Experience Buffalo Tours will be hosting a fascinating, guided look at the history of Buffalois famed Delaware Avenue through the treasures of its houses of worship on Wednesday, September 20. Stops include the Hellenic Eastern Orthodox Church of the Annunciation, which is a New York State Landmark and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The tour will also visit Temple Beth Zion (photo), noted for its magnificent stained glass windows by artist Ben Shahn, and Delaware Avenue Baptist Church, a Buffalo landmark dating to 1897. Also included is a stop at Trinity Episcopal Church, unique in its masterpieces by both John LaFarge and Louis Comfort Tiffany.
The price of $42.95 per person includes deluxe motor coach transportation, a day-long, guided tour of four magnificent sacred sites, lunch at the Emerson School of Hospitality, tax and gratuity. The Culinary Arts Program at Emerson Vocational High School has been in existence for over 30 years. It began as the brainchild of the late Peter gust Economou, a world renowned hotelier and former President of the Buffalo Board of Education. In its new, state-of-the-art Chippewa Street facility, the Emerson School of Hospitality provides students with the hands-on experience they need to meet the employment challenges of the next century.
Advance, prepaid reservations are required. Experience Buffalo Tours offers a variety of tour packages for the general public and groups. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, call Maria Burridge at 716/332-4235.