Niagara: a History of the Falls
“as Edward Dean Adams called electricity – “the giant genie” – had changed the course of history, heralding a newer and brighter era. Nature at her most awesome had been subdued. The harnessing of her power touched off a wave of optimism about the future. Niagara’s mighty forces would benefit humanity not only materially but also morally. Electricity was clean and pure, a symbol of peace and harmony, in contrast to coal – grimy and corrupt, hidden in the murky bowels of the earth. The Columbian ...Exposition – the famous White City – pointed to Utopia.The first of the Utopians was a flamboyant entrepreneur named William T. Love, who in 1893 proposed to build a “Model City” at Niagara. This carefully planned community would be big enough to hold a million people, with thousands of acres set aside for parkland that was advertised as “the most extensive and beautiful in the world.”Hyperbole abounded. Love’s metropolis, according to his brochures, would be “the most perfect city in existence.”MoreLess
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