Photo: New Life on the Waterfront

The waterfront in Buffalo, NY has been brought back to life. For decades, politicians have promised to beautify the waterfront and make it an attraction, and now they finally have. The waterfront has been transformed and brought back in time to the days of the Erie Canal. Remnants of the original canal act as an outdoor museum, next to the redeveloped Commercial Slip from the canal. There's a naval museum, where visitors climb aboard huge navy ships and submarines. Further down the waterfront are two restaurants, Shanghai Red's and the Hatch. The new waterfront opened in July 2008.