Historic Niagara Falls “Hotel Niagara” to see major transformation

From WIVB Channel 4 in Buffalo: “It fell into disrepair and it sat, and now it’s coming back to life,” said Governor Andrew Cuomo. Governor Cuomo toured the inside of the Hotel Niagara that is soon set to see a major transformation. The historic hotel that has been vacant for many years is where Marilyn…

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MAGIC IN THE MIST: NIAGARA FALLS ON FILM

This article on FilmSchoolRejects.com talks a lot about the history of Niagara Falls in the movies. It includes references to the Marilyn Monroe movie, as well as others Niagara Falls is one of the most famous natural wonders in the world. It only makes sense that it has appeared onscreen many times throughout the years….

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Niagara Falls calls and you can follow in Marilyn Monroe’s footsteps by taking a tower trip for awesome views

From the Sun (UK): NOTHING can prepare you for the power and majesty of Niagara Falls. I’d wanted to see them since a relative had brought me back a souvenir snowglobe when I was a kid. I wouldn’t get to see them in all their deafening glory until more than 30 years later — but…

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Pokemon Go helps boost tourism at Niagara Falls to all-time high

From Syracuse.com: Everyone who makes their living in the tourism industry in the Niagara Falls area is talking about it. Summer 2016 was reported as an all-time high, with the Niagara USA Official Visitor Center, assisting over 103,000 people, a 16 percent increase over 2015. “I watched the old movie ‘Niagara’ with Marilyn Monroe and…

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The story of the Niagara River: The water wonder of the world

From the Globe and Mail: Oscar Wilde, Richard Nixon, Pierre Trudeau, Marilyn Monroe, Winston Churchill, Shirley Temple, Abraham Lincoln, Mark Twain, Charles Blondin, Wild Bill Hickok, Laura Secord, H.G. Wells, Charles Dickens, Helen Keller, Sir Harry Oakes, Jimmy Stewart, Princess Diana … Bit characters all – in a story in which the main character has…

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Marilyn Monroe’s room at the Crowne Plaza, Niagara Falls

From the Niagara Falls Review: Marilyn Monroe slept here. It’s Room 801 inside the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Niagara Falls and if you play your cards right, you can sleep there, too. It’s on the eighth floor, right at the end of the hall, on the left side. “It’s more than just the room, it’s…

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Niagara USA recreates ‘Niagara’ in anniversary package

Niagara Frontier Publications has an article about celebrating the 60th anniversary of the movie “Niagara. Through May 2013, you have the opportunity to celebrate the movie, starring Marilyn Monroe, by experiencing some of the best Niagara Falls attractions from the film. The Niagara Tourism & Convention Corp has created a package that includes some of the…

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Niagara Falls’ two weeks with Marilyn

From Niagara This Week: Some 60 years before Nik Wallenda walked a tightrope and focused attention from across the world on Niagara Falls; nearly two decades before the Christopher Reeve’s Superman made his famous flight over the mighty cataract to save a young boy’s life in 1979, Marilyn Monroe brought the bright lights of Hollywood…

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Unclear Future for Mainstay of Niagara Mist

From the New York Times: The Maid of the Mist tour boats have plied the roiling waters of the Niagara Gorge since the 1840s, taking tens of millions of visitors, including the future King Edward VII (1860), Marilyn Monroe (1952) and Mikhail Gorbachev (1983), past the American Falls to the base of the Horseshoe Falls,…

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Canada’s fling with Marilyn

(this isn’t directly related to Niagara Falls, but there is a blurb about Marilyn Monroe being in Niagara Falls) From the Niagara Falls Review: We know her influence in the U.S. but what kind of impression did Marilyn Monroe leave in Canada? Plenty, according to the man who organized an exhibition in her honour at…

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