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A Banner Puzzle: Piecing Together a Civil War Artifact

Part history, and almost part magic, we share a fascinating regional conservation project.
Erie Beach Amusement Park: The Lore and The Legacy

We take a look at the origins—and remnants—of what was once called “Buffalo’s Two-Million-Dollar Playground.”
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Erie Beach Park-- Rides and Remnants

A extra from our Spring 2022 issue, featuring a rundown of some of the rides from Buffalo's $2 million playground.
How Western New York’s Only National Historic Site Came To Be

The interest in the place where TR’s presidency began ultimately led to the preservation of the Wilcox Mansion.
Endnotes: A Great Lake's Golden Hill

An evocative look at Niagara County's Golden Hill State Park
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From Russia-- With Log! Presentation for the Historical Assn. of Lewiston February 25, 2021

Video of a presentation by Executive Director Douglas DeCroix to the Historical Association of Lewiston on February 25, 2021. Presentation topic was a WNY-built P-39 Airacobra fighter, its journey to Russia and back home again.

Mister Buffalo River— The Environmental Advocacy of Stan Spisiak

We examine the environmental efforts of this unassuming Buffalo jeweler to reclaim the waterfront of the city he loved.
The Buffalo Courier-Express Mural: A 90-Year Journey

Commissioned for the opening of the new Courier-Express Building in 1930, the mural painted by Charles Bigelow and Ernest Davenport is a significant piece of Buffalo's rich journalistic and artistic history.
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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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