“This is my first attempt at miniaturizing a photo. The shot is of the Clifton Hill area of Niagara Falls at night. Taken on February 9th, 2010 from Skylon Tower using my old Sony DSC-H9 point and shoot.” Visit the site to see the picture… I believe this effect is called Tilt Shift, and I’ve…
From the Niagara Falls Review: Vote, vote, vote. That’s the only way Niagara Falls will have a chance to end up on the new Canadian version of the ever-popular board game Monopoly. Sixty-five cities were preselected for the national vote – but Niagara Falls isn’t on the list. Nothing to worry about, said Hasbro Canada…
From the Toronto Star: As an aerialist’s bid to tightrope walk across Niagara Falls next summer hangs in the balance, the commission ruling on his proposal is facing pressure to let the event proceed. Nik Wallenda, a seventh-generation member of the famed tightrope-walking Wallenda family, hopes to fulfill his lifelong dream of walking across the falls…
From the Niagara Falls Review: John Holer isn’t entirely certain what Greg Sorbara is hoping to achieve through his Ontario Tourism Competitiveness Study. Or what’s wrong with tourism all over Ontario. “But I know quite a bit about the situation in this community here,” said the Marineland owner. “If he wants to hear from me,…
The Tim Hortons on Clifton Hill seems to be coming along well. The other parts of the building seem to be making slower progress, but I’m sure they are trying to get the Tim Hortons open for this weekend (Victoria Day weekend) or next (Memorial Day weekend). The plaza area has some beautiful interlocking bricks…
This certainly comes as no great surprise, but HOCO has confirmed that the space where the Falls Tower used to be will be a new Fudge Factory. Artist rendering courtesy of CliftonHill.com
I’ve recently been in contact with Robert Orsini, Managing Partner and Vice-President of Sales and Marketing for the Doubletree Resort Lodge & Spa in Niagara Falls. I stayed at the hotel this past week and was impressed. I’ll be posting my comments, pictures, and videos early in the new year. Robert did send me something…
From a Nanaimo Daily News: Nanaimo daredevil Dean Sullivan has landed a summer job in Niagara Falls, where he is being paid to leap off a 155-metre tower and break the world record for the longest rappel out of a helicopter. Sullivan is no stranger to risk-taking. He made calculated jumps off Niagara Falls last…
Someone with a LiveJournal blog wrote about a trip to Hollywood and compared it to Clifton Hill: Hollywood reminds me of Clifton Hill in Niagara Falls. Clifton Hill is the gaudy tourist strip built in the 1950’s to ‘modernize’ tourism in the city by bringing the high cultures of wax museums, haunted houses, and overpriced…
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