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Old Posted Jan 4, 2014, 10:52 PM
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Shuffle off to Buffalo? Toronto Star recently gave Buffalo, NY great press

On December 17, 2013 the Toronto Star published 6 articles on Buffalo

As someone with a Torontonian born/raised (and U of T grad) father, I've always loved Toronto. but since I attended post-secondary in Buffalo, the Queen city of NY has a special place in my heart. Anyway, here's the good press your closest American neighbour has been getting. Time to start letting go of the stereotypes and caricatures one has of Buffalo/WNY and actually experience the city.

Let’s raise a glass to Buffalo: A city of great hospitality
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Donn Esmonde of the The Buffalo News agrees to tour us around. Donn and I have traded a few warm-hearted slaps in print, but you wouldn’t know it. He’s like everyone in Buffalo: so upbeat and outgoing he atomizes all our smug Canadian notions of decency. We’re not particularly nice. We’re cordial. It’s not the same thing. In Buffalo, they’re nice.
http://www.thestar.com/life/travel/2...spitality.html

Buffalo: What to eat, where to go
Star’s beer columnist knows where to find a real taste of Buffalo
http://www.thestar.com/life/travel/2...re_to_go.html#

Buffalo awaits with open arms
A storied city of genuine spirit and warm hearts burns brightly over the frozen lake, writes veteran newspaper columnist
http://www.thestar.com/life/travel/2...open_arms.html

Buffalo: Behind the caricatures, lies a great city
A skeptic finds himself charmed by reality of a town he’d cartooned in his mind
http://www.thestar.com/life/travel/2...reat_city.html

Buffalo: Myths and misconceptions
The Queen City of the Great Lakes is full of surprises
http://www.thestar.com/life/travel/2...nceptions.html

and finally, Toronto Star's architecture critic and urban affairs columnist Christopher Hume gives Buffalo praise

Buffalo, architecture: One of the great cities on the continent for landmark buildings
One of the exceptional cities in North America for architecture, Buffalo is home to dramatic buildings that reflect a storied past

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If architecture is anything to go by, Buffalo ranks as one of the great cities of America.

That can be hard to grasp as the former industrial powerhouse tries desperately to extricate itself from the downward spiral of lost manufacturing might and shrinking population.

In 1900, Buffalo was among the 10 largest cities in the U.S. Not only was ideally located as the western terminus of the Erie Canal, it was a centre of the grain and steel industries, as well as a railroad hub. One by one these advantages were lost; the St. Lawrence Seaway rendered the Erie Canal obsolete, heavy industry moved abroad and trucks replaced trains.

But there was a time when some of the greatest architects in the U.S.A. came to the Queen City to practice their art.

Frank Lloyd Wright, Louis Sullivan, H.H. Richardson and Daniel Burnham were among the luminaries who helped shape the Buffalo skyline.

Each left behind buildings that even today — especially today — make a pilgrimage a must for architectural students and aficionados.

From, say, the 1880s through to the 1940s and ’50s, Buffalo was as engaged as any city in architecture. Indeed, architectural history was made here as the city competed with itself and other urban centres, notably Chicago and New York, to create a distinctly American architecture.
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Buffalo isn’t the city it was 60 or 70 years ago. On the other hand, as North Americans return to cities