Archive - WNY Heritage

Private/Public Passages: Strolling Buffalo's Historic Alleyways

This “baker’s dozen” of Buffalo’s lesser traveled thoroughfares provides a perfect opportunity for a summer tour.

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.

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.”