From the Niagara Falls Review: Steve Alek’s registered trademark of the word Fallsview could be undone by a semicolon, says a Niagara Falls woman with 20 years of experience in trademark law. “If all of these services (listed on his registration) have not been provided since the date claimed, I would question the validity of…
From the Niagara Falls Review: Steve Alek knows the words people use to describe him: Cybersquatter. Opportunist. There are others, but libel laws and good taste make it impossible to print them. For the most part, he says, he couldn’t care less. “You’ve got to have the mindset doing this, ‘How do (I) want to…
From the Niagara Falls Review: As we’ve been documenting for the past three days, there are significant challenges facing the tourism industry in Niagara Falls – namely, how to bring more visitors here and how to keep them here longer. Tourism isn’t, and must not be, a dirty word around Niagara Falls. It’s a major…
The city is doing construction work at the top of Clifton Hill at Victoria Avenue. The traffic lights have been taken out (I assume temporarily) and they’ve taken out the turning lane (I assume permanently) on Victoria Avenue that let you turn down Clifton Hill.
From the Niagara Falls Review: It is often said by locals and visitors that dining in the tourist areas costs more than it does to eat in the same restaurants in other parts of the city or region. Here’s what we found at several local eating spots:
From the Niagara Falls Review: This is the second in a three-part series looking at the state of the city’s tourism industry. Every year, more than 12 million people from around the world travel to Niagara Falls. Well-heeled and blue-collar families from cities and towns in New York, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Ohio; daytrippers from Western…
From the Niagara Falls Review: This is the first installment in a three-part series looking at the state of the city’s tourism industry Tourism is a volatile business, tied to local and global economies and impacted by national and international events. Like the exchange rate, for example: Something that has been touted as a big…
As has been commented elsewhere, the Pilgrim Restaurant on Clifton Hill is now closed.
A Windows Live Spaces user going by IndyMcDuff has a blog entry about some photos he/she took/posted: Falls Avenue on the Canadian side, as you can see, is chock full of monsterly attractions, something we were unaware of as we had never been there before.
As was mentioned in a previous comment, the Days Inn behind the Hilton on Stanley Avenue is being demolished.