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Press
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Bi-national
Niagara Tourism Alliance Announces "Doors Open Niagara":
The Bi-national
Niagara Tourism Alliance has announced that it will present a celebration
of the historic sites and architecture of Western New York and the
Niagara Region of Southern Ontario on October 19-20, 2002. Doors
Open Niagara will give visitors a chance to step inside some of
the region’s finest buildings, many of which are not normally
open to the public. "This
region has a wealth of outstanding architecture and significant
heritage sites," said Patrick Fagan, President, Shea’s
Performing Arts Center, and Co-chair of the Doors Open Niagara Committee.
"But there has never been a single event which celebrated what
is truly a world-class asset. The time has come to shine a very
bright light on one of the area’s greatest attractions." The weekend-long
event will feature more than 70 buildings on both sides of the Niagara
River. Among the participating buildings on the U.S. side are Erie
Community College City Campus (Old Post Office), the Jacobs Executive
Development Center (designed by McKim, Mead and White), the Roycroft
Inn and Campus, and Frank Lloyd Wright’s Graycliff. In Canada,
the Court House in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Fralick’s Tavern in
Niagara Falls and Mahoney’s Dolls’ House Gallery (a stop
on the Underground Railroad) in Fort Erie will all be open to the
public. Admission to participating buildings is free of charge. Doors Open
Niagara is based on a model developed in Scotland in 1990 which
has spread to more than 47 countries and annually attracts millions
of visitors. "Our goal is to increase the public’s awareness of our extraordinary built environment," said Arlene White of the Ontario Ministry of Tourism and Co-chair of the Doors Open Niagara committee. "We envision Doors Open as an annual event that helps increase cultural tourism to the bi-national Niagara region." ### |
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