From WIVB Channel 4 in Buffalo (including video): Nik Wallenda isn’t the only one practicing in Niagara Falls, Thursday. Rescue crews are also practicing for the big day, which is less than one month away. On day six of practice, daredevil Nik Wallenda made it to the highest point of the wire, while crowds clapped…
So, last week WKBW Channel 7 in Buffalo had an article about how the City of Niagara Falls (New York) was preparing for Nik Wallenda’s walk: People are already lining the streets to see the Great Wallenda practice at the Seneca Niagara Casino for his June 15th trek across the gorge. Mayor Paul Dyster said…
From Bullet News Niagara: Kids have that unique gift for getting right to the heart of the matter. So when daredevil Nik Wallenda stood in front of about 200 students at Notre Dame Elementary School Wednesday afternoon, the famed aerialist faced some of the best questions he’s been asked since he first began to make…
From the Niagara Falls Review: Experienced rescuers said it’s “amazing” a man survived going over Niagara Falls Monday morning — only the fourth time someone has taken the 54-metre plunge and lived. An unidentified man went over the Horseshoe Falls in what police say was an unsuccessful suicide attempt that unfolded in front of hundreds…
Last week I received the latest email newsletter from Falls Avenue. I think this is the first newsletter I’ve gotten that mentioned Nik Wallenda.
The New York Times has a nice article (including video) of Nik Wallenda practicing: Nik Wallenda climbed up a scaffold, stepped onto the steel cable and slipped the harness of his balancing pole over his head. Then he began to walk — each step a few inches in front of the last, his leather moccasins…
From the Buffalo News: Nik Wallenda doesn’t want to wear a harness when he walks on a wire above Niagara Falls. But his sponsors want to make him. He’d prefer to start the walk in the U.S. and end in Canada, though television officials would have it the other way around. And he wants the…
From the Niagara Falls Review: The holiday honours Queen Victoria’s birthday, but for the thousands of tourists who come to Niagara Falls for the Victoria Day weekend it’s a time to relax, have fun and kick off the beginning of the summer season. No trip to Niagara Falls would be complete without a stop on…
Last week I received the latest email from the Skylon Tower. It is essentially the same newsletter I’ve received the last few times from them, but with different prices. If they want to keep peoples interest, they will need to change up the design a bit.
Another in my series on hotel room keycards… Previously I had found Hilton Hotel and Suites Niagara Falls Fallsview keycards with information on the Watermark on one side (two different keys). Here is another card, but with information about Romano’s Macaroni Grill.