Aerial view of grain elevators along the Buffalo River, 1924
By the mid-1800s, shipping businesses were looking for additional access points to the Buffalo Harbor. Once completed, the City Ship Canal was immediately successful.
Now that the inner harbor is once again receiving attention, Sue Eck looks back at the harbor in the 1920s.
At the turn of the 20th century, the foot of Main Street in Buffalo saw numerous ships travel through the harbor.
Originally built by Horace Bradley in 1829, this historic Genesee County home has sat empty since the 1980s.
An historic pub tour of the early taverns and stagecoach stops that accommodated our ancestors along the dusty trails.
A mysterious fire in the middle of a summer night sparked one of the most devastating fires ever to consume a WNY community. Traces of the event still remain in this Wyoming County village.
The rich woodcut and watercolor work of John Reuben Chapin, magazine and book illustrator of the 19th Century, receives its due in this retrospective by a descendant.
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Through a partnership with Christopher Behrend Photography, we bring you this photography book showing the end result of the restoration of the Art Nouveau murals in the North Park Theatre.
Through a partnership with Christopher Behrend Photography, we bring you this unique collection of the most intense & beautiful winter icescapes-captured during the incredible winter months of 2019.