No more Nathan’s famous hotdogs?

    Last year I took a picture of the Skylon Tower concessions location on Murray Hill and posted about how there was a Nathan’s Famous Hot Dogs location. The sign for Nathan’s is now gone, and it looks like it has been replaced with a Mr. Sub and DQ/Orange Julius location (which is also inside the…

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      Cochrane plans first walk today

      From the Niagara Falls Review: Jay Cochrane’s first attempted wirewalk of the summer was canceled again Tuesday. There are still problems with the set-up of the wires, but Cochrane expects to make his first walk of the summer today at 4 p.m., weather permitting, at the Skylon Tower, said his media representative Mark Phillips. The…

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        Benoit sign/banner and handprints removed

        I’m a little late in posting these pictures, but as of last Friday, the large Chris Benoit banner on the side of the WWE store, and his handprints had been removed.

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          “You’ll Have A Whale Of A Time!”

          Last Thursday I received another newsletter from the Marriott Niagara Falls Fallsview Hotel & Spa. They are promoting a Marineland package. You can subscribe to the newsletter by clicking on the Special Email Offers link on the side of the Marriott Niagara Falls Fallsview & Spa main page.

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            Niagara Falls Canada – A Summer Family Vacation Destination Where Families Can Unplug and Reconnect

            From Hospitality.net: How the family vacation has changed. The Alphabet Game has been replaced by personal DVD players on the annual road trip. And the kids’ favorite hotel amenity isn’t the swimming pool anymore; it’s the in-room video games. There are precious few places where children can unplug without pleading boredom, and where parents feel…

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              Film on falls gets American debut in revamped theater

              From the Buffalo News: A renovated Niagara Adventure Theater in the Niagara Falls State Park Visitor Center marked its grand opening Thursday with a 40-minute movie on the history of the falls. â€ŔNiagara: Legends of Adventure,” which has been shown in Niagara Falls, Ont., for 21 years, made its official debut on the American side….

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                Old Loretto Academy has new use

                From the Niagara Gazette: A historic building with a commanding view of the falls is now owned by a hotel chain committed to preserving its stately exterior. Seldom is that kind of foresight evident in a city which claims tourism as the leading industry. The former Loretto Academy in Niagara Falls, Ontario, a boarding school…

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                  Today in history (June 30, 2007)

                  The Olympian has this entry for the history of June 30: In 1859, French acrobat Blondin (born Jean Francois Gravelet) walked a tightrope above the gorge of Niagara Falls as thousands of spectators watched.

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                    Skate for Hope blog, June 25 entry

                    Rich Ralph is rollerblading across Canada to try to raise money for cancer research. On June 25 he made it to Niagara Falls: We arrived at Oaks Park in Niagara Falls where we stopped for lunch and were met by a reporter from the Niagara Falls Review. The actual waterfalls were only a few kilometers…

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                      Weathering … ‘the perfect storm’

                      From the St. Catharines Standard: Around the corner from Fallsview Casino and a wall of towering hotels, the two-storey Ritz Inn Niagara features a sign boasting deep discounts heading into the peak tourist summer season. The 25 per cent price cut is the only way Niagara Falls motel owner Hoat Oey foresees surviving what some…

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