All things Niagara Falls tourism…
From the Niagara Falls Review:
Niagara Falls will be bathed in blue, yellow and purple Friday to celebrate World Alzheimer Day.
The Horseshoe Falls will be blue and yellow, the official colours of the Canadian Alzheimer Society, while the American Falls will be lit in purple to represent the Alzheimer’s Association of Western New York.
For some time now, Canadian Niagara Hotels has had approval from the city for a hotel on a small piece of property by the Jolley Cut. The other day I was walking along Robinson Street, and there is some parking between Robinson Street and Murray Street that has big billboards for the Canadian Niagara Hotels properties (hotels, restaurants and attractions). I always assumed the property was owned by them.
There is now a sign on the property announcing a city meeting to approve the use of that space as parking for a hotel that will be at 5392 Robinson St.
I pulled up maps from both Google and Microsoft, but it is hard to see exactly where that property is. The City of Niagara Falls site lists the site on their Proposed and New Development Projects page, and they have a nice map that shows the lot:
Sure enough, when I was by the lot the other day, they have a copy of that same sign. The lot is currently being used as a parking lot.
Does this indicate that Canadian Niagara Hotels is going to start building soon?
From the Niagara Falls Review:
For the first time since the 1970s, Frank Herman walked into a local gas station with American money and had to pay exchange.
“I asked how much (gas) I could put in for US$20 and I was told I” could only get C$19 worth, he said, after filling up as the Canadian dollar crept toward parity with the American greenback.
“That really bothered me. I felt ripped off. I’ve never spent money on gas in the U.S. because I don’t believe in it - I believe in supporting businesses right here.”
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