From Travelers Today: Tourists who would like to enjoy the natural wonders of the Niagara Falls, may now also indulge in contemporary and upscale lodging, thanks to DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel. The $30 million hotel is one of Hilton’s 13 market-leading brands. The hotel, which had been under construction for more than a year and…
From the Niagara Gazette: A $3.5 million payment for the final design phase of the Niagara Gorge Project has been approved by the New York Power Authority. The project includes the removal of 2 miles of expressway segments of the Niagara Scenic Parkway, and replacing it with a scenic trail network and smaller road for…
From Niagara This Week: The perpetually delayed Canadian Motor Speedway project in Fort Erie has closed out another year without meeting any of its own deadlines. Early in 2016, the developers behind the speedway project claimed they would be doing “site alterations” in the fall to prepare the land for development, but that never happened….
There used to be paving stones (interlocking bricks) along Victoria Ave near the top of Clifton Hill, as well as a grass area. Recently that was all dug up and the fence for the new go-kart development has been moved out closer to the street.
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On Clifton Hill beside the Fudge Factory and underneath Boston Pizza are a couple of concessions… Sweets & Treats and Spuds Hot Dogs. They are currently closed, undergoing some kind of renovations. 15
I know these photos aren’t particularly exciting, but if you’ve been in the Falls over the last couple of months, this is definitely good news. The construction work that was happening on Victoria Ave between Clifton Hill/Centre St and Walnut St is now complete. It finished a couple of weeks ago. The road has been…
The former Tony Roma’s at the corner of Ferry St and Ellen Ave, which turned into Pip’s City Diner, is now going to reopen as Chuck’s Roadhouse Bar and Grill. I’ve never heard of it before, but apparently it is a chain.
From the Niagara Falls Review: After several delays, the Whirlpool Adventure Course will not open this year, and company officials are now pinning their hopes on next spring. “There’s two outstanding variance issues with the (Technical Standards Safety Authority) that we are continuing to move forward with, pursuing the variances,” said Lindsay DiCosimo, marketing and…
From Forbes.com: It’s a tall order to be one of America’s most iconic landmarks, especially in a country that boasts Yosemite Valley, Yellowstone, the Grand Canyon, and dozens of other natural wonders that exist nowhere else on earth. But ask any American—or virtually anyone in the world who’s travelled to the U.S. for that matter—and…