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Invisible Cities: Like Every City, Buffalo Is Many Cities

October 2, 2010

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BUFFALO, N.Y. — To the man who walks head down, eyes to the ground, the city is a mess of sewer caps and gutters. The world he observes is one of concrete, of pavement cracked by time and weather. To the man who looks up at the sky, gaze titled toward the heavens, the city… [Read more…]

The House on Howell Street: The Origins, Decay and Revival of a Very Special Home in Buffalo’s Black Rock Neighborhood

December 1, 2009

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BUFFALO, N.Y. — The flowers began to come up in spring, like a message from the past. First came the tulips, with waxy petals crowning stiff stalks and rigid leaves. Next, the violets pushed through the soil, purple gems studding a sizable stretch of earth. And then the chives sprouted, a brilliant green, flooding the… [Read more…]