By Sara M. Zak
On Saturday, a large group of artists of different disciplines, gathered to participate in the second “art-in” event at 169 East Ferry, also known as the Harris Hardware Store. Painting for Preservation [P4P] is a concept linkin…

With the National Preservation Conference coming this fall, the timing couldn’t be better to add six properties in both Erie and Niagara Counties to the National Register of Historic Places. The six locations described below have been given th…

Submission by Jeffrey Hartinger: As a gay male in modern America, it often appears that the struggles and roadblocks of my love life are a bit harder than those who identify as heterosexual.  Throughout my four years spent at a liber…

A group has been formed to attempt to establish a Saturday Artisan Market at the Buffalo Inner Harbor. This type of event is very popular in many waterfront cities, and with the advent of various other activities down at the Commercial Slip, t…

In our series, 30 Days of Bicycle Benefits, you will be introduced to 30 new businesses that will offer you great discounts for riding your bike and wearing your helmet. Thirty businesses that want to say, “Thank you,” for choosing not to driv…

What places will be featured? Who will speak? Where will people stay? What do they want to do? Is there anything special happening? When can I sign up? How can I help? All these and many more questions will be answered later today at a public …

Darryl Carr, back from a disappointing trip to Philadelphia, is due in court tomorrow, May 4, hoping to obtain the green light to demo the blacksmith shop at 110-120 South Park Avenue in the Cobblestone Historic District.  Judge Michael L…

By Katie Campos Executive Director, Buffalo ReformED: Tomorrow (Tuesday, May 3rd) at 5pm at Performing Arts High School, the District Parent Coordinating Council (DPCC) is hosting an historic stakeholders meeting that will determine the f…

First Niagara will be joined with members of the public sector to provide more details about its plans to create 500 new jobs over the next five years as it continues to pursue its growth strategy.  The new jobs are expected to primarily …

Buffalo’s Young Preservationists (BYP) is an energized group of dedicated historic preservationists actively sharing our knowledge and passion for our region’s historic built environment. We are young professionals and university students in p…

In our series, 30 Days of Bicycle Benefits, you will be introduced to 30 new businesses that will offer you great discounts for riding your bike and wearing your helmet. Thirty businesses that want to say, “Thank you,” for choosing not to driv…

“There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio,
Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.” – Hamlet, scene v The Irish Classical Theatre Company opened Director Gordon McCall’s taut and finely tuned production of playwright Conor McPherson…

Qiaoquiang Gan is an electrical engineer at UB who demonstrated an event that boosts optical data storage and communications. This became known as the “rainbow trapping effect”. Gan is now trying to work on an even bigger breakthrough by captu…

I’m sure that we all have our wish list for the Grant/Ferry neighborhood. Over the past five years we have seen some ups and downs – some shining lights and some missed opportunities. On May 7, experts from Partners for a Livable Western New Y…

In our series, 30 Days of Bicycle Benefits, you will be introduced to 30 new businesses that will offer you great discounts for riding your bike and wearing your helmet. Thirty businesses that want to say, “Thank you,” for choosing not to driv…