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Watercolor "Historian" Opens Buffalo's "Windows to the Past"

Painter Dr. V. Roger Lalli, retired from his teaching career, has completed 43 photo-realist views of Buffalo, now reproduced in a new book.

E.G. Spaulding, Buffalo's Banker

The career of Elbridge Gerry Spaulding, father of the greenback dollar, and the history of the Exchange he built. In 1845 Spaulding's Exchange was the commercial center of Buffalo. What happened to it?

A Waterfront University?

The 1960s decision to locate SUNY Buffalo north of the city proper still haunts us today. Here are the reflections of Robert Coles, architect and activist for UB on the waterfront, on those controversial times.

The Commercial Slip, Part II - Wheeler's Hotel: A Microcosm of Buffalo's Famous Canal District

A drama created not from the imagination but from concrete excavation, paintings and drawings of the time, legal documents and site observation. What it was like to stand on the Buffalo waterfront before the railroads, when the only highway was on the water.

"From Flames to Fame" - The 1865 Sidway Double Portrait

A spectacular downtown fire and the heroic death of a fireman are just a part of the incredible story behind Thomas Le Clear's "Interior With Portraits."

An 1897 Hotel and the Theater That Never Was

The Mohawk Hotel is one of the many buildings to be demolished for the preferred site of the convention center. Here is the story behind its construction.

Buffalo Savings Bank - An Architectural Landmark

A look at the life of the building with the gold dome.

Main Street: What Number Is It?

The 1867 street number change.

Western New York Heritage

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