Sudbury native to walk between buildings in Niagara Falls daily for 12 weeks

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…

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Wire-walking is back, but this time, it’s daily

From the Buffalo News: Wire-walking history is about to be made again at Niagara Falls. Jay Cochrane begins the first of his 80 death-defying walks between two hotel towers this summer at 7 o’clock tonight in Niagara Falls, Ont. When he does, he will also be performing the longest (1,300 feet) and highest (581 feet)…

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The Dudesons coming to Niagara Falls; GUMBALL 3000, New York to L.A. Celebrity Car Rally

This is a press release that is dated on Friday for an event happening the same day. If they wanted to get more publicity, they probably should have given people more notice that celebrities were going to be around. For those that don’t know, GUMBALL 3000 is a car rally. I know this is late,…

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Painting the railings on Murray St by the Fallsview Casino

The other day I saw a work crew out fixing some concrete work along Murray St between the Fallsview Casino and the Skylon Tower. Yesterday they were out painting the railings.

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Springtime in Niagara – Best Getaway Packages

I couple of weeks ago I received the latest email from the Skylon Tower.

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Is the Skylon Tower environmentally friendly?

I don’t mean to make too much of a big deal about this, but it was nice to see all of these green bins (for food scraps) and recycle bins lined up outside the Skylon Tower. Hopefully they are used a lot.

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Work at the Skylon Tower

There is some work happening on the Murray St side of the base of Skylon Tower. The stairs and escalator are closed, and the steel I-beams are exposed (look under the Revolving Dining Room banner on the left).

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