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NPC to remove ‘unfriendly’ fence
From the Niagara Falls Review: It’s not exactly tearing down the Berlin Wall, but the Niagara Parks Commission plans to remove the iron fence that funnelled visitors to the Table Rock complex into its gift shop before they could even get a closeup view of the Horseshoe Falls. “This was a very unfriendly action, this…
Wondering about Wallenda costs
From the Niagara Gazette: They’re close but not quite there yet. Officials from the state office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation continued talks Wednesday with representatives from Nik Wallenda’s team on a formal deal to cover security, maintenance and other expenses related to his upcoming tightrope walk across Niagara Falls. A state parks official…
1938: Disaster over Niagara Falls
I came across this today, and had never heard it before. I’ve obviously heard of the event that led to the destruction of the Honeymoon Bridge, but I’d never heard a radio broadcast from the day it happened. CBC has a nice archives section and here is the audio for a broadcast that day: In…
Sleep Cheap Charities Reap branching out
From the Niagara Falls Review: It’s almost that time of year again. Local hoteliers are getting ready to open their doors to Niagara residents for the wildly popular Sleep Cheap Charities Reap event. Jim Diodati, founder and coordinator of the event, says he’s already hearing from people who want to know when the participating hotels…
Niagara Falls Web Sites: CliftonHill.com
The regular Tuesday feature will be a highlight of a web site that has to do with Niagara Falls. I figured I’d start off with the easy/obvious ones first, so today I will highlight CliftonHill.com. Clifton Hill is the street with all the attractions. There are dozens of them, but they are all owned by…
Space for rent on Clifton Hill – GROUND LEVEL MIDDLE OF CLIFTON HILL
I was browsing the Kijiji web site, and noticed one of the featured ads up top was of the Burger King on Clifton Hill. I clicked on the link, and apparently there is some space to rent. I wonder which space is available. 5,000 is a fairly large space.
Tourism minister pushes ‘stay-cations’
From the Niagara Falls Review: The provincial government is doing its part to help Ontario’s tourism industry, and the roughly 300,000 people who depend on it for all or part of their living, through challenging times. That’s the message Tourism Minister Monique Smith delivered during a luncheon meeting sponsored by the Niagara Falls Chamber of…
Twitter updates for 2010-07-19
There is some sort of filming going on at Dave and Busters on Clifton Hill this morning #
Residents oppose closing of state parks
From the Buffalo News: State legislators from the Assembly and Senate and from both sides of the political aisle were quick over the weekend to criticize the proposed closing of state parks and historic sites as part of Gov. David A. Paterson’s effort to close an anticipated budget gap of $8.2 billion in the fiscal…