From the Niagara Falls Review: Wirewalker Jay Cochrane is ready to go – and if the weather co-operates today as expected – he will perform the first of his 20-storey walks this summer in the Fallsview district near the Skylon Tower. Wednesday’s rain prevented the 63-year-old world famous wirewalker from performing on America’s Fourth of…
Canada.com has a current feature called 50 Canadian travel highlights. There is one reference to Niagara Falls on the list: 10. Take a ride on the Maid of the Mist in Niagara Falls, Ont. Sure, it’s touristy, but worth every penny just the same. This isn’t particularly noteworthy, but there is a link to a…
Last year I took a picture of the Skylon Tower concessions location on Murray Hill and posted about how there was a Nathan’s Famous Hot Dogs location. The sign for Nathan’s is now gone, and it looks like it has been replaced with a Mr. Sub and DQ/Orange Julius location (which is also inside the…
From the Niagara Falls Review: Jay Cochrane’s first attempted wirewalk of the summer was canceled again Tuesday. There are still problems with the set-up of the wires, but Cochrane expects to make his first walk of the summer today at 4 p.m., weather permitting, at the Skylon Tower, said his media representative Mark Phillips. The…
I’m a little late in posting these pictures, but as of last Friday, the large Chris Benoit banner on the side of the WWE store, and his handprints had been removed.
Last Thursday I received another newsletter from the Marriott Niagara Falls Fallsview Hotel & Spa. They are promoting a Marineland package. You can subscribe to the newsletter by clicking on the Special Email Offers link on the side of the Marriott Niagara Falls Fallsview & Spa main page.
From Hospitality.net: How the family vacation has changed. The Alphabet Game has been replaced by personal DVD players on the annual road trip. And the kids’ favorite hotel amenity isn’t the swimming pool anymore; it’s the in-room video games. There are precious few places where children can unplug without pleading boredom, and where parents feel…
From the Buffalo News: A renovated Niagara Adventure Theater in the Niagara Falls State Park Visitor Center marked its grand opening Thursday with a 40-minute movie on the history of the falls. â€ŔNiagara: Legends of Adventure,†which has been shown in Niagara Falls, Ont., for 21 years, made its official debut on the American side….
From the Niagara Gazette: A historic building with a commanding view of the falls is now owned by a hotel chain committed to preserving its stately exterior. Seldom is that kind of foresight evident in a city which claims tourism as the leading industry. The former Loretto Academy in Niagara Falls, Ontario, a boarding school…
The Olympian has this entry for the history of June 30: In 1859, French acrobat Blondin (born Jean Francois Gravelet) walked a tightrope above the gorge of Niagara Falls as thousands of spectators watched.