They were as unique to the Buffalo waterfront as gondolas were to Venice. Something of our own – slipped away, lost in history.
The full content is available in the Spring 2003 Issue.
A drama created not from the imagination but from concrete excavation, paintings and drawings of the time, legal documents and site observation. What it was like to stand on the Buffalo waterfront before the railroads, when the only highway was on the water.
The Erie Canal opened the West-- but getting there could be a deadly gamble, as this 1841 tragedy demonstrated.
The first solo exhibition of this artist’s work highlights the business and beauty of the region’s waterways.
Ignoring the cries for human rights and basic human decency, President Millard Fillmore opted to support the Fugitive Slave Act in an attempt to prevent civil war and preserve the Union.
By: Marvin Rapp
A collection of Erie Canal folklore and songs available in print and dvd format.
By: John Percy
Geography's impact on the history of Western New York and Ontario's Niagara Peninsula.
Steam yachts provided Buffalo’s wealthy with a fashionable means of racing, cruising—or even commuting to work! Here we take a look at a number of these luxury craft and the men who owned them.