The Massachusetts Pumping Station in the Niagara River, viewed from Front Park.
1996 excavation of the Marine Drive Apartments parking lot reveals the foundations of Wheeler's Hotel.
Lower Terrace in the foreground, mouth of the harbor upper left (lighthouse visible), 1930's.
Ice fishing off the foot of Michigan Avenue, 1967. In the background is the lake freighter, Kinsman Independent, moored for the winter.
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock, foot of Katherine Street. The firm was one division of the company founded in Chicago in 1890.
Images of squatter settlements along Buffalo's Outer Harbor, 1930s
They were as unique to the Buffalo waterfront as gondolas were to Venice. Something of our own – slipped away, lost in history.
One hundred and fifty years ago Buffalo's Bidwell & Banta shipyard built some of the largest and most luxurious wooden side-wheel steamboats in the world. These "Palace Steamers" rivaled the best of the ocean-going steamers of the Atlantic coast and were part of the romance of Buffalo's role as the gateway to the west.
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Through a partnership with Christopher Behrend Photography, we bring you this photography book showing the end result of the restoration of the Art Nouveau murals in the North Park Theatre.
Through a partnership with Christopher Behrend Photography, we bring you this unique collection of the most intense & beautiful winter icescapes-captured during the incredible winter months of 2019.