A coloring book of historic buildings in Buffalo New York. All illustrations in this coloring book were adapted from the book Buffalo Illustrated: Commerce, Trade and Industries of Buffalo, published in 1890 by Anderson & Gillette and the Courier Printing Company. The copy used to create this book as well as many other wonderful items … Read more
I realize that I am biased since so many members of my family were baptized & married at St. Ann’s (and my great grandfather was a long time Scoutmaster), but we need to save St. Ann’s. I don’t know Sandi Russo, but I do know she was spot on in her thinking when she sent this … Read more
I’ve blogged about his location before (in what is in that space now) but this is what it looked like back in 1948
Now known as Marshalls Plaza, the strip mall has also been known as Great Arrow Plaza and, when it first opened in 1948, the Delaware Park Shopping Center. The apartment buildings in the background are still recognizable. The big tenants when this photo was snapped were the A&P market and the Western Savings Bank branch — which was opened after…
Source: What It Looked Like Wednesday: A&P, Delaware at Great Arrow, 1948 – BN Chronicles
In 1981, every building on the block between Main, Washington, Huron, and Chippewa, except the original Buffalo Savings Bank, was razed. Source: Looking Backward: Main & Chippewa, 1980
