From the Niagara Gazette: Mark Rivers is calling it the “anti-mall.” While thousands of eager shoppers will be running through department stores and retail outlets Thanksgiving night and early Black Friday, the man behind the new Holiday Market in downtown Niagara Falls is encouraging his customers to take it easy, avoid the rush and get…
The work sure seems to be coming along nicely where the Stanley Motor Inn and Fallsview Inn used to be. It is now going to be a Wyndham hotel.
From WBEZ.org: Niagara Falls, like most Rust Belt cities, has fallen on hard times. Even its tourist attraction, which once made it America’s honeymoon capital, has not saved it from economic woes. But there seems to be hope in Niagara Falls, thanks to a rising current of East Indian tourists. East Indians are visiting the…
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From the Buffalo News: Niagara Falls isn’t just a place where newlyweds go to snap pictures. It’s an international treasure that feeds into Lake Ontario and provides drinking water to Toronto and beyond. And now, its future is in the hands of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, both…
From Niagara This Week: After almost five months in the interim position, Janice Thomson has been appointed the chair of the Niagara Parks Commission’s Board of Directors. While the announcement was made by Tourism and Culture Minister Michael Chan on Wednesday, the appointment was actually effective Nov. 16. Thomson, executive director of the Niagara-on-the-Lake Chamber…
From the Niagara Gazette: Niagara Falls Redevelopment. For many years, candidates seeking elected office in the city of Niagara Falls have been asked how they would advise the city to deal with the company which, through its various affiliates, owns more than 400 parcels of prime real estate near the heart of downtown. This year’s…
I’ve posted several times about the house that used to be Ma Agretto’s was being torn down. I’ve posted on the progress a few times since then. Well, the foundation for the new building is now in place.
From the Buffalo News: Once, when Jane A. Porter was visiting Europe in the late 19th century, someone asked her if she had ever seen Niagara Falls. “Seen them?” she allegedly replied. “Why, I own them.” She wasn’t kidding. As an heir to the property bought by her grandfather, Augustus Porter, Jane Porter did indeed…
From Buffalo Business First: The former Stanley Inn, once a landmark hotel on Stanley Avenue in Niagara Falls, Ont., will be reborn as the city’s first Wyndham Hotel . Local developers are investing $7.5 million to renovate it into a nine-story, 152-suite hotel that will open next year. Located in the city’s Fallsview business district,…