Wallenda feat devolves into a political football

From the Buffalo News: It seemed like an event that even Niagara Falls couldn’t screw up.The son of a famous wire-walking family wanted to tempt fate at the region’s natural wonder. A national television network agreed to give the city more free advertising than it could buy. And thousands of people were vying to get…

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New attractions at Dave & Busters on Clifton Hill

When Dave & Busters opened on Clifton Hill, they didn’t have any of the attractions ready inside, just the arcade games. They added some new attractions and themeing (Captain Jack), and just recently added a couple of other things. I’m not sure what they are (their web site hasn’t been updated yet), but there is…

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New player in race for Falls’ tallest building

From the Niagara Falls Review: When Ralph Terrio and Hunter Milborne announced they had bought the Niagara Falls Aviary and Michael’s Inn hotel buildings three months ago, they were coy about their future plans. Now those plans are public, and they’re big. Niagara Falls city council unanimously voted Tuesday night to allow two hotel towers…

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Jay Cochrane’s Skywalks

I haven’t had a chance yet to see Jay Cochrane walk the wire from the Skylon Tower to the Hilton Fallsview tower. I’ve seen him before and thought it was an excellent show. Apparently there are a couple of great ways to see the walk. The first is to be there in person. You can…

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Twitter updates for 2012-07-25

@steveblaney1 Cool! I'll stop by next week and take a picture of the new location. Thanks for letting us know Steve in reply to steveblaney1 # I'm walking through Queen Victoria Park and someone just nodded at me and said my name. I have no idea who it was 🙁 # The Zimmerman Fountain is…

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Clifton Hill ride almost ready to relaunch

From the Niagara Falls Review: It has had its fair share of ups and downs, but that’s sort of symbolic for the Pile Driver. The Clifton Hill thrill ride that sent those who dared to be shot 200 feet up into the air and plummet back down again at high speeds has been out of…

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Niagara Falls’ two weeks with Marilyn

From Niagara This Week: Some 60 years before Nik Wallenda walked a tightrope and focused attention from across the world on Niagara Falls; nearly two decades before the Christopher Reeve’s Superman made his famous flight over the mighty cataract to save a young boy’s life in 1979, Marilyn Monroe brought the bright lights of Hollywood…

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The Royal Cafe

As I posted before, the AAAA Royal Hotel is now the Fallsview Lodge. They modified one of the rooms on the Ferry St side to become a small cafe. It looked like it was almost ready to open, and then the other day I saw a notice on the window. Apparently they did all of…

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