See my picture of Fun House on Cambridge University Press web site

Back in April, I posted about how someone from Cambridge University Press contacted me about using a picture of Fun House that I had taken. They didn’t care that it was in Niagara Falls. They were working on an English as a Second Language (ESL) web site. Well, the site is done, and you can…

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Hotel project gets unusual tax break

From the Buffalo News: The Niagara County Industrial Development Agency granted an unusual tax break Thursday that will allow a Canadian company to avoid property taxes for five years on a Niagara Falls hotel to help it buy and rebuild the closed facility. The developer, Merani Hospitality, must meet certain levels of investment to receive…

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Twitter updates for 2009-08-14

RT @NiagaraParksPR: MSNTravel has Niagara Falls in '8 of the World’s Best Waterfalls' http://bit.ly/IgPa3 (They use an awful pic, though!) # http://twitpic.com/dvqxe – Here is the new @BaymontNiagara sign # http://twitpic.com/dvqsh – It's a beautiful day today, and people are lined up to get down to Maid of the Mist # I got my new…

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THE YEAR THE FALLS RAN DRY

From the Niagara Falls Review: It’s like that famous Bugs Bunny episode. Up against the American government and frustrated by a low bounty on his head, Bugs becomes a master of mischief, pulling stunts -including shutting down the American Falls. Funny and cute in cartoons but impossible in real life, it was thought. But 40…

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Tours4Fun Announces “Best of Summer” Travel Photo Contest

From a Marketwire press release: Los Angeles-based Tours4Fun announced that beginning today they will be taking entries for their “Best of Summer” travel photo contest. Photos must be originals and of landscapes, not people, and prizes include a shopping tour of Niagara Falls, a Washington, DC tour, or Grand Canyon helicopter or airplane highlights tours….

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Twitter updates for 2009-08-13

I asked @WinterFestival about the "Rink at the Brink" a couple of weeks ago (before they announced it), and they didn't respond. Annoying! # Someone asked me today if I knew anything about Niagara-on-the-Lake cruises. I don't. Someone should start a NOTL Blog # I just drove by the back of Marineland (Stanley Ave) and…

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Canada’s Tallest Hotel Debuts

From HospitalityDesign: Hilton Hotel & Suites Niagara Falls Fallsview has opened its doors following a two-plus-year expansion that transformed the property into Canada’s tallest hotel. Rising 1,640 feet, the tower houses more than 1,000 guestrooms, including two presidential suites on the 52nd floor that feature a sitting room with a fireplace and views of the…

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