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South Division Street - 1954

In the mid-1950s, urban renewal hit Buffalo resulting in the city's oldest housing stock demolished.

Old Photo Album: WNY From Above

Join us on an aerial tour of all eight counties of Western New York.

Old Photo Album: Views from Kenmore’s Early Days

The streetcar line down Delaware Avenue to the city of Tonawanda helped shape Buffalo's first suburb in the late 19^th century. This series of photos showcases what life was like in the early days of Kenmore.

Endnotes: Batavia's "Ellicott Hall"

Ownership of Batavia's Ellicott Hall was questionable for over 60 years of its life.

Another Look: Photo Yields Ties to Early Buffalo

A reader-submitted photo sheds light on an historic corner and its roots in the early history of Buffalo.

Buffalo’s Olmsted Parkways: A Pioneering Example of Commemorative Street Naming

As part of their city-wide park design for Buffalo, landscape architects Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux created a then-unique series of wide, tree-lined streets to connect the public spaces, which they labeled “parkways.”

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Olmsted and Vaux's Parkways

The West Side "parkways" created as part of Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux's city-wide system of parks, paid homage to the recent Civil War.

Another Look: The Many Lives of Emerson Hall

The large building on East Aurora's Prospect Avenue may be just another apartment building today, but it has seen many uses since it was built in 1907.

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