Daily Archive for September 20th, 2006

Pictures of Niagara SkyWheel

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Graham
on September 20, 2006
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The most notable new addition to the Niagara Falls skyline this year was the Niagara SkyWheel. Built where the Golden Griddle on Clifton Hill used to be, it can be seen from miles around. It provides an excellent view of the Falls, along with a great view of many of the surround attractions and hotels.

I reported extensively during the construction as progress was made, and have been up it 3 or 4 times. I just noticed the other day that I hadn’t posted my pictures from a couple of the trips. Here are a few samples:

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I’ve posted 59 pictures to the Niagara SkyWheel in Summer 2006 section of the Niagara Falls Image Gallery. There are pictures from 2 trips taken a week or two apart. There are pictures of the plaza/courtyard around the wheel, pictures from a gondola (it had rained so the pictures aren’t as good as I would have liked), pictures at dusk, and pictures at night.

As a side note, there are now 1,991 images in the gallery!

Hotel workers find Lethal Weapon in Glover

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Graham
on September 20, 2006
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From Niagara This Week:

Hollywood actor Danny Glover travelled all night from California to show support for unionized hotel workers Saturday only to be threatened with arrest for his efforts.

Glover, who is best known for his role in the Lethal Weapon movie series, has been involved with the Hotel Workers Rising campaign, which highlights the often poor working conditions in the hospitality industry, for some time now.

He arrived in Niagara Falls early in the afternoon to attend a solidarity rally by Unite Here Canada, a union which represents hospitality and some trade workers, to protest the management’s treatment of employees at the three hotels owned by Canadian Niagara Hotels: Sheraton on the Falls, Brock Plaza and the Skyline Inn.