This week marks 13 years that we’ve been on this Buffalo Streets journey together! AND I have scheduled some dates for walking tours for the season!
Once again, I am giving two distinct tours – Discover Downtown – Then and Now and Discover Lower Main Street. These tours will be free, as I want to ensure they are accessible to all, but donations will be graciously accepted. All money received will go directly into continuing to build up Discovering Buffalo, One Street at a Time.
Discover Downtown – Then and Now – we will look at the area around Lafayette and Niagara Squares and the core of Downtown Buffalo. We’ll talk about the history of the central part of Downtown as the city grew and the buildings in the area. You’ll also get an up-close look at the progress of the Main Street Multi-Modal Access and Revitalization Project (Cars Sharing Main Street), which is currently working on replacing the 35-year-old metro rail track bed.
This tour meets outside of Public Espresso in the Hotel Lafayette, 391 Washington Street, at the corner of Washington Street and Clinton Street. The tour will be about 1.5 miles and will be a loop that ends near the starting point.
Click for Facebook event link for Discover Downtown Then And Now tour here.
This tour will be offered:
- Saturday, July 6th at 2:00pm
- Wednesday, July 31st at 5:30pm
- Saturday, August 10 at 2:00pm
- Monday, August 19 at 5:30pm
- Monday, September 2nd at 2pm (LABOR DAY)
Discover Lower Main Street – this tour looks at the area of Lower Main Street, south of Church Street, portions of the former canal district, and the Erie Street corridor. We’ll talk about some of the earliest history of Buffalo, how the area has changed over the last 150 years, and you’ll get a glimpse of the construction happening right now at the former location of Memorial Auditorium.
This tour will be offered:
- Wednesday, July 3rd at 5:30pm
- Sunday, July 14th at 2:00pm
- Sunday, July 28th at 11:00am
- Saturday, August 24th at 2:00pm
To RSVP for any of the tours, you can email buffalostreets@gmail.com, RSVP to the facebook event links, or feel free to just show up! Tours will be rain or shine. Looking forward to seeing some of you on tours! I always enjoy getting to talk history with people in person. I may add some tours in the fall depending on how the weather shakes out.
Example image for the street contest from 1910. Guess the street!
Hope you’re all enjoying the start of summer! Also coming later this summer, I will be running a contest on my facebook (facebook.com/buffalostreets) account and Instagram (instagram.com/discoveringbuffalo) that was run in a Buffalo newspaper back in 1910 where there were cartoon images that represented a street and you’d have to guess what street they meant. They ran for 90 days in the newspaper, so we’re gonna have some fun with that (some of them are hard!)
I have some new posts coming soon, I promise. I’ve been working on a post that includes info about one of the worst commercial district fires in Buffalo History, which was eerie given the recent fires that occurred last week! I have Thanks for sticking with me over the last 13 years. It’s been a fun adventure learning about streets with all of you. Your feedback and stories truly mean the world to me, even when I don’t have time to respond to them all. Come out for a walking tour and let’s talk more about Buffalo!!
Discovering Buffalo, One Street at a Time 