2024-11-22

Category: Buffalo History

The last day of Bon-Ton stores
Buffalo, Buffalo History, retail geekery, the 716

The last day of Bon-Ton stores

Today is the last official day that Bon-Ton stores will be open. I’m not even going to try to write about the reasons why the Bon-Ton failed. There have been many articles written and conversations on various facebook retail history groups that have examined the reasons behind the demise of the Bon-Ton. Instead I’m going […]

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#tbt The last ever Flag Day at Philip Sheridan Elementary School Philip Sheridan Elementary School, Tonawanda NY, final flag day 1982
#tbt, Buffalo, Buffalo History, Dead Nancy Stuff, photo, Photos, the 716, vintage

#tbt The last ever Flag Day at Philip Sheridan Elementary School

The year was 1982. The Baby Boomers were growing up which left the post-WW2 suburb of Tonawanda, NY with more schools then students. The smaller K-2 schools built quickly for the boomer kids had already started to close (I was supposed to attend Horace Mann school but it closed the spring before I started- it […]

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