From the Buffalo News: Niagara Falls is one of the world’s most iconic natural landmarks. Gov. David A. Paterson and Sen. Charles E. Schumer think the cascading falls would make an ideal pick to grace New York’s quarter in the upcoming America’s Beautiful National Parks quarters series. But the U. S. Mint says no. That’s…
From the Niagara Falls Review: It was supposed to be famed wirewalker Jay Cochrane’s fourth summer performing in Niagara Falls. But now he’s making other vacation plans. What would have been a spectacular daily walk from the top of the Skylon Tower to the top of the new Niagara Falls Hilton on Fallsview Boulevard was…
From the Buffalo News: People magazine may have named him “Sexiest Man Alive” twice, but even Brad Pitt looked a little goofy in his blue Maid of the Mist poncho. The superstar actor was in Niagara Falls, Ont., on a picture-perfect afternoon to take in the sights of the world-famous cataracts Saturday. In tow were…
From the Buffalo News: A new system of tiered building heights proposed for the downtown commercial district would allow buildings as tall as 60 stories on some blocks under a newly revised set of proposed zoning codes. Allowing even taller buildings on some city streets closest to the Seneca Niagara Casino & Hotel was an…
From the Niagara Falls Review: It’s never easy to give up on a dream, but the city has made the right decision in dropping the monorail idea for people mover system for the tourism sector in Niagara democracies. Falls. A monorail is something that has been on the minds of city leaders for decades. In…
From Buffalo Business First: The hotel landscape in Niagara Falls will undergo a dramatic change in the next few months with the opening of two neighboring properties.
From the Lockport Union-Sun & Journal: This year, like so many other years before it, Maid of the Mist Corp. helped mark the unofficial start of spring in Western New York and Southern Ontario by lowering its fleet of boats into the lower Niagara River on Friday. The company has been preparing for tourism seasons…
From the Nashville Business Journal Graham had posted about this on Tuesday, unfortunately you have to subscribe to Buffalo Business First to have read the entire article. I just happened to be looking for something related, and came across the same article in its entirety at the Nashville Business Journal. Since Graham already posted the lead…
I have tried a lot of restaurants in my life, but sad to say I never got a chance to try an Outback. However I am not surprised to see these kind of places closing up with that kind of debt load. I actually took this picture last night and was going to post about it…
I noticed the other day that they have started running the piping down to the new Convention Center site along Livingstone Street, and the company doing the work on the new convention Center (Bondfield Construction) now have a couple of their trailers on site. We’ll keep you updated!