Local historian John Percy offers up a collection of memories and family photos from when the leviathan rolled through town in 1939.
Once heralded as a progressive solution, the Buffalo Skyway is now seen by many as part of the problem. These mid-20th century images recall its opening and why it was built in the first place.
Once an uninhabitable forest full of rock ledges, the area now known as Lockport seemed like an unlikely spot for a boom town. That all changed when the Erie Canal needed a place to climb the Niagara Escarpment.
Buffalo's Central Terminal, an Art Deco landmark, served the city for more than 50 years. Travel back to the 1929 beginning through these original documentary photos.
James Sandoro's Transportation Museum is a tribute to the rich automobile manufacturing history in Buffalo, featuring the luxurious Pierce-Arrow.
Legendary aerospace and automobile engineer Bill Milliken routinely drives the same speed as his age. An impressive feat when you consider his birth year – 1911.
The Montezuma Swamp may be outside our immediate area, but it is familiar to us all from travel on the NYS Thruway. Doug Farley tells the story of how this immense obstacle was overcome in the building of the Great Erie Canal.
At the dawn of the automobile age, Buffalo, NY, represented America to the world in a grueling competition and came away victoriously.
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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.