Golden Griddle progress
The Golden Griddle that is being built as part of the Imperial Hotel & Suites has new signs out. I didn’t get a good look at the interior, but from what I could see it is coming along well.
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Traveling Circus | By C.J. Koster: I haven’t been neglectful, I’ve been on vacation. Duh.
Someone with a Blogger blog posted about a recent trip to Niagara Falls: Jinah and I just returned today from two days and two nights with my grandparents in Niagara Falls. For $175 per person, we had a king size bed at the Holiday Inn, two breakfasts, a dinner and a dinner atop the Skylon…
A Scene from the movie Niagara – Then and Now
Lots has changed in the 50 years since the movie Niagara was filmed. I could post all sorts of pictures of today’s Niagara Falls versus the Niagara Falls of 1952/1953. But I’ll only post one thing because you can be right there… One of the main locations in the movie is Rainbow Cabins. There is…
Family Day at Bird Kingdom!
Earlier this week I received the latest email newsletter from Bird Kingdom.
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Mayor Worried Casino Niagara Could Close
From WNED: The mayor of Niagara Falls, Ontario is worried that his city may lose 2,000 gambling jobs if Casino Niagara is closed. Mayor Ted Salci says there’s a possibility the Province of Ontario wants to close the original Casino Niagara and focus all of its efforts on the vast Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort. Salci…
For Gale and the Parks, the divorce appears final
From the Niagara Falls Review: It looks like any bid to get Bob Gale a second term on the Niagara Parks Commisison is almost out of gas. Niagara’s own oil baron was sidelined from the government agency in February, when his three-year term expired. Now, after Friday’s reaffirmation by the commission of its 2008 decision…
Review: Niagara Falls from Broken Habit
About a month ago I posted about a new play about Niagara Falls that is being performed in New Orleans. Here is some more info… From the Gambit: If Samuel Beckett were alive today, he might focus a play on an American treasure transformed into a tourist trap and toxic waste dump. But the message…
Parks to display first photo ever taken of Niagara Falls
From the Niagara Falls Review: They sat in a box across the ocean for 70 years before seeing the light of day again. Historic photos gone missing for generations. And when library staff at the University of Newcastle in Tyne, England found them in 1997 and dusted them off, they weren’t just looking at the…
Dani’s Wonderful Things: Day 4 Clifton Hill Amusements
Someone with a Blogger blog posted about a recent trip to Niagara Falls (including lots of pictures): Clifton Hill is the street where all the amusements are. The Wax Museums, the Horror Houses, Guiness Book of World Records, Ripley’s Believe It Or Not and on and on. There are so many places to see and…