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spmarshall
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I had a chance to go to Buffalo and Niagara Falls two weeks ago. Most pictures are mine, but not all, as I was driving.
Started off in Niagara Falls, NY. The skyline view of the better Niagara Falls (ON), is quite good north of the falls themselves. We parked just off the Robert Moses Parkway, a quite scenic drive (though Bob Moses must be rolling in the grave - the southbound lanes were closed and is now a bicycle trail).
From there, went on to the infamous Love Canal site on the southeast corner of Niagara Falls. The area immediately surrounding the Love Canal site is abandoned, to the east and the west, it is urban prairie, apart from a few holdouts, but a new senior's complex was installed where there used to be public housing. (Seen in the third pic below)
Here is the Google satellite view: the Love Canal site the green strip, the neighbourhood itself around. The mall to the upper left is next on the tour.
BTW: A great souce of Love Canal info (including earlier aerial photos) is here.
The Love Canal is near the Niagara Falls/Wheatfield border. This sign was interesting:
And look what we encounter:
The mall behind has seen better days.
The next stop was the public, guided tour of the abandoned Buffalo Central Terminal, which now has a historical association to protect and restore it. They have their work cut out for them. I do wish them the best of luck. The station closed in 1979, was in good shape for another 10 years, until a salvager bought the property, stipped all valuable features and skipped town without actually paying the city.
Note: Some of these pics have been edited to improve brightness - Buffalo Terminal is very dark, given the lack of artifical and natural light.
The former waiting room, still inaccessible to those on the tours as "it is still actively crumbling".
The Great Hall used to go over a street, which was since closed off. City buses would load passengers under the street. I am standing on the station's parking garage - the main entrance for taxis and drop-offs was at the top, parking (and a streetcar loop) was below.
And then off to Buffalo harbour, which has some great grit:
And finally, drove around Buffalo's Olmstead-designed parks and parkways, and here's a pic of the Albright-Knox gallery:
And here's some downtown shote from other trips - including the City Hall, an amazing building inside and out (I got up quickly on the pbservation tower on the same quickie trip to Rochester, though it was a hazy day)
North to the Peace Bridge:
NE, with Statler Towers:
Eastern view:
South-eastern view:
South, showing HSBC Arena and the I-190/Skyway interchange:
Probably one of the nicest banks I've seen (Buffalo Savings Bank)
Started off in Niagara Falls, NY. The skyline view of the better Niagara Falls (ON), is quite good north of the falls themselves. We parked just off the Robert Moses Parkway, a quite scenic drive (though Bob Moses must be rolling in the grave - the southbound lanes were closed and is now a bicycle trail).
From there, went on to the infamous Love Canal site on the southeast corner of Niagara Falls. The area immediately surrounding the Love Canal site is abandoned, to the east and the west, it is urban prairie, apart from a few holdouts, but a new senior's complex was installed where there used to be public housing. (Seen in the third pic below)
Here is the Google satellite view: the Love Canal site the green strip, the neighbourhood itself around. The mall to the upper left is next on the tour.
BTW: A great souce of Love Canal info (including earlier aerial photos) is here.
The Love Canal is near the Niagara Falls/Wheatfield border. This sign was interesting:
And look what we encounter:
The mall behind has seen better days.
The next stop was the public, guided tour of the abandoned Buffalo Central Terminal, which now has a historical association to protect and restore it. They have their work cut out for them. I do wish them the best of luck. The station closed in 1979, was in good shape for another 10 years, until a salvager bought the property, stipped all valuable features and skipped town without actually paying the city.
Note: Some of these pics have been edited to improve brightness - Buffalo Terminal is very dark, given the lack of artifical and natural light.
The former waiting room, still inaccessible to those on the tours as "it is still actively crumbling".
The Great Hall used to go over a street, which was since closed off. City buses would load passengers under the street. I am standing on the station's parking garage - the main entrance for taxis and drop-offs was at the top, parking (and a streetcar loop) was below.
And then off to Buffalo harbour, which has some great grit:
And finally, drove around Buffalo's Olmstead-designed parks and parkways, and here's a pic of the Albright-Knox gallery:
And here's some downtown shote from other trips - including the City Hall, an amazing building inside and out (I got up quickly on the pbservation tower on the same quickie trip to Rochester, though it was a hazy day)
North to the Peace Bridge:
NE, with Statler Towers:
Eastern view:
South-eastern view:
South, showing HSBC Arena and the I-190/Skyway interchange:
Probably one of the nicest banks I've seen (Buffalo Savings Bank)