Kiki
This was Kiki. Kiki was pure evil. She did like my grandmother but she hated everyone else. I swear she would spit/ hiss/ scratch anyone who would look at her the wrong way. It is a wonder I like cats having grown up with this creature.
Philip Sheridan Elementary School, Tonawanda NY, final flag day 1982
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 […]
St. Joseph's New Cathedral, Buffalo, NY (demolished 1976)
Saint Joseph’s New Cathedral History (via preservationready.org and Kay Nou = Our House) In the early years of the 20th century, Roman Catholic Bishop Charles Henry Colton began plans to construct an even grander cathedral several miles north of the existing church, along Buffalo’s Delaware Avenue, where the well-heeled lived. The new structure would be build for $500,000 […]
Sometimes blog posts almost write themselves (well often I wish it was that easy but I digress). Today’s find was a program from the Ballet Folklorico of Mexico’s performance at Shea’s Buffalo Theater Monday, May 22 & Tuesday, May 23, 1967
A bird's eyes view of the Welland Tunnel in the town of Thorold near St. Catherines, Ontario, Canada