From the Buffalo News: The Maid of the Mist now has a key ally in its quest to remain open past next summer. Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo sees the company’s future as an “important” issue and has been working to save the tours, The Buffalo News has learned. Cuomo is “exploring all possibilities to try…
From the Buffalo News: A group of tourists on their way to Niagara Falls a decade ago would first notice the crumbling city streets. Then came the seedy hotels and shuttered attractions of a ghostly downtown. It looked nothing like the kind of place millions of world travelers flock to each year. But as Lt….
From the Associated Press (via WIVB Channel 4 in Buffalo as well as the Wall Street Journal): Authorities say three passengers fell from a jet boat into the lower Niagara River downstream of Niagara Falls and were pulled back aboard by the crew and other passengers. The Buffalo News says it happened Monday during a…
From the Buffalo News: So, now Niagara Falls is on its own high-wire act: Can it do what is necessary to bring a Wallenda family entertainment center to the city or will it stumble, allowing the other Niagara Falls – the thriving one that knows how to make the most of a good thing –…
From the Associated Press (via WHAM 1180 in Rochester): Wire walker Nik Wallenda says he’s looking at the U.S. side of Niagara Falls to put a semi-permanent entertainment center. Wallenda made history in June when he became the first person to walk on a tightrope directly over the precipice of the falls. He tells local…
From the Buffalo News: When David Stebbins was growing up near 15th and Pine streets, the Falls fostered a love for cities that has carried through his decades-long career as an urban planner. “When I was a young boy, when you walked down Falls Street, the sidewalks were wall-to-wall people. There were shops and restaurants…
From the Buffalo News: Two travelers from Florida came to see our natural wonder last weekend. But unlike most of the 8 million tourists who flock to the falls each year, it took Nate Frankoski and Mike Buonaiuto 49 days to get here. The college students rode bicycles from Key West, Fla., to Niagara Falls…
From the Buffalo News: The Aquarium of Niagara wowed visitors when it opened nearly a half-century ago. But many believe it is, as one lawmaker put it, a gem in need of repolishing. Aquarium officials are beginning the first steps of that process, and the state has pitched in to help. USA Niagara Development Corp….
From the Buffalo News: A multimillion-dollar plan to convert a 1960s Niagara Falls hotel into upscale lodging has received $1.5 million from the USA Niagara Development Corp. The project to rehabilitate the 135,000-square-foot Days Inn Hotel on Main Street into a Courtyard by Marriott will cost $10.9 million. NFNY Hotel Managament owns the property, which…
From the Buffalo News: A $66,100 agreement to pay for an assessment of conditions at the Aquarium of Niagara, 701 Whirlpool St., was approved Wednesday by directors of the USA Niagara Development Corp., a subsidiary of the Empire State Development Corp. The assessment is intended to help the aquarium make informed decisions about future reconstruction…