal proposal:
 

The Seneca Nation of Indians A Adirondack Mountain Club, Niagara Frontier Chapter Allegheny Defense Project Animal Allies of WNY B Bert Miller Nature Club of Fort Erie, Canada Block Power Block Club, Niagara Falls, NY Bridge Station Block Club, Niagara Falls, NY  Buffalo Audubon Society Buffalo Institute of Urban Ecology, Inc. Buffalo-Niagara Land Use Coalition Buffalo Niagara Riverkeeper Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy C Cheektowaga Citizens Coalition, Inc. Chilton Avenue Block Club Citizens Campaign for the Environment Citizens' Environmental Coalition Citizens for a Green North Tonawanda City Market Block Club, Niagara Falls, NY D Depew/Cheektowaga Taxpayers Association, Inc. DeVeaux Beautification Block Club, Niagara Falls, NY E East Side Block Club, Niagara Falls, NY Echota West Block Club, Niagara Falls, NY Environmental Advocates of New York State Erie County Environmental Mgt. Council Eastern Hospitality Advisors F Finger Lakes Trail Conference Foothills Trail Club Free DeVeaux Movement Friends of Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada Friends of Times Beach Nature Preserve G Gluck Park Block Club, Niagara Falls, NY Good Watch Neighborhood Block Club, Niagara Falls, NY Great Lakes United and voting members GREENIAGARA Green Party of Erie County GreenWatch H Home Neighborhood Block Club, Niagara Falls, NY Hyde Park Area Block Club, Niagara Falls, NY Hyde Park to 39th Street Block Club, Niagara Falls, NY Hyde Park West Block Club, Niagara Falls, NY I Injured Workers of New York, Inc.  Institute for Environmental Learning J Just Words - Niagara's Literary Forum L Learning Sustainability Campaign Linwood Avenue Block Club, Niagara Falls, NY

M Main Street Business & Professional Association Memorial Park Block Club, Niagara Falls, NY Middle Niagara Street North Block Club, Niagara Falls, NY Michigan Avenue Block Club, Niagara Falls, NY N Natural Landscapes, Ltd., Niagara Falls, NY New York Bicycling Coalition New York League of Conservation Voters, Erie Chapter Niagara Avenue Block Club, Niagara Falls, NY Niagara Falls City Council Niagara County Community College Environmental Task Force Niagara County Environmental Mgt. Council Niagara Falls Nature Club, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada Niagara Falls & River Region Chapter of Wild Ones Niagara Falls Tourism Advisory Board Niagara Frontier Bicycle Club Niagara Frontier Botanical Society, Inc. Niagara Frontier Entomological Society Niagara Frontier Wildlife Habitat Council Niagara River Restoration Council, Ontario, Canada Niagara Street Business & Professionals Association Nineteenth Street Block Club, Niagara Falls, NY Ninety-Fifth Street Block Club, Niagara Falls, NY P Packard Court Block Club, Niagara Falls, NY Partners for a Livable Western New York Pine Avenue Business Association Preservation Institute, Berkeley, CA Preserve Our Parks, Ontario, Canada Q Quality Quest Coalition of Grand Island R The Recumbenteers, WNY's Recumbent Riders Group Residents Organized for Lewport Environment S Second Chance Wildlife Rehabilitation Center Sierra Club - National Sierra Club - Niagara Chapter South & Cleveland Avenue Block Club, Niagara Falls, NY StenzTV.com Suffolk Bicycle Riders Association T Tennessee Avenue Block Club, Niagara Falls, NY Transportation Alternatives U Upper Niagara Street Block Club, Niagara Falls, NY V Virginia Avenue Block Club, Niagara Falls, NY W Western New York Old Growth (Forest) Survey Weston Avenue Block Club, Niagara Falls, NY Whirlpool Area Block Club, Niagara Falls, NY Wild Spirit Rehab & Release Center Woodlawn Avenue Block Club, Niagara Falls, NY

Removing Freeways — Restoring Cities

Even Gaming Magazine—a house organ of the gambling industry, which we would not expect to be aware of city planning issues—said in its article about revitalizing Niagara Falls that the Robert Moses Parkway is "widely held as a mistake in planning," whose result is "simply directing people through the city and into Canada."   >  Read more at: The Preservation Institute

Case Studies in Urban Freeway Removal

"Urban freeway removal refers to the dismantling of all or a piece of an urban freeway and replacing it with a boulevard or park space. Urban freeways that tend to get slated for dismantling include those that bisect a city, create a barrier between neighborhoods, and/or cut off access to key urban assets such as waterfronts, parks, and stadiums." −Sustainable Cities Institute   >  Read Full Report

Recent Postings

• NEW:  An Open Letter to Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo Regarding the Proposed Lodge on Goat Island By Robert Borgatti (Jan. 2017)

• NEW:  An Open Letter to Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo Regarding the Proposed Lodge on Goat Island By E.R. Baxter (Jan. 2017)

• Niagara Gazette: Meaningful Dialogue, Not By E.R. Baxter (June 2015)

