From the Niagara Falls Review: Jay Cochrane hopes every step he takes on the high wire this summer will bring him closer to his two biggest goals: Raising half a billion dollars for children around the world and walking on a highwire over the brink of the falls. Each presents its own unique challenge. To…
I can’t believe they did all that work just to make it into a parking lot!
Getting a little ahead of itself, the Marriott Niagara Falls Fallsview Hotel & Spa sent out a newsletter on Sunday promoting a New Year’s Eve 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.
It’s hard to believe there is more money in running a parking lot than in running a motel. This is where the Maple Leaf Motel used to be.
From the Niagara Falls Review: When Chris Benoit visited Niagara Falls with his wife five years ago, he couldn’t stop talking about the children. “To be here talking to the kids – my biggest fans – is what it’s all about. There’s not a greater reward than putting a smile on a kid’s face,” Benoit…
On Sunday I received the latest newsletter from the Travelodge at the Falls. They are promoting several of their regular packages, as well as special packages for the Canada Day and Independence Day holidays. To sign up for the newsletter, click on the Join our FREE Email Mailing List link on the side of any…
As was mentioned previously, there is a new Quality Hotel on Ferry Street (it’s not Lundy’s Lane yet at that point). Here is part of the press release: Choice Hotels Canada welcomes the addition of a recently converted 145-room Quality Hotel® & Conference Centre in Niagara Falls, ON. Located in the heart of the city’s…
From the Niagara Falls Review: A fire at the idle Crowne Plaza construction site Monday shows why it’s important to keep people out of vacant buildings and for work to proceed on schedule, says fire Chief Lee Smith. Firefighters were called to the site at the northwest corner of Stanley Avenue and Dunn Street late…
From the Niagara Falls Review: Famed wirewalker Jay Cochrane may make a “brief walk” during a press conference scheduled for Thursday afternoon. Time and weather permitting, Cochrane will step out onto a 1,000-foot-long wire stretched between two 20-storey high towers near the Skylon Tower sometime during the press conference, which is scheduled for 1 p….
On Saturday I walked by Table Rock Center for the first time in several months. They have a good part of the building covered as they work on construction. As far as I could tell everything was still open for business.