Twitter updates for 2010-02-11

Why doesn't the old Wolfgang Puck's building have a "Margaritaville coming soon" sign up yet? # Just noticed that regular blog visitor @adamwhite also writes for Business Link Niagara (he wrote about social media). Good for you Adam! # I don't know what time it opens, but the Clifton Hill-billy's shooting gallery on Clifton Hill…

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Jimmy Buffett chooses Falls site for eatery

From the Niagara Falls Review: The first Cheeseburger in Paradise to be sold in Canada will be right here in Niagara Falls, when Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville opens this spring. And there’s a chance the restaurant’s famous namesake will show up at some point to perform there. The eatery will be open year-round and feature live…

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Feb. 10, 1961: Moses Parts the Waters at Niagara

From Wired.com: Niagara Falls is a beautiful marvel of nature indeed, but urban planners were more interested in the falls’ potential to generate copious amounts of electricity. Of course, to produce power, the project needed a reservoir with a pumping plant, which would require land. Robert Moses, a famously elitist urban planner, didn’t wish to…

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