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Apart from the Martin House Complex, the Parkside Neighborhood has its own national significance as an enduring Olmsted success.

Your Property Deed and the Holland Land Company

A history of the legal, financial and physical problems of opening Western New York to settlement, with emphasis on how the great survey of 1797 to 1800 was carried out by chief surveyor, Joseph Ellicott.

Pictorial

Waterfront Perspective Aerial - late 1950s

Aerial view of downtown Buffalo from the perspective of the waterfront in the late 1950's.

Pictorial

Waterfront - Foot of Main Street - 1900-1945

Foot of Main Street, c. 1900. Old D. L. & W. terminal upper center above.

Pictorial

Waterfront - 1967

Buffalo waterfront in 1967.

Pictorial

Lower Terrace aerial view - 1930's

Lower Terrace in the foreground, mouth of the harbor upper left (lighthouse visible), 1930's.

The Early Log Architecture of Western New York

Log buildings, the quintessential symbol of the American spirit, have a rich history in WNY. A few of these venerable edifices still remain, including the Gipple Cabin in the town of Lancaster, the oldest surviving building in Erie County.

The Alden Black Water Baths

Was the Alden black water a cure for rheumatism? Or an excuse to spend time in the country air? Either way, the town was never the same again.

Western New York Heritage

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