Power station gearing up for new life; Rediscovering Niagara

    From the Niagara Falls Review: After 33 years of dormancy, there is new activity behind the columns of the Toronto Power Generating Station. But the stately building that sits above the falls won’t be used to generate electricity. It is being dismantled 100 years after it was built. In May, around 50 workers began removing…

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    Falls will get ‘family-friendly’ park

    From the Buffalo News: Next year, the city will have a new a pocket park that’s being dubbed “Niagara Falls Adventure Park.” The “family friendly” park will be constructed at 730 Cedar Ave., between Main Street and Portage Road, on the site of an already demolished home about a block behind City Hall. The park…

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    Best of Access Niagara – Doubletree Marineland package

    This is the first of my “Best of Access Niagara“. This series looks back on popular posts, highly commented posts, my favourite places, etc. The DoubleTree Fallsview Resort & Spa by Hilton – Niagara Falls open in 2004, and it looks like my first post about them was in 2005. I had never heard of…

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    NPC says it followed the rules for carousel deal

    From the Niagara Falls Review: They won’t say how much it cost for the six-week rental of a carousel ride, but the Niagara Parks Commission says the proper bidding process was followed. The Victorian Candy Lane carousel opened Saturday at Queen Victoria Place and the NPC says more than 700 rides were taken on the…

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      Amtrak Adventures — Niagara Falls

      This is the travel journal of two British girls travelling across the great expanse of North America. Spending most of that time on very slow trains… We waved goodbye to our VIA Canada train as we jumped off on the Canadian side of the falls. … The Falls themselves are beautiful but nonetheless appeared swamped…

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      Twitter updates for 2012-05-11

      A couple of new and improved (bigger) Raptors outside of Dinosaur Adventure Golf on Clifton Hill in Niagara Falls http://t.co/BExQMi78 # Just went on the XD Theatre in the Great Canadian Midway. It was awesome!! # Checking out XD Theatre (@ Great Canadian Midway) http://t.co/M1HGhbHV # Another great day in Niagara Falls. Looks like a…

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        100 Things You Must Do This Summer

        Artvoice (“Buffalo’s #1 Newsweekly”) has an article about 100 things to do in the summer (presumably in the Buffalo area). #17 is about Niagara Falls. Task-oriented as always, we here at AV reached out to friends and colleagues, and deep into the archive of our own summer idylls, to assemble for you 100 things you…

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