Stanley Ave

Graham on December 19th, 2012

If you’ve been following the blog for a long time, or know what hotels have been approved (but not built), then you know that several years ago the Loretto Academy on Stanley Avenue was sold. There has been talk for years that a hotel complex was going to be build. I still think it is [...]

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A few weeks ago my family went to stay at the Doubletree Fallsview Resort & Spa by Hilton – Niagara Falls. We’ve stayed at the Doubletree a couple of times before (you can read my postings about our first visit and our second visit). Actually, the reason why we went was because my children see the [...]

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Graham on November 21st, 2012

From the Niagara Falls Review: It’s not about competition. It’s about complementing each other. With news this week Nelly Furtado and Hedley will headline the Niagara Parks Commission’s free New Year’s Eve concert at Queen Victoria Park, organizers at the city’s convention centre say it will go hand-in-hand with the Deadmau5 show at the Stanley [...]

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Graham on July 19th, 2012

From Niagara This Week: The exhibits for the most part are in place but there are still some finishing touches needed before the doors of a re-invented Niagara Falls History Museum swing open to the public for the first time on Saturday. “We moved in two months ago,” Niagara Falls Museums manager Clark Bernat said [...]

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Graham on March 26th, 2012

The new Wyndham Garden Niagara Falls on Stanley Avenue has some real signs up now (not just tarps/banners).

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Graham on February 8th, 2012

The 241 Pizza location that was on Stanley Ave (across from the new Wyndham Garden), is now out of business.

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Graham on February 7th, 2012

The new Mac’s convenience store location (former 7-Eleven) is almost ready to open. The gas bar is in place, the store looks stocked, and the parking lot has one layer of pavement on it.

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Graham on January 27th, 2012

The Mac’s convenience store/Shell gas station that will be opening at the corner of Stanley Ave and Ferry St is coming along. The other day the big Mac’s sign went up on the building.

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Graham on January 16th, 2012

I had posted previously that the underground gas tanks at the new Mac’s convenience store location (former 7-Eleven) at the corner of Stanley Ave and Ferry St were being taken out. I was wrong. It turns out they are just cleaning them up. The 7-Eleven used to have a Beaver gas bar with it. I [...]

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Graham on January 11th, 2012

The posting from earlier today was actually a picture I took several days ago, and then scheduled to appear. Then yesterday when I was out walking I saw that they have a sign up now. It is going to be a Wyndham Garden. Not a bad guess on my part! You can visit their new [...]

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