![]() ![]() If You Only Do One Thingįrank Lloyd Wright’s Martin House completed a massive restoration in 2019 and is an extraordinary, Prairie-style ensemble of six buildings and the landscape. Beginning in 1868, Olmsted and Calvert Vaux designed Buffalo’s interconnected system of parks, wide parkways with grassy medians, and landscaped circles. East of 350-acre Delaware Park is Parkside, home to Frank Lloyd Wright’s Martin House, with curving streets planned by Frederick Law Olmsted, the pioneering architect who designed New York City’s Central Park. North of Allentown, Elmwood Village, from North Street up to Delaware Park, mixes museums, unique shops, parks, restaurants, and tree-lined streets with vintage architecture. Just north of downtown, the Allentown neighborhood is a hub for music and the arts, with charming shops, restaurants, and homes. Niagara Falls is a half hour away.ĭowntown has plenty of hotels and repurposed historical buildings like Louis Sullivan’s Guaranty Building less than a mile south is the Canalside waterfront by the Buffalo River and Lake Erie. The city is at the eastern end of Lake Erie, just across the Peace Bridge from Canada and 160 miles from Toronto. Lay of the Landīuffalo is at New York’s western edge, 290 miles west of Albany and 375 miles (six and a half hours by car, eight hours by the fastest Amtrak train) northwest of New York City - the urban hub of rural Western New York. Over time, developers from near and far, as well as New York State, have invested in Buffalo, and entrepreneurial immigrants from places such as Myanmar, Somalia, Yemen, and Bangladesh have added diversity and renewed vibrancy. The many Frederick Law Olmsted-designed parks, stunning buildings, and old and new cultural institutions remain valuable and valued as the city evolves. Grain elevators are being adapted for use as entertainment and arts centers. Industries like steelmaking have left, replaced by lighter, high-tech manufacturing. ![]() The population peaked at 580,000 in 1950 in 2020, it’s 278,000, but that number reflects the first increase in 70 years. To put Buffalo’s renaissance in context, in 1900 it was the eighth-largest city in the United States, flush with wealth from industry and Great Lakes shipping. This is a city that’s excited to share what it has. So are the people: I found Buffalonians welcoming when I was a resident and fun to spend time with now. Buffalo is real and gritty, and that’s part of its appeal. Strong art and music scenes, creative breweries, and a culinary options that go far beyond wings reflect the city’s fresh energy. On the formerly industrial waterfront, people relax, ride bikes, kayak, and zip-line. Richardson, as well as leafy neighborhoods with homes in an encyclopedia of historic styles. Its stunning architectural legacy includes masterpieces by such American giants as Frank Lloyd Wright, Louis Sullivan, and H. Today Buffalo combines big-city attractions with smaller-city warmth and easy accessibility. On a recent trip back, I discovered dazzling houses by Frank Lloyd Wright, a lively waterfront re-created for today, and a green city known for its garden celebrations. ![]() I have a personal interest in the city’s story, too: I lived in Buffalo for two years before its transformation began. We held it a for a month, but tragedy shouldn't define this great American city.īUFFALO, New York - Over the past two decades, Buffalo has experienced the kind of post-industrial urban revival that fans of cities love to explore. When a teenager walked into a Buffalo supermarket and murdered ten people in May, most of them Black - another senseless mass shooting in America - this love letter to Buffalo had already been edited. ![]()
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