Tourism ‘our General Motors’: Falls mayor

From Niagara This Week: Calling the tourism industry “our General Motors,” Mayor Jim Diodati said the city needs to exploit opportunities to stage “blockbuster events” to further increase the number of visitors coming to Niagara Falls. “People poke fun at it, but (tourism) is our General Motors,” Diodati told and audience of 200 at the…

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Marineland in June 2011

(as you can tell, I’m trying to get caught up on some posting before the busy summer season) For several years we had Marineland passes each year. Then we went a couple of years without passes. Last year we got them again, and went half a dozen times. If you’ve been to Marineland any time…

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Progress on the upside-down house on Oneida Lane

The upside-down house on Oneida Lane looks good. I know it is supposed to be an attraction, but I’m still not sure what you would do in it, and why anyone would pay to go in it.

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Is the Skylon Tower environmentally friendly?

I don’t mean to make too much of a big deal about this, but it was nice to see all of these green bins (for food scraps) and recycle bins lined up outside the Skylon Tower. Hopefully they are used a lot.

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