Vintage Buffalo: An Architectural Screensaver

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Sep 9th 2005, 9:54pm By queenseyes

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Today's cool download is an architectural screensaver with vintage photos of beloved Buffalo buildings and parks. Save your computer monitor and Buffalo architecture at the same time with the new Vintage Buffalo Screensaver. You'll want to slack off at work just to watch the slide show of two dozen Buffalo photographs taken between 1900 and 1910. Your donation of only $5 supports the mission of Buffalo's most successful preservation organization, The Preservation Coalition of Erie County. For Windows machines right now, they'll soon be posting a Mac version. Just click on the donate button, make your secure payment through Paypal and they'll email your screensaver within 24 hours. (A little longer on weekendsOe for some reason the Coalition staff thinks that they should be able to go home sometimes).

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