Twitter updates for 2010-02-11

Why doesn't the old Wolfgang Puck's building have a "Margaritaville coming soon" sign up yet? # Just noticed that regular blog visitor @adamwhite also writes for Business Link Niagara (he wrote about social media). Good for you Adam! # I don't know what time it opens, but the Clifton Hill-billy's shooting gallery on Clifton Hill…

Read More

Jimmy Buffett chooses Falls site for eatery

From the Niagara Falls Review: The first Cheeseburger in Paradise to be sold in Canada will be right here in Niagara Falls, when Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville opens this spring. And there’s a chance the restaurant’s famous namesake will show up at some point to perform there. The eatery will be open year-round and feature live…

Read More

Feb. 10, 1961: Moses Parts the Waters at Niagara

From Wired.com: Niagara Falls is a beautiful marvel of nature indeed, but urban planners were more interested in the falls’ potential to generate copious amounts of electricity. Of course, to produce power, the project needed a reservoir with a pumping plant, which would require land. Robert Moses, a famously elitist urban planner, didn’t wish to…

Read More

“When Ice Bridged a Gorge Between Nations”

On Saturday, Sherman Zavitz‘s column in the Niagara Falls Review was about when ice has frozen over the Niagara River right near the falls. Unfortunately the piece wasn’t online, so I took a picture of it for you to see. Occasionally the Review does this, so the only way to ensure you get it is…

Read More