Parking lot where Maple Leaf Motel used to be
It’s hard to believe there is more money in running a parking lot than in running a motel. This is where the Maple Leaf Motel used to be.
June 2007
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WWE store pulls Benoit goods from shelves
From the Niagara Falls Review: When Chris Benoit visited Niagara Falls with his wife five years ago, he couldn’t stop talking about the children. “To be here talking to the kids – my biggest fans – is what it’s all about. There’s not a greater reward than putting a smile on a kid’s face,” Benoit…
Travelodge At the Falls News (June)
On Sunday I received the latest newsletter from the Travelodge at the Falls. They are promoting several of their regular packages, as well as special packages for the Canada Day and Independence Day holidays. To sign up for the newsletter, click on the Join our FREE Email Mailing List link on the side of any…
New Quality Hotel Opens just in time for summer
As was mentioned previously, there is a new Quality Hotel on Ferry Street (it’s not Lundy’s Lane yet at that point). Here is part of the press release: Choice Hotels Canada welcomes the addition of a recently converted 145-room Quality Hotel® & Conference Centre in Niagara Falls, ON. Located in the heart of the city’s…
Authorities fear half-built hotel could be deathtrap for vandals
From the Niagara Falls Review: A fire at the idle Crowne Plaza construction site Monday shows why it’s important to keep people out of vacant buildings and for work to proceed on schedule, says fire Chief Lee Smith. Firefighters were called to the site at the northwest corner of Stanley Avenue and Dunn Street late…
Wirewalker slated for ‘brief walk’ Thursday
From the Niagara Falls Review: Famed wirewalker Jay Cochrane may make a “brief walk” during a press conference scheduled for Thursday afternoon. Time and weather permitting, Cochrane will step out onto a 1,000-foot-long wire stretched between two 20-storey high towers near the Skylon Tower sometime during the press conference, which is scheduled for 1 p….
Table Rock construction
On Saturday I walked by Table Rock Center for the first time in several months. They have a good part of the building covered as they work on construction. As far as I could tell everything was still open for business.
Don’t scrap the border passport plan: 9-11 families
From the Niagara Falls Review: Beverly Eckhart grew up in Buffalo. So did her husband, Sean Rooney. They crossed the border often to visit Canada and Eckhart has a strong attachment to the Niagara region. But unlike the Western New Yorkers who are passionate advocates of holding down the status quo when it comes to…
Licences in, passports out?
From the Niagara Falls Review: The head of the Department of Homeland Security hinted he might be softening his stance on the requirement to show a passport to enter the U.S., during a visit to the Buffalo side of the Peace Bridge Monday. Michael Chertoff said enhanced driver’s licences might be an acceptable alternative after…
Signs say passport plan deters visitors to Buffalo Niagara
From the Buffalo News: Debate over a passport mandate scheduled to take effect next year has confused visitors to the Buffalo Niagara region, and local leaders say this year’s tourist season has already been hurt by the new identification requirements. While some believe the mandate to carry a passport to cross into the United States…