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The Long Road to Suburbia: The North Bailey Meadows Subdivision

Part of the post-war Amherst building boom, the roots of this neighborhood began decades earlier.

When is an Indian Reservation Not an Indian Reservation?

We revisit the New York Power Authority's legal wrangling to confiscate a portion of the Tuscarora Nation in the early 1960s.

Old Photo Album: Buffalo Churches of Days Gone By

A pictorial survey of Buffalo area church structures from the 1920s.

Meat Trains to Markets: The Nickel Plate Road and Buffalo’s Niagara Frontier Food Terminal

Competition mixed with a reputation for fast freight led the owners of the Nickel Plate Railroad to develop massive food terminals in two major cities.

Orchestrating Graycliff: Ellen Shipman’s Landscape Design for Isabelle and Darwin Martin

The relationship of Frank Lloyd Wright and the Martin family is well-known. Here, we examine the equally important partnership that created the estate’s breathtaking gardens.

The Amusement Parks of the Southern Tier

This survey of several Southern Tier entertainment destinations evokes memories of a bygone era.

North Street Cemetery: Desecration and Scandal

The 1901 destruction of Buffalo’s North Street Cemetery produced one of the largest scandals in the city’s history.

“Better-Built, Ready Cut” The Neighborhood-Shaping Impact of Bennett Kit Homes

This North Tonawanda firm became a leader in the pre-fabricated housing boom of the early 20th century.

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