Table Rock

Graham on December 19th, 2009

From the Niagara Falls Review:
More than 3,000 supporters are expected to line the route along the Niagara River Parkway Sunday as the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Torch Relay arrives in Niagara Falls.
To celebrate the arrival of the flame, the city is hosting a free community event starting at 5:30 p. m. near Table Rock that will [...]

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Graham on December 14th, 2009

From Niagara This Week:
The Stanley Cup is coming to Niagara Falls.
A slogan for the event being passed around the city is “two icons, one location.”
The Hockey Hall of Fame put together a package specifically for the 27th year of the Niagara Falls Winter Festival of Lights at the Rink on the Brink on Saturday, Dec. [...]

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Graham on December 3rd, 2009

From the Niagara Falls Review:
The gateway to Niagara Falls from the Falls Incline and parking lot has been at the same location for more than a quarter of a century.
So what’s different now? Pedestrians are now delivered to the second floor of Table Rock, instead of the first floor.
Why? For public safety and accessibility.
Prior to [...]

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From the Niagara Falls Review:
If you’re checking out the new Rink at the Brink this weekend, you’ll have no trouble finding it. The Niagara Parks Commission’s new fence running the length of its Table Rock parking lot makes it impossible to miss it.
It turns visitors to the falls into cattle, herding them from the parking [...]

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Graham on November 30th, 2009

From the Niagara Falls Review:
It won’t take long for the city’s newest ice rink to heat up.
A three-month battle of the bands competition starts next Thursday at Rink at the Brink, the new outdoor facility that opened near Table Rock Wednesday.
Rock the Ice Nights will run every Thursday until a champion is crowned Feb. 25, [...]

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Graham on November 14th, 2009

From the Niagara Falls Review:
Daredevil Dean Sullivan is back in town.
Sullivan filmed two stunts this month in which he used his face-first rappelling technique to jump from the top of the Niagara gorge, near the Horseshoe Falls.
“(Wednesday’s) was great. It was awesome. It was fantastic. It took me a couple seconds,” he said.
“It was one [...]

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Graham on October 26th, 2009

From the Niagara Falls Review:
There’s a new picture hanging inside Table Rock House -one that symbolizes the friendship and co-operation between two famous attractions a world apart.
On Thursday, Niagara Parks Commission chairman Jim Williams, Mayor Ted Salci and Regional Chairman Peter Partington welcomed a delegation from China’s YanQing County and the Badaling Great Wall Administration [...]

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Graham on September 19th, 2009

From the Niagara Falls Review:
Outdoor skating is on its way to Table Rock.
The Niagara Parks Commission has approved a plan by the Winter Festival of Lights for the ‘Rink at the Brink,’ putting a 20- by-40-metre sheet of ice next to the Horseshoe Falls.
Festival of Lights manager Dino Fazio envisions a family attraction similar to [...]

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Graham on July 8th, 2009

The Oak Ridger, a newspaper in Oak Ridge, TN had a family on vacation write about their trip. One of their stops was in Niagara Falls:
At 11 a.m. we caught the Jellystone Campground shuttle to Table Rock to view the falls. Wow! Niagara Falls, like the Grand Canyon, is one of those amazing feats of [...]

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From the Vancouver Courier:
Two teenagers, one day, one natural wonder of the world. With our vacation time running out in Toronto, our family makes a mad dash to Niagara Falls. Our plan is simple: get there early, stay late, see as much as we can.
Of course, “early” is a relative term with teenagers. It’s 10 [...]

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