Last June I linked to an article in the Detroit Free Press about 10 ways to see the Falls. This article was picked up by the wire services and for several days my Google Alerts had links to dozens of reprints of the article. Well, I guess the Miami Herald is a bit behind. They just put it in the other day. So if you missed it, you can check it out:
The first sight of Niagara Falls is unforgettable.
But the second, third or fourth time can be just as memorable.
That’s because there’s more than one way to see water fall.
Most visitors (about 18 million per year) favor the Canadian side for its astounding view of Horseshoe Falls — the big one. But the American side has its charms, too, attracting about 5 to 6 million annually.
How to see the falls in all their glory? Here are 10 ways:
From the Niagara Falls Review:
A construction worker from Niagara was airlifted to Sunnybrook hospital in Toronto after falling about five metres at a construction site in Niagara Falls.
The man was in “serious but stable condition” when his stretcher was loaded onto the helicopter which touched down in the parking lot of the Imax theatre, said Sylvain Lepine, a supervisor with Niagara Emergency Medical Services.
Firefighters, paramedics and police were called to the work site of the new Hilton Hotel on Fallsview Boulevard a bit before 10 a.m., Wednesday. A carpenter working on the 20th floor of the hotel was knocked off balance and fell down a stairwell, landing on the concrete floor below.
I walk by here almost every day, and today at lunch I noticed several police cars, a lot of officers, and lot of men in suits. I guess that explains it! I hope the man will be ok.
From the Niagara Falls Review:
Hey Thunder Bay! Where’s your Sleeping Giant now?
Yet another accolade was showered upon Niagara Falls Tuesday, as the world-famous waterfall was declared “Canada’s Most Dependable Landmark.”
Niagara Falls was inducted into the “Dependability Hall of Fame” Tuesday.
It’s an Internet thing (www.maytagdepnedabilityhalloffame.ca). You can’t pack up the kids in the station wagon and visit it the same way you can go to the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto or baseball’s Cooperstown.
Confirmation of the honour arrived by e-mail Tuesday morning from a Toronto public relations company representing Maytag appliances.
The dependability hall of fame is a publicity stunt by the appliance company to mark its 100th anniversary (Get it? So dependable the repairman is the loneliest guy in town?)
This morning I received the latest update from Niagara’s Fury. They are asking people to guess what the attraction is.
I’ve got an idea… why don’t they tell us what it is!
With all of the demolition happening at the old Pilgrim Restaurant (future East Side Mario’s?), I wondered if they were going to tear down the whole building. Well, it looks like that is NOT the case. As you can see by the pictures, they have added “I” beams to the top of the existing ones and so the roof will be a few feet higher than it was.
This seems like a lot of work, but then I figured it must have something to do with building permits. Since they are still using the same building, they probably didn’t need to go through all of same approval processes that a new building would have needed.
Late last week (Thursday or Friday I think), the Fun Pass offered for many of the Clifton Hill attractions was expanded. Prior to this, for $25, the Fun Pass used to include the following:
With the change the Fun Pass now is $30 and includes all of the above but also includes entrance to Ripley’s Believe It or Not! museum. For $5 it’s a great value as an individual admission to the museum is over $10. I guess the question is… are people willing to spend $30. For a family of 4, that is an extra $20 plus tax?
Speaking of Canada’s interesting cannabis laws (and Niagara Falls being close to the border), High Times is closing. It has been open for just under a year, so I assume that the lease is up, and either the landlord wouldn’t renew it with them, or the store declined to renew.
I’m not up on all of the “lingo”, but apparently 420 has to do with cannibas (”pot”) culture. Because highway 420 ends in Niagara Falls, the city often ends up with a “sit-in” or something similar on April 20 (4/20 day). Anyway, one of my Google alerts brought to my attention a writeup from the 420 Magazine site:
On Canabian Day, Niagara Falls Potheads peacefully did just that by pleasantly protesting on the corner of Canada’s busiest tourist corner Falls View Ave. and Clifton Hill drawing gawks from tourists, but also participants. Besides handing out literature, organizers smoked up brave souls who couldn’t believe the audacity of the group to break the law.
“How are you guys doing this?” A perplexed but friendly fellow, who had heard me work the megaphone inviting anyone and everyone to “Meet the Potheads. We’re a friendly bunch” wanted to know.
“We’re doing it, man.” I replied, observing the lone copper who had taken up position across the street.
“Want to smoke a joint?” my hippie comrade asked the disbelieving American.
Talk about a weird and crazy vacation. Imagine returning home from traveling aboard, and we’re talking Canada, a fairly accessible country for the bolder American and telling friends. “I saw the Falls, but walking back to the hotel these Canadians smoked me.”
From the Niagara Falls Review:
The new Spring in Bloom Concerts is expected to attract 7,000 people to the city in May.
The concert series, hosted by the Winter Festival of Lights, recently secured $75,000 from the Ministry of Tourism’s Celebrate Ontario 2008 program.
The Niagara Falls event was one of seven Niagara recipients to receive funding.
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