Some time ago we took a great group of visitors on a themed tour of African-American heritage spots in downtown Buffalo. Wouldn't you know, but we just stumbled upon one person's slideshow of the tour. If you take photos during a Buffalo Tours event and would like them posted, E-mail Buffalo Tours and we'll be happy to show them off!
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
African-American Heritage Tour of Buffalo
Friday, July 8, 2011
Buffalo Bike Tour
Our Gold Medal Grain Elevators Bike Tour took place on June 4th. It was so popular that we are having a second one on Saturday, July 30th at 10am. Be sure to contact Buffalo Tours at (716) 852-3300 for a reservation: Tours are $20 and a working bike and helmet is required.
In the meantime, chaperone Meagan Baco made a short film about the first tour. Check it out below:
Monday, July 4, 2011
Buffalo Tours at the Erie Canal Harbor
Fellow docent Maureen Evans was featured in a TV piece about our Erie Canal Harbor tours. Check out the free tour on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays at Noon this summer!
Erie Canal Stories
Buffalo News 7/4/11
Note the video on the above page is not related to the canal tours.
WGRZ 7/4/11
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Buffalo on Cover of Preservation Magazine
You can read the entire article, Reinventing Buffalo, on the National Trust's website. WIVB Channel 4 also interviewed our Executive Director, Henry McCartney, on TV about the article.
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Buffalo to Austin, to Buffalo
In October 2010 I drove from my hometown of Buffalo, New York to Austin, Texas for the 2010 National Preservation Conference. This year the 2011 Conference happens to be in Buffalo so I won't be traveling at all. Since the Conference has many repeat attendees and half of America's population lies within a day's drive of Buffalo, I thought potential visitors might want to see just a few of my photos. You probably won't travel a 4,500 mile route through 16 different states like I did, but here's my travelogue anyway.
All I used was a GPS, a cheap digital camera, a "This Place Matters" sign and a tiny pumpkin as a sort of Travelocity Gnome / Flat Stanley (it was Halloween, after all). Thanks to Andrew Gorman of the National Trust for setting up my field session schedule, Henry McCartney of Preservation Buffalo Niagara for all the other Conference arrangements (including days off for travel), and Jennifer Walkowski for providing the pocket-sized pumpkin.
TO PLAY: Click on the captions before clicking Play or a new window will open. There are about 25 slides changing automatically every 10 seconds. This slideshow is in 3 parts: Before, During, and After the Conference.
--Fred Schrock, Education Coordinator
Friday, February 18, 2011
Buffalo Tours Docent Writes Lincoln Book
Longtime docent John Fagant recently published The Best of the Bargain: Lincoln in Western New York, available at Amazon.com and Talking Leaves Bookstores. The book describes in detail the recently-elected Lincoln on his inaugural trip through the region in 1861. You can read a chapter of the book at BuffaloAH.com and even hear a February 4th interview with the author himself at Toginet.com. His book was even referenced by a New York Times columnist.
Congrats John!
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