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Last Look: A.M.&A.'s Downtown

The building that formerly housed the Adam Meldrum & Anderson store is architectural unique to Buffalo.
Frank Lloyd Wright's "Buffalo Venture" Revisited

Professor Quinan corrects the record regarding Wright's first Buffalo contact, based on examination of the Wright-Martin papers at UB.
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?
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.
Historian's Notebook: Looking Backward 2001-1901

John Conlin looks back at the predictions made for the area at the 1901 Pan-Am Exposition in Buffalo.
Last Look: Marked for Demolition

A glimpse of some of Buffalo's once-cherished homes and storefronts, now marked for demolition.
Frank Lloyd Wright: Unexecuted Designs for Western New York

Illustrations of unbuilt projects from the famous architect Frank Lloyd Wright including the Darwin D. Martin House and Graycliff.
The Gatling Land Boom - Hamburg, New York

Hamburg's flirtation with big business, big dreams – and big disillusionment.
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North Park Theatre

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.
The Ice Must Flow

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.
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