June 2008

The construction at the Hilton seems to be moving at a pretty good pace…

I haven’t heard anything else about Niagara’s Fury and whether or not it will be open today. However, the other day I took a couple of pictures of the contruction going on at Table Rock Place, and it looks almost done.

After some pretty extensive renovations, Al Macs (at the corner of Ferry St and Stanley Ave) is open for business again. The restaurant certainly looks better on the outside, and there is a nice large patio as well.

The new East Side Mario’s (has this been confirmed yet?) seems to have slowed down. Certainly from an outsiders point of view, it doesn’t look like they’ve gotten much done in the last few weeks.

From Niagara This Week: Anita Miller said she remembers Niagara Falls as a Norman Rockwell painting. Her husband, Willard, remembers an Eaton’s at one end of the downtown and Rosenberg’s department store at the other. There were even two theatres. During a historical walking tour on Sunday, a crowd of about 120 could imagine what…

Someone who guys by the name Ladie Lynn has a blog and she posted about some recent purchases she made: I just recently moved out to the Niagara Falls. I have been going out when I can, down to Clifton Hill.. You know, where all the parties are at?? & all the bargain shops, oh…

Someone with a Blogger blog posted about a recent trip to Niagara Falls: Sunday we went to the Niagara indoor water park and that was a blast! I was frightened of a few of the slides but overall well worth it to go down.

The Miami Herald recently had some information about staying in Niagara Falls: Q. Hotels are abundant on the Canadian side of Niagara Falls, but I’d prefer to rent a house or cottage on that side. Any ideas? A. The main strips on both the U.S. and Canadian sides of Niagara Falls are commercialized to the…

Yesterday I received a newsletter from the Great Wolf Lodge. I don’t think it went out to everyone who has signed up for their newsletter. I’m pretty sure it was for previous guests.

From the New York Times: The scenic attributes of Niagara Falls are well known, but if the pilot points them out to you in a plane at 30,000 feet, the falls can look more problematic than sublime, as if there’s a leak in the Great Lakes — it makes you want to call someone. On…