Niagara Falls at Night
Chris was over in Niagara falls, NY last night and took a few beautiful shots of Clifton Hill / Falls Avenue, the American Falls, and the Skylon Tower. Check them out in the Niagara Falls at Night gallery.
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The (unofficial) start of summer
This weekend and next represent the unofficial start of summer in Niagara Falls. The Victoria Day (in Canada) / Memorial Day (in US) weekends are either on the same weekend or one week apart. We’re almost guaranteed to have decent weather, and so even though summer is still officially a month away, it is actually…
Historical Weather Data
I’ve posted previously about some sites where you can get weather information on Niagara Falls. One of those sites was for the Weather Network. I just noticed that on their main forecast page, they also have a Historical Data option. You can choose a date over the last few years and see what the weather…
Another skyscraper/real estate site
Emporis: Bringing transparency to real-estate markets. Their Niagara Falls page has 26 buildings listed.
Hotels on the Skylon property
While looking at the SkyscraperCity Forums, I noticed that poster domer248 posted a picture of what the proposed hotels on the Skylon Tower property will look like. Click on the image to view a larger version. You can read a few of the details at http://www.city.niagarafalls.on.ca/economicoutreach/qnewdev.html (look for Skylon Hotel – South Tower, Yerich Lands…
Tallest Building in Niagara
As we posted recently, Canadian Niagara Hotels is planning a 229m hotel on their property. There is a discussion of this going on in the ScyscraperCity Forums. I looked around the site a bit, and noticed they have all sorts of information on skyscrapers in major cities. There is a page for Niagara Falls, as…
Get Lost! at the Mystery Maze
Yesterday we went to the Mystery Maze on Oneida Lane, just off Clifton Hill. It is owned and operated by the Haunted House, Brick City, Fun House, Guinness people. The attraction isn’t very large, and it doesn’t take very long to get through (it took us 7 minutes). But it was fun and we wanted…
Guinness World Records Museum temporarily closed
Guinness World Records Museum on Clifton Hill in Niagara Falls is closed today so that new flooring can be put in. I assume they will be either opening again tonight, or tomorrow morning. The sign didn’t say.
Niagara Falls Tourism Annual General Membership Meeting
Niagara Falls Tourism is having its Annual General Membership Meeting on June 9, 2005. You can see the meeting notice here and any proposed by-law changes here.
Zoning amendment application deferred
On May 10 we mentioned an public meeting announcement had been posted between The House of Frankenstein and Ripley’s Moving Theater on Clifton Hill. Monday night the meeting was held and the request had been deferred while the city looks into how the applicant was able operate the proposed rides in an area for the…