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Castles of Buffalo
I have a confession to make. I don't get downtown very often anymore. Working from home is great, but I admit I miss the action. I only get downtown a handful of times each...
City Living – Woodward Ave.
On Monday as I sipped my morning tea planning out my week, I decided to get back into Parkside for a hike. And I thought of Woodward Ave and how enchanted I was with the...
Circle Living – Colonial Circle
With all the traffic circles popping up all over Western New York, it got me to thinking about circle living. Symphony Circle is an incredibly busy and friendly place, and...
The Life & Times of 888 Delaware Ave
Sometimes a building seems to take on a life of its own. The Goodyear Mansion at 888 Delaware Ave is one of those buildings. Its history includes one of Buffalo's wealthiest...
Circle Living – Symphony Circle
I've been wanting to write about Symphony Circle ever since I wrote about the Birge Mansion back in February. History swirls around this circle like a lake effect snowstorm....
City Living – North Pearl Street
A few weeks ago, I wrote a post about the Midway Rowhouses on Delaware Avenue. After I did, a reader contacted me and told me about the rowhouses on North Pearl Street. I...
Blessed Trinity Church
Blessed Trinity Church has been on my list of things to write about for quite some time. And recently, I've received several emails asking me to write about it. Because I...
Two Buildings Nobody Talks About
You're in Niagara Square, downtown Buffalo. You're with friends from out of town, showing them around. What are you looking at? My guess is it's not the Michael J. Dillon...
Buffalo’s Rowhouses – The Midway on Delaware Ave.
I've been wanting to write this post about the Delaware Midway Rowhouses for some time now, and since I was literally around the block last week learning more about Franklin...
City Living – Franklin Street
I intended for this week's post to be about the Hamlin House. But they're doing work inside, and I haven't been able to get in to get the photos I want, so I decided to take...
City Living – Tillinghast Place
Like a lot of Buffalonians, I spend a good amount of time in Delaware Park. It's easy to get to and I enjoy the beauty of it. About twenty years ago or so, I headed over to...
A Buffalo Summer, 2020…
About a year ago, I published a post about Summer in Buffalo. And the other day, I got to thinking that everything is changed now. We live in a whole new world and I was...