Universal Inn & Suites
Dan M mentioned that the Econolodge on Stanley Avenue (between the 7-11 and the Doubletree Resort Lodge & Spa Fallsview) is now Universal Inn & Suites. Here are a couple of pictures I took with my cell phone:
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Twitter updates for 2011-07-30
I'm here with 10 kids… Yikes! 🙂 (@ Zooz) http://4sq.com/nBNKe5 # Here with 10 kids. Yikes 🙂 (@ Safari Niagara) http://4sq.com/oJQRPc #
Savor: A touch of class in downtown Niagara Falls, N.Y.
From the Buffalo News: Ten years ago, when my job included reporting developments – or lack thereof – in downtown Niagara Falls, I was often asked where to find the best meal within a walk of the famed cataracts. My answers made hungry people sad. Three weeks ago, I found myself eating at a fine…
Marineland jingle McNeil’s biggest hit
From the Niagara Falls Review: She may not visit often, but singer Suzie McNeil and Niagara Falls are now forever linked. Singing one of Ontario’s most familiar commercial jingles will do that. Come summertime, it’s McNeil’s voice you hear on TV telling you — over and over — everyone loves Marineland. “It’s pretty incognito,” she…
Daredevil eyes record for jumping out of helicopter
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…
Reduced plan for people mover better than none
From the Niagara Falls Review: It would have been preferable to see Niagara Falls embark on a closed looped people mover system, but in the final analysis, half a line is better than nothing at all. City council was faced with the prospect this week of either dropping the plan altogether or proceeding with a…
Tourist numbers still falling
From the Niagara Falls Review: Affordable meals and accommodation and aggressive advertising in the rubber-tire market are what’s needed to stem the tide of Canadians flooding across the river on holiday while Americans spend their vacation dollars at home. That’s the opinion of one hospitality industry insider, Silvio Garofalo, manager of the Beef Baron on…
Niagara Oscar winner made Superman fly
From the Niagara Falls Review: In a way, Colin Chilvers owes his Oscar-winning film career to a pipe that wouldn’t explode… Within a decade, Chilvers faced a much more difficult task as the special effects supervisor on Superman: The Movie. For the film to work, Christopher Reeve’s Superman had to appear to actually fly. In…
Twitter updates for 2009-11-10
http://twitpic.com/p0mzn – Here is a picture of some of the work going on at the lot where the Quality Inn Clifton Hill used to be. # There is work going on again in the lot where the Quality Inn Clifton Hill used to be. I’ll take a picture later. #