Daily Archive for March 22nd, 2007

Niagara Falls Video: Butterfly Conservatory

My video of the week is usually done on Wednesday, but as I mentioned, this week is a little different.

There are actually 2 videos this week. Both of them are of the Butterfly Conservatory. This is one of the few attractions that I’ve never been to, but I hope to correct that this year. Since I’ve never been, these were obviously not taken by me.

The first video is only 21 seconds long, but it shows a plant with several clear shots of various butterflies around it.

The second video is much longer (almost 5 minutes). A woman acts as an unofficial tour guide as they walk.

The video next week will be from the waterpark inside the Great Wolf Lodge.

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Concrete evidence of hotel; Work on 58-storey Niagara Hilton continues in carefully choreographed work exercise

From the Niagara Falls Review:

Tourists watched with keen interest as the cement trucks kept arriving and the concrete continued to be poured into a giant hole Wednesday on Fallsview Boulevard.

Construction workers were busy pouring the foundation for the expansion of the Hilton Niagara that will be 58 storeys.

“Everything has been going great,” said Mike Fedak, vice-president of operations for Niacon, a Niagara Falls building company that is carrying out the work.

A job of this magnitude, he added, requires a great deal of co-ordination.

Forecast: Balmy and fun in Niagara Falls

From the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle:

The weather outside was frightful earlier this month when we ventured up to Niagara Falls in Ontario, Canada, with blowing snow and single-digit temperatures. But inside the Americana Conference Resort and Spa, it was a balmy 84 degrees.

Americana’s Waves Indoor Water Park, opened in 2004, was the first of three indoor water parks in Niagara Falls, according to general manager Lorne Conway. A $10 million renovation project resulted in a two-story, 25,000-square-foot water park with a retractable ceiling and a new spa featuring European amenities.