Niagara Falls State Park
From the Buffalo News:
State legislators from the Assembly and Senate and from both sides of the political aisle were quick over the weekend to criticize the proposed closing of state parks and historic sites as part of Gov. David A. Paterson’s effort to close an anticipated budget gap of $8.2 billion in the fiscal year [...]
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From the Niagara Gazette:
City tourism officials expressed support on Monday for a tentative plan to celebrate the 125th anniversary of the opening of Niagara Falls State Park with a July parade through the downtown area.
Members of the Niagara Falls Tourism Advisory Board endorsed the concept of the city celebration parade, which is being developed in [...]
From the Buffalo News:
The Aquarium of Niagara is wading toward a major expansion.
Aquarium officials are in the early planning stages of an addition and remodeling project that could double the size of the attraction just outside Niagara Falls State Park.
They plan to submit an application next month for a $5 million state grant for the [...]
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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 floor to [...]
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From the Buffalo News:
It has taken decades for State Parks and the City of Niagara Falls to cast their lot together in an international city that has seen better days.
A decision to share an employee to help bring off a new city tourist attraction is just the start of what State Parks Commissioner Carol Ash [...]
From the Buffalo News:
A Buffalo design firm will draw up plans for the demolition of the glass Wintergarden on Rainbow Boulevard as negotiations over the sale of the building continue.
USA Niagara Development Corp. directors unanimously voted Tuesday to add $269,106 to a $504,900 contract with DiDonato Associates of Buffalo for construction administration of the second [...]
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From the Niagara Gazette:
In case you missed it, here are some of the highlights from ABC’s Good Morning America Whistle-Stop Tour show broadcast from Niagara Falls State Park on Tuesday
From the Buffalo News:
A guide from Over the Falls Tours walked through Niagara Falls State Park on Sunday and stopped in front of three nondescript white trucks and a Budget rental vehicle parked along a winding path.
“You know a little show called ‘Good Morning America?’ ” tour guide Marcello Rotella asked about a dozen tourists [...]
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From the Buffalo News:
They came, they saw, but they didn’t spend as much money as in years past.
That was an early assessment of the 2008 summer tourist season as local business owners and tourism leaders today wrap up a long weekend that is typically one of the busiest for travelers to Niagara Falls.
Vendors, hoteliers and [...]
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