Naturally Niagara Falls is another video that you may see in a local souvenir shop. It is a pretty good little movie. There is a good mixture of history and facts. The narrator delivers some of this information in a dramatic way, which is a bit much at times. In between the bits of information…
I’m not sure why they have them and what they have to do with a wax museum, but Louis Tussaud’s Waxworks has some girls out front that do some dancing, and there was also a man standing across the street acting like a town crier.
We posted a while ago that the Travelodge on Victoria Avenue/Ferry Street gutted one of the end rooms that is right next to the street and was looking to rent it out. Well, it isn’t anything fancy, but a snack bar opene dup recently. They sell hotdogs, fries, pop, drinks, etc.
Tourism’s border divide Region’s hospitality tale a story of two nations To quote Charles Dickens, the first six months of 2005 has been the best of times and the worst of times for the local tourism industry. To those on the Canadian side of the Niagara River and Lake Erie, it was the best of…
Well, no wonder I haven’t seen Jay Cochrane other than on the initial media day. I thought his Skywalks were going to be very day at Noon, but they are going to be every day at 2 PM. Then the big walk is on Saturdays at 3:30 pm. World’s Foremost Aerialist Performs Summer Skywalks at…
What’s up with the blue-painted siding on the Classic Iron Motorcycle Musuem?! I know the picture is blurry, but you can see the blue and the beige/orange upper portion. They don’t really seem to go together. And it certainly doesn’t seem to match the name Classic Iron.
One of the first posts I ever published was about some major roadwork that was being done on Stanley Avenue. It took a couple months longer than it was supposed to and has affected tens of thousands of cars. When you come into Niagara Falls from almost anywhere in Ontario, you would be taking the…
In May, we wrote about an application for re-zoning on Clifton Hill to allow three amusement rides that had been deferred. The application was heard by City Coucil again last Monday night and was approved. The rides can seen operating on Oneida Lane off Clifton Hill.
This is an unusual year in that July 1 is a Friday and July 4 is a Monday. The Canada Day and Independence Day holidays are the bookends of a long weekend. The Niagara Parks Commission is hosting an event called Two Nations Celebration. Celebrate the birth of two great nations at the only shared…
This isn’t anything earth-shattering, but entertainment and dining establishments are always trying to look a little better. This is a picture of the patio at Wolfgang Puck Cafe. I never thought anything of the cement look that was there (before the patching was done), but it will look better with the ceramic tiles.