I was recently thumbing through Buffalo magazine, a bi-monthly publication of the Buffalo News. It was an issue dedicated to food with all the usual stories on great local restaurants, chefs and other foodie features found in city magazines of this type. One set of pages was of particular interest though. A story by Erin St. John Kelly spoke of the blossoming Buffalo culinary scene featuring non-European food. Buffalo’s growing refugee population has yielded great benefits for the Buffalo restaurant scene. Erin says, in the article, that she and her family moved to Buffalo from Brooklyn. As a food lover…
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The loss of some of our regions great architecture is certainly fresh on our minds. Whether you are on the north, south, east or westsides of our community, demolition of our history has been in full swing. In light of these, gloomy events, we should take a second to think about what can be done to prevent future architectural tragedies from happening. While calls for action are strongest when a chain link fence and bulldozer arrive on site, often the more important moments in the longevity of a building’s life are the small ones. They happen long before the picket signs and…
“Beautiful Music is a Beautiful Space” is the theme for the second season of concerts being held at Blessed Trinity. Blessed Trinity, if you have never visited before, is one of those hidden gems of Buffalo. It was constructed between 1923 and 1928 in the Lombard Romanesque style. It is truly an exquisite building and one of the few examples of this type of architecture found outside of Europe. It was built and still stands as a reflection of the values and spirit of the people of Buffalo in its prime. Beauty is not something that should be out of sight but…
It is not too often when you can, in good faith say that our transit system is getting better. Granted this is not the new release of a new transit line development or a Light Rail spur to the Airport but there are some major changes happening within the NFTA system that I mentioned back in February. Some of them are coming to fruition. Something I wish we could say for all plans produced in this region. They involve everything from route additions, removal and fare changes. The end product is to make the whole system a little simpler. Hence…
I found myself up in Kitchener for their Oktoberfest celebrations for a couple days and I thought I would report back with some of the interesting and quite functional urban design features that their city has produced. Good urban design should be simple, functional and everywhere. It isn’t something reserved for the Seattles, Chicagos or Torontos of America but could, if we desired, be found everywhere.A little background about Kitchener. It is a city of approximately 204 thousand in a region of 451 thousand. It has three main municipalities that make up the region, Kitchener, Waterloo and Cambridge and had…
Chefs are the best. For them, food is art, so they hone their craft by choosing the best ingredients and making dishes perfect. And then we eat it.Who doesn’t love that? As humans, we’re always looking for the “best,” and that’s the mission of Slice Dice+Spice NY: to find the best chef in New York state. They carefully selected nine chefs from Buffalo and the Finger Lakes to compete in a sort of “Iron Chef” style competition which took place on October 19th at the New York Wine and Culinary Center. Using three heats of three chefs each, judges determined…
Student and adult artists from all over Western New York have contributed artwork, judges have chosen the best pieces for the auction block, caterers are preparing to serve hundreds of people, and all that’s left is for you to attend this Saturday’s Art For Heart Auction at the Karpeles Manuscript Museum. Ticket prices have been slashed from $45 to $15, so even if you can’t afford to purchase some art, attend the event, help the community, and enjoy the work.It’s the third year for the auction, and as in previous years, it is held in conjunction with Music is Art…
Some of my favorite BRO posts have been from of my “Now and Then” series. They expose so much about the City of Buffalo through time, both positive and negative. Unfortunately, I have pretty much run out of my own historic images, but I recently stumbled on a treasure trove of Buffalo pictures from 1986 taken by David Daruszka. His portfolio covers many of Buffalo’s greatest buildings, both well known and obscure. He has given us permission to use them on BRO, so look forward to more of “ye olde Buffalo” in the next few months to come. The historic image…
Fall barrels on! This weekend features a wide array of diverse events all over the city. Thursday, October 15th-Arts in Education presents Beer On Tap, a dance instruction fundraiser at Pearl Street Brewery, for their Artful Living, Artful Learning series, headlined by Broadway performer Jimmy Tate. Tate has performed with Gregory Hines and many Broadway productions. 6-9 PM. $40 per person, $70 per couple. Admission includes one free beer and finger foods.-Jewish Reportory Theater presents Rose, James Sherman’s Tony Award nominated play for the start of their 7th season. Runs through November 1st. Alleyway Theater. Look for a Grant Golden review…
Toronto-based datacenter services company CentriLogic Inc. will make Buffalo its second U.S. office, they announced. The company plans on bringing 50-100 highly-skilled jobs to Buffalo over the next three years.CentriLogic opened their first US office in Rochester in 2007, and had been looking to expand. They will locate in the Main Place Tower. “Buffalo was appealing to us for many reasons,” said CentriLogic CEO Robert Offley, “from its highly-skilled workforce and accessibility to power and its proximity to Rochester and Toronto. With Buffalo on our map, it completes our Golden Horseshoe, helping us to deliver better services both within the…