Twitter updates for 2010-08-31
@NiagaraParksPR Thanks for the info. I thought $40 was a little steep. I've updated the blog post to show the other pricing. in reply to NiagaraParksPR #
August 2010
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West 49 Take The Cake in Niagara Falls
I don’t know where I’ve been for the last few months, but I’m just hearing about this now (even though the earliest reference I can see about this is back in May). West 49 has an event called Take the Cake that will take place at the beginning of October: To mark 15 years as…
LaChiusa’s Queen of the Mist, About Niagara Heroine, in Development; Mary Testa Stars
I don’t know anything about this, but apparently there is going to be a play that is “about a real-life lady daredevil who survived a plunge over Niagara Falls”. The play will be about Annie Taylor.
Online reservation booking becomes increasingly popular
From the Buffalo News: The online booking of tourism reservations continues to grow in popularity, according to the Niagara Tourism&Convention Corp., principal promoter of tourism in Niagara County. Bookings through the corporation’s Web site ( www.niagara-usa.com ) in June and July amounted to twice as much revenue for local hospitality vendors as did bookings for…
Flickr: rfzappala’s Photostream
A Flickr user who goes by the handle rfzappala has posted some pictures of Niagara Falls…
Twitter updates for 2010-08-30
I'm at 2 4 1 Pizza (5546 Robinson St., @ Stanley Ave., Niagara Falls). http://4sq.com/aW4feN # Why do these articles sometimes disappear? RT @niagarareporter: Reconsider trolleys, former city worker urges council: http://bit.ly/cTbVlL #
193-room Hotel Niagara headed to the auction block
From the Buffalo News: The once-elegant 12-story Hotel Niagara, built in 1924 with 193 rooms, is going on the foreclosure auction block. The hotel, which has been closed for some time, has fallen on hard economic times and needs modernization if it is to remain competitive. It has been the subject of a mechanic’s lien,…
Reconsider trolleys, former city worker urges
From the Niagara Falls Review: Niagara Falls should put the brakes on the purchase of buses for shuttling tourists around town and reconsider an electric trolley system before plans for the new people mover system leave the station, says former city employee Derek Costello. But council members say their current people mover plan is affordable,…
Sophistication at Fallsview Casino Resort
From the Toronto Sun: Well known for its glitzy casino — the largest and most elegant in Canada with 3,000 slot machines and 130 gaming tables — Fallsview Casino Resort has also earned a much-deserved reputation as one of the finest hotels in Niagara Falls. Every year since it opened in 2004, the Hotel at…
From Hennepin to hydro
From the Niagara Falls Review (including a video): The area around Niagara Falls was to be preserved as “a mecca of peace” for the “millions of overworked and tired humanity” to enjoy, according to John Langmuir, the second chairman of the Niagara Parks Commission. A century and a quarter after it was created, the parks…