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Maritime Center Offers Family Boat Building

July 6, 2010 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

In collaboration with Buffalo Place the Buffalo Maritime Center is holding a Family Boat-Building workshop on the Buffalo Waterfront. [Read more…] about Maritime Center Offers Family Boat Building

Filed Under: History, Western NY Tagged With: Buffalo, Buffalo Maritime Center, Education, Maritime History

Buffalo & Erie Co. Historical Names New Director

June 24, 2010 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

The board of managers of the Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society today named Melissa N. Brown, an expert in Western New York history and the Historical Society’s director of research and interpretation, its new director. [Read more…] about Buffalo & Erie Co. Historical Names New Director

Filed Under: Western NY Tagged With: Buffalo, Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society, Erie County, Public History

Local Radio Rewarded For Polish Legacy Piece

April 14, 2010 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Buffalo radio station WBFO (88.7) has received a regional Edward R. Murrow Award by the Radio-Television News Directors Association for a story about the Polish Legacy Project (PLP), a group of people whose aim is to capture the stories of Polish survivors of World War Two while they are still alive.

The piece aired last year just before the PLP’s Untold Stories Conference. [Read more…] about Local Radio Rewarded For Polish Legacy Piece

Filed Under: History, Western NY Tagged With: Buffalo, Erie County, Immigration, World War Two

Buffalo Maritime Center Building War of 1812 Bateau

March 1, 2010 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

The Buffalo Maritime Center’s new project to build a replica War of 1812 Bateau is now underway. Work sessions on the 25-foot boat will be held on Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 5:00 to 9:00 pm beginning February 23rd in the boat shop at 901 Fuhrmann Boulevard, Buffalo. According to organizers this will be the first bateau built in Buffalo in 200 years. [Read more…] about Buffalo Maritime Center Building War of 1812 Bateau

Filed Under: History, Western NY Tagged With: Buffalo, Buffalo Maritime Center, Erie County, Maritime History, SUNY Buffalo

Conference: Poland to Buffalo Through WWII

September 29, 2009 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

The Polish Legacy Project in Buffalo will be hosting a conference, “Poland to Buffalo Through WWII: Untold Stories Come Alive” in that city on October 3rd and 4th. The aim of the conference is to highlight the stories of Polish WWII survivors who settled in Western New York as a result of the war. [Read more…] about Conference: Poland to Buffalo Through WWII

Filed Under: Events, Western NY Tagged With: Buffalo, Conferences, Erie County, Immigration, Military History, World War Two

Rochester, Buffalo Preservationists Join Forces

October 20, 2008 by Editorial Staff 1 Comment

The directors of two Buffalo area preservation groups voted to merge their organizations late last week. Both the Landmark Society of the Niagara Frontier and the Preservation Coalition of Erie County will now be merged into one organization – Preservation Buffalo Niagara.

According to Buffalo Business First, the decision comes after nine months of negotiations. Preservation Buffalo Niagara will be governed by a 21-member board; 10 of the seats will be filled from existing directors and the remaining spots will be filled anew. [Read more…] about Rochester, Buffalo Preservationists Join Forces

Filed Under: History, Western NY Tagged With: Architecture, Buffalo, Erie County, Historic Preservation, Lake Ontario, Monroe County, Preservation Buffalo Niagara, Rochester

2008 America’s Most Endangered Historic Places

May 20, 2008 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Two locations in New York State have been listed on the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s annual list of America’s Most Endangered Places. The non-profit membership organization hopes that saving the places where great moments from history – and the important moments of everyday life – took place, will help revitalize neighborhoods and communities, spark economic development, and promote environmental sustainability.

This years list includes eleven threatened one-of-a-kind historic treasures. Listing them as threatened raises awareness and helps rally resources to save them. The two New York locations on the list are: [Read more…] about 2008 America’s Most Endangered Historic Places

Filed Under: History, Western NY Tagged With: Buffalo, Historic Preservation, Lower East Side, National Trust, NYC

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