Qila Restaurant torn down

The other day I noticed that the Qila Restaurant at the corner of Victoria Ave and Magdalen St was torn down. I don’t know why, and I don’t recall seeing any signs. Just one day I noticed it was gone. The first image shows what it looked like (a screenshot from Google Maps). The other…

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Niagara Speedway concrete and steel work on ramp/spiral

The work continues on the Niagara Speedway go-kart track on Clifton Hill/Victoria Avenue

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NIAGARA DISCOVERIES: ‘A. Lincoln and Family’ visited Niagara Falls

From the Lockport Journal: Today is the 152nd anniversary of the death of Abraham Lincoln. We know that our 16th president visited the Niagara Frontier at least twice, and possibly three times, before he took his first oath of office in March, 1861.

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Limited construction expected at Niagara Falls bridge crossings this season

From WBFO News: Cross-border travelers have more than Canada’s sesquicentennial to celebrate this summer. Canada’s history is going to change recent history on the Niagara Falls Bridge Commission’s three crossings this summer.

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Just say Yes: Hall of Famers headed to Niagara Falls

From the Buffalo News: Days after being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, members of the legendary progressive rock enclave Yes have announced a date at the Seneca Niagara Casino. Though the group performed at the UB Center for the Arts last fall beneath the moniker Anderson Rabin & Wakeman, when Jon…

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Photography business rising from the ashes

From the Niagara Falls Review: It was a nightmare. K.J. Dong Jia was at home on January 15, 2016 when he received a call from his alarm company. A fire, deliberately set, had swept through his themed photography business on Victoria Avenue near Clifton Hill. “I came right away,” the 35-year-old father of three recalled….

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