I'm not sure that these are canal walls, may be remains of the Spaulding Exchange which covered a good part of the aud site, George you need to lay the...
Thanks, Paul, I will do that...recently I acquired some excellent references to use for doing an overlay map of the conjunction of the Erie Canal, Commercial...
Most people who take up genealogy soon find out that there are lots of how-to books out there. In Buffalo, researching your house is almost as popular as...
Does anyone on here know of a Wendell Avenue in Depew/Lancaster/Cheektowaga? I can't find it anywhere and have 100 newspaper articles citing it. So either it...
What time period? For what it's worth, there's a Wendel Ave. in Kenmore. *:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:**:-.,_,.-* Cynthia Van Ness,...
Late 1920s. Was definitely not Kenmore. ________________________________ From: Cynthia Van Ness <bettybarcode@...> To: BuffaloHistory@yahoogroups.com ...
Naive question: I have a copy of the marvelous booklet, "A New Look at an Old Neighborhood," which I bought long ago at BECHS during a trip back to town during...
I have posted on my Erie Canal overlays website the first draft of a map showing the present-day Aud site with the streets and waterways overlaid on it:...
***maybe you already thought of this, and if so, I apologize... but if it existed, you might be able to spot it by carefully scanning enlarged sections of this...
George, Thank you for your work on this. I find it fascinating and revealing. For those on the list who, like me, were unaware of Spaulding's Exchange, the...
Perhaps only a movie can capture the plight of the 1920s bungalows in Buffalo, N.Y., that are being torn down to make way for McMansions. In a six-minute film,...
... George and others, Nice overlays and thank you for the hard work. I'm curious about Cornelius Creek. Was it just filled in, or does it exist in a tunnel,...
This might be the organization you're looking for: http://lpdf.bfn.org/history.shtml Chances are good the booklet is out of print. Maybe someone else on the...
Is that the same group? The Linwood-Oxford Association was pretty big back in the 1970s, street signs in the area even had the symbol on them the same way...
Hi all, A group of us have started an effort called the Polish Legacy Project in Buffalo-WWII which aims to document and honor the stories of those Poles who...
Well, I did some eyeballing at a picture I took of Commercial Slip from onboard the Miss Buffalo II and it's right where it should be on my overlay map. Craig,...
George, I'm chicken to go myself without someone experienced - I think this one would take some expertise, people with some real knowledge of "drains" as they...
Craig, I wouldn't call that being "chicken" I call it being smart! This sort of exploration is best done with the guidance of experienced explorers. And,...
Hi George, I was always told that my gggrandfather owned land that included a cave in Lockport . It was supposed to be other than the one they use at...
Hi Donna, Your gggrandfather most likely knew my gggrandfather William J. Blackley, he built the Hodge Opera House and the Gargling Oil plant next door. George...
What stood on the site of the Buffalo Auditorium before it was built? Was it ever just flat land between buildings or was one site torn down and the Aud...
Hello, new to this group and would like to ask the members to take a look at my series of limited edition watercolors of our Buffalo Treasures. Buffalo...
Good Morning Theresa, I am not sure exactly but that is a very good question which I am going to find the answer to. In the meantime here is a snippet of...
Before the Aud was built, the site was a business complex known as the Spaulding Exchange, first built in 1845 by Elbridge Gerry Spaulding. It was destroyed by...
Even if someone can recall anyone from your present or past who is Polish and a WWII survivor or a descendant and could pass on a name or contact info., that...
