Graham on September 29th, 2005

Last fall some demolition took place in a lot beside the Clarion President Hotel & Suites By The Falls and across from the Movieland/Clifton Hill billboard.

I noticed yesterday that there was a notice of a public hearing:

The City of Niagara Falls
Committee of Adjustment
Public Hearing
Date – September 20/05 5:00 p.m.
Committee Room 2, City Hall
4310 Queen Street, [...]

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The City of Niagara Falls Business Development Department September Newsletter has just been released. It is in PDF format, and can be downloaded at http://www.niagarafalls.ca/business/newsletters/
pdf/September_2005_newsletter.pdf.
The newsletter highlights several projects that the Niagara Falls Blog has posted about. It is 4 pages long, and features Greg Frewin, Thundering Waters, Wolfgang Puck Cafe, Louis Tussaud’s Waxworks, Grand [...]

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Graham on September 28th, 2005

Clifton Hill is only 1 block long, and there is only 1 real side street. On the north side of the street is Oneida Lane. This is the corner where the giant Frankenstein is eating his Whopper. At the end of Oneida Lane is Mystery Maze. It’s a fun little attraction where you run through [...]

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Graham on September 28th, 2005

When I’m out and around, I’m usually listening to music, but over the last week or so I’ve turned it off so I can enjoy the sounds of Niagara Falls. Here are some of the things I’ve heard:

Cars and buses (lots of buses)
"Are you ready for a reading?" from a guy offering Tarot card reading
Fountain [...]

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Graham on September 27th, 2005

In Canada, gas prices are listed per litre instead of per gallon. According to Google, 1 US gallon = 3.7854118 litres. We have a lot of taxes on our gas, so the prices are always higher than in the US.
Anyway, if you are looking to find out what the price of gas is, then the [...]

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Graham on September 22nd, 2005

The arrival of Casino Niagara brought a lot of bigger name restaurants to the Niagara area. Planet Hollywood was one of the first. They have a large building, with handprints out front of numerous celebrities, and the usual entertainment memorabilia inside. I’ve only eaten there once (had a burger), and I looked around almost the [...]

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Graham on September 21st, 2005

In the building that used to be the Adventure Dome, Brick City opened this spring. It is a very large collection of Lego scenes put together as a city. There is a soccer stadium, a rock concert, a harbour, bridges, large buildings, trains, and more.
I’ve scanned their promotional leaflet and included the text below:

Front [...]

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Graham on September 20th, 2005

Dinosaur Park has been on Clifton Hill since 1992. It was originally in front of the Quality Inn, right at the street. A few years go when the Boston Pizza was built, Dinosaur Park moved to it’s current location, in front of the Comfort Inn behind Ripley’s museum. It has always been one of my [...]

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Graham on September 17th, 2005

The 8th Annual Art by the Falls Christmas Festival will be held December 3 – 4, 2005 from 10 am to 4 pm both days. It is held at Optimist Hall & Park (Corner of Morrison Street & Dorchester Road). Admission is $2 (children under 10 are free) and there is free parking.
Here is what [...]

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Graham on September 17th, 2005

The 14th Annual Art by the Falls Fall Festival will be held October 1 – 2, 2005 from 10 am to 5 pm both days. It is held at Optimist Hall & Park (Corner of Morrison Street & Dorchester Road). Admission is $3 (children under 10 are free) and there is free parking.
Here is what [...]

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