View from 9th floor gets judge’s clearance

From the Buffalo News: A ninth-floor observation deck in One Niagara on Rainbow Boulevard is open to the public after a judge’s ruling allowed the building’s manager to sidestep approval from the city to open the top floor. Supreme Court Justice Richard C. Kloch Sr. on Thursday issued an order to allow the building’s ninth…

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New display at Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Museum entrance

The work in the Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Museum entrance seems to be almost done, and it looks good. This is a picture of a new display they have. Obviously you can’t tell from the picture, but both figures move. There is a man who appears to have 3 legs. In the cage is…

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PHOTOS: Top faces of fear from Fear Factory haunted house

Every year around Halloween, Nightmares Fear Factory gets a lot of publicity from the pictures they take of their guests being scared… From KFOR channel 4 in Oklahoma City: A rather famous year-round haunted house in Niagara Falls, N.Y. called Nightmares Fear Factory sends out their “Faces of Fear” every year. Check out this year’s…

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    Commissioners for a Day

    From the Niagara Falls Review: Fast-food outlets like McDonald’s or Tim Hortons could have a future at Niagara Parks Commission properties, the old hydro generators near Table Rock could become museums and ice-skating could become a winter attraction if the commission embraces some of the suggestions received through public consultations held earlier this year. Be…

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    Niagara Parks to Once Again Take Part in Sleep Cheap

    From a press release seen in the Media Centre section of the Niagara Parks web site: In recognition and celebration of its 125th Anniversary, The Niagara Parks Commission (NPC) is once again pleased to be part of this year’s ‘Sleep Cheap, Charities Reap’ fundraiser. NPC will take part in this great initiative between the hours…

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    Disney Niagara never happened

    The Man on the Lam blog has a blog post called If You Build it, They Will Come which has an infographic that is “a look at the biggest proposed construction projects in Canada that never happened”. It has an Expedia logo at the top of the infographic. I’m not sure how accurate it is, but there…

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    Kicking off tourism season Friday

    From the Niagara Falls Review: Tourism officials in Niagara are expecting another solid tourism season as Canada celebrates its 150th anniversary. Jackie Phillip, manager of the two Ontario travel information centres in Niagara, said she has talked to a few tourism officials who expect to see business increase between 10 and 20 per cent. “If…

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