Hello All: As we start to awaken from our cold winter, The Mob Tours has decided to offer a special to get everyone out of the house. Next Saturday, Feb 7 all...
More news from the Hydraulics... *:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:**:-.,_,.-* Cynthia Van Ness, MLS, bettybarcode AT yahoo DOT com ...
... Interesting. Except for a couple of clergymen, non-WASPS need not apply. But that was Buffalo in 1902. George [Non-text portions of this message have been...
Not Buffalo related, but it speaks to the need to preserve our shared heritage on both sides of the border. In some ways it was an uneasy peace after the War...
It is rare that I find humor that is on-topic. So I am seizing the opportunity. The following anonymous jokes come from a 1992 Buffalo News article about the...
The most recent news from the Historical Society... *:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:**:-.,_,.-* Cynthia Van Ness, MLS, bettybarcode AT...
For months last summer and the summer before, every time I went by a neighbor's house on garbage night, there'd be another stack of good wooden sashes on the...
"Marine Midland Center has the best view in Buffalo. It is the only place in town where you can't see the Marine Midland Center." I've heard that joke before,...
When I walk down many of Buffalo's residential streets, there are three things that I think have a substantial negative impact on the appearance, and...
... I once was allowed to see the very ~best~ view of the city. I headed up a survey team for the County to locate a signal tower for a County- wide GPS system...
I was sure I had written a column about people's ruinous attempts to modernize good things, but I must have composed it in my head and then forgot to type it...
Thanks, Kevin, I was hoping you'd chime in. Now, everyone program them into your cell phone for when you see good stuff on the curb. You can even send...
In spite of all the "remuddling" done to the house on Bedford, they left the 2nd floor porch pipe supports for the canvas awning, which is likely long gone. ...
I grew up in a house on the corner of Windsor and Forest, designed by a student of Frank Lloyd Wright. About 5 years ago I was riding my bike by and saw the...
Apologies for any duplication. This affects the Historical Society, the Albright-Knox, the Burchfield-Penney, the Buffalo Museum of Science, the Olmsted parks,...
Craig wrote: "I've heard some people talk about how they hate "old stuff," but why someone would buy a fantastic old house and get rid of the character of it...
Buffalo Tours is presenting a series of lectures and tours focusing on local history, architecture, and preservation. As a joint project of Buffalo Tours,...
... Asphalt siding was/is always ugly but it was a mainstay of so many houses in Buffalo that to me, it's part of what makes Buffalo Buffalo. And give me...
I own an older home in Buffalo (built in 1932) Some of my friends with the newer homes are sooo impressed with the oak doors, bannisters fireplacemantle...
Hi, gang, New York State offers free access to a very nice collection of proprietary educational, business, science, and other databases and online products, ...
"I have a drawing by Alexander Levy my grandfather. I was wondering if you could identify the building in the drawing? I belief it may be in Buffalo but I am...
I believe it's this one: http://www.buffaloah.com/a/del/800/north/index.html Looking at it via Google earth, it appears to be the west elevation. Vince...
Oooooh, you're good. It could be an artist's impression based on the Knox mansion because the artist drew a three-sided bay window where the Knox has a...
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