From North Country Public Radio: Parks officials in New York are planning a project of historic significance: temporarily shutting off the American Falls. That will dramatically alter a natural wonder that attracts millions of tourists from around the world. The Niagara Falls State Park project is designed to replace two pedestrian bridges that are over…
From the Niagara Gazette: The welcome mat is out for another tourist season but neither side of the border seems dressed up for the occasion. In fact, at a glance you have the impression neither of the cataract cities was expecting company. For starters, Terrapin Point on Goat Island that overlooks the Horseshoe Falls is…
From the Lockport Union-Sun & Journal: State parks officials unveiled renovations at several key areas in Niagara Falls State Park this year, but the planned work is just beginning. Three Sisters Islands, Luna Island and Prospect Point with groundbreaking ceremonies this year. Those projects make up a small portion of the $40 million worth of…
From the Buffalo News: Plans to redesign Goat Island in Niagara Falls State Park will be the subject of an open house hosted by state parks officials from 5 to 7 p.m. Dec. 9 at the Conference & Event Center Niagara Falls, 101 Old Falls St. The format of the open house will allow the…
I have been gone for a little while – wait until you hear why. I actually managed a trip to the Falls. I traveled alone in mid-April. My husband couldn’t get away from work and I didn’t want to bore anyone while I fiddled with my camera settings and lenses. So, I get to the…
From WGRZ Channel 2 in Buffalo (including a video): Earlier this week a viewer sent us a photo of two cats on a rock on Goat Island in Niagara Falls – just a couple of the many cats that live there. The viewer was concerned about their health and well being, living dangerously close to…
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 Sudbury Star: It’s the summer of skywalks. Hot off the heels of Nik Wallenda’s historic wirewalk across the Horseshoe Falls, Jay Cochrane is getting ready to perform the greatest building-to-building skywalk in North American history – every day for 12 weeks. “It will be a continuation of a blockbuster summer of what this…
From the London Free Press: Nik Wallenda is set to walk across the Niagara Gorge on a wire in eight days, but first he has to figure out how he’s going to get the wire from one side of the Niagara River to the other. The logistics of stringing the 550-metre wire from Goat Island…
Apparently there are University at Buffalo professors who are willing to talk about Nik Wallenda’s walk: On June 15, high-wire artist Nik Wallenda will attempt to cross Niagara Falls on a tightrope — the first such attempt in more than 100 years. He will use an 1,800-foot long, custom-made, two-inch wire that will stretch from…