After years of review and discussion, the city began to demolish much of the Canal District in the late 1930's and displacing hundreds from their substandard housing.
Industry in the Buffalo region operated according to the cycle of the seasons from the beginning of commercial traffic on the Great Lakes in the early 1800's.
Aerial views of Downtown Buffalo in 1950s.
Aerial view of Downtown Buffalo in late 1950s.
A significant part of Buffalo's history is now the backdrop for a new attraction at Canalside and the Outer Harbor.
Once the largest wholesale market in the city of Buffalo, the Elk Street Market was a central trading place for early residents.
In 1870, Patrick Kane opened a bar on this wedge-shaped plot and, in 1874, built the structure above to be a bar and boardinghouse.
With a seemingly endless number of works written in genres almost as numerous, Fletcher Pratt deserves his place among Western New York's noted literary figures.
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Through a partnership with Christopher Behrend Photography, we bring you this photography book showing the end result of the restoration of the Art Nouveau murals in the North Park Theatre.
Through a partnership with Christopher Behrend Photography, we bring you this unique collection of the most intense & beautiful winter icescapes-captured during the incredible winter months of 2019.