• The Unalterable March By E.R. Baxter (April 2015)

• State Parks, NTCC need to Embrace Ecotourism at Niagara By E.R. Baxter (June 2014)

• New Tourism Efforts Should Focus on Parkway Removal By E.R. Baxter (Dec. 2013)

• Time for Sen. Maziarz to Step Up on Parkway Removal By E.R. Baxter (Aug. 2013)

• Tyranny of the Zilchers By E.R. Baxter (May 2013)

• Letter to Assemblyman John Cerreto By E.R. Baxter (March 2013)

• The NHP Evaluation of the Niagara Gorge Corridor Project, Robert Moses Parkway-North Segment, Scoping Report Presentation By E.R. Baxter (March 2013)

• Parkway Saga: Reason vs. Fear and Ignorance By E.R. Baxter (December 2012)

• Parkway: Road to Paradise? By Bill Bradberry (August 2012)

• Total Gorge Parkway Removal Removal: The Reasonable Choice By E.R. Baxter (June 2012)

• Ecotourism Best Way to Extend Tourism Season for Niagara By E.R. Baxter (May 2012)

• EDR Retention Funds - Rationale for Vote By E.R. Baxter (January 2012)

• EDR/Wild Ones Niagara Agreement for Services (January 2012)

• A Message from the Niagara Frontier to Gov. Cuomo By E.R. Baxter (September 2011)

• Walenda Highwire Walk - A Letter to Gov. Cuomo By Don Ferrick (September 2011)

• If I Could... By Michelle Vanstrom (June 2011)

• Parkway Removal is a Win-Win for Everybody...Including State Parks! By Michelle Vanstrom (April 2011)

• Five Gorge Parkway Removal Opponents and Their Silly "Opinions"

• Saint-Gobain Unresponsive - A letter to Gilles Colas, President & CEO, Saint-Gobain North America

• Endless Echo of False Claims Distorts Parkway Debate

• RE-POST:  No Compromise by E.R. Baxter

• Remarks to OPRHP, including Tourist Map suggestion

• Baxter Response to Parsnick (14 November 2010)

• NHP Position Re: RMP/Niagara Gorge Corridor Project - Meeting No. 4 for Representatives of Organized Groups, 27 October 2010

• Map: Section of Robert Moses Parkway Proposed for Removal

• Response to Don Glynn's Parkway Commentary (Niagara Gazette, May 2010)

• Betsy Potter Gorge Walk Journal

• Button Girl Photo

• Parkway Preservation Committee Nonsense
  By Bob Baxter (January 2010)

• Political Stunt: Niagara University Trolley Study
  By Bob Baxter (January 2010)

• North Tonawanda Ignored by Niagara University Trolley Study
  Letter from Donna Zellner Neal, Secretary, Cultural Alliance of the Tonawandas, to the Niagara County Legislature

• Remarks on the Feasibility Study for a Tourist Trolley Route Between Niagara Falls and Lewiston, NY
  By Bob Baxter (November 2008)

• Comments on the Niagara University Trolley Feasibility Study
  By Bob Baxter (January 2009)

• Trolley Speculations, 11 December 2009
  Correspondence between Bob Baxter & Dan Davis (December 2009)
  

• NHP 2007 Proposal to Greenway Commission re: Lewiston's "Scenic Trail"
  Letter from Bob Baxter to Hon. Louise M. Slaughter (October 25, 2007)

• A Fairy Tale About Trolls
  By Bob Baxter (June 2009)

• Response to Porter Town Councilman Thomas A. Baia
  By Bob Baxter (June 2009)

• John Ceretto: Conflicted
  By Bob Baxter (May 2009)

• Case Studies in Urban Road Removal: The Benefits & Impacts
  By Michelle Vanstrom (March 2009)

• New Buildings in Niagara County Should Adopt LEED Standards
  By Bob Baxter (December 2007)

• Dombrosky & Demler in Oz
  By Bob Baxter (June 2008)

• Niagara County's Homeland Security Concerns
  By Bob Baxter (May 2008)

• Comments on the Feasibility Study of the New York Power Authority, 2008
  By Patricia Eckel (May 2008)

• Bruce S. Kershner's Maps of Niagara
  Ancient White Cedars of the Niagara Gorge & Bi-National Niagara Corridor of Forest Antiquity

• Many Communities Removing Roads to Restore Riverfronts
  by Douglas Vanstrom (July 2007)

• Senator Maziarz: There Oughta Be A Law
  by Bob Baxter (June 2007)

• Tale of Another Moses Parkway
  by Michelle Vanstrom (May 2007)

• Olmsted Legacy in Danger
  by Bob Baxter (March 2007)

• Comment on Draft Generic Environmental Impact Statement for Niagara River Greenway
  by Bob Baxter (January 15, 2007)

• Comment on Draft Generic Environmental Impact Statement for Niagara River Greenway
  by Michelle Vanstrom (January 15, 2007)

• NHP/NYPA Timeline (November 10, 2006)

• Parkway "Preservation" = Obstruction (October 30, 2006)