From the Buffalo News: A resort that would consist of the tallest buildings in Niagara Falls, Ont., is in the works. Developers Ralph Terrio and Hunter Milborne are moving forward on plans for two gleaming towers, one with 61 stories, the other with 60 stories, on River Road near the Rainbow Bridge. The project cleared…
From the Buffalo News: It seemed like an event that even Niagara Falls couldn’t screw up.The son of a famous wire-walking family wanted to tempt fate at the region’s natural wonder. A national television network agreed to give the city more free advertising than it could buy. And thousands of people were vying to get…
From the Buffalo News: Perhaps more than any other free, outdoor concert series in Western New York, Hard Rock Rocks Old Falls Street is presented as a community event more than just a big concert with basic concessions. Saturday night, the two blocks of Old Falls Street were filled with puppeteers, in-your-face mimes, vendors and…
From the Buffalo News: Nik Wallenda’s wire-walk made history and brought Niagara Falls worldwide publicity, but it also cost the two cities tens of thousands in public safety expenses. Wallenda has paid roughly half the tab on each side of the border, but the cities are taking two different approaches on collecting the remainder of…
From the Buffalo News: With workman-like precision, Jay Cochrane put one soft-soled shoe four inches in front of the other across 1,300 feet of wire some 581 feet above the ground to walk into the record books Friday. The acclaimed wire-walker made the 31-minute trek from the Skylon Tower to the Hilton Fallsview Hotel’s north…
From the Buffalo News: The Niagara Falls skyline in New York will soon look a little more like the Niagara Falls skyline in Canada. The Seneca Gaming Corp. on Monday announced it is building a billboard-sized video screen atop its Niagara Falls casino. Like its competitors across the Niagara River, the Seneca casino by month’s…
From the Buffalo News: More than 13 million people around the globe tuned in June 15 to watch Nik Wallenda walk across Niagara Falls, and many say the thundering waterfalls has never looked better. But can the city use the stunt to spring itself forward, or will June 15 be remembered as another perfect opportunity…
From a letter to the editor of the Buffalo News: Being born and raised in Niagara Falls, it meant real excitement for me to watch Nik Wallenda pull this off. Tether or not, it was a pleasure to see another American visit my old hometown and display his talent and courage over one of the…
From the Buffalo News: Nik Wallenda wire-walked into history at Niagara Falls on Friday, but the effects quickly rippled around the world. “As far as feats of derring-do go, they don’t get much more primal or more terrifying,” wrote the Guardian of England. Wallenda hovered over the gorge like a “latter-day Moses,” said the New…
From the Buffalo News: Wire-walking history is about to be made again at Niagara Falls. Jay Cochrane begins the first of his 80 death-defying walks between two hotel towers this summer at 7 o’clock tonight in Niagara Falls, Ont. When he does, he will also be performing the longest (1,300 feet) and highest (581 feet)…