Typically, it seems as if streets are named in memorial after people have died. Unless, of course, you’re one of the richest men in the city, or you use a street as your cow’s shortcut. Sometimes, people are honored even before their deaths. Copeland Place is a short, less than a tenth of a mile, road near the intersection of Ontario and Tonawanda Streets in the Riverside Neighborhood of Buffalo. What an honor and surprise it must have been for Copeland Place’s namesake to be called into a real estate developer’s office and see his name place on a map! (more…)
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What do Ani DiFranco and William McKinley have in common?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Ani DiFranco, Buffalo, Copeland Place, History, New York, Pan Am Exposition, Riverside, Streets, William McKinley on July 19, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Discovering Buffalo, One Street at a Time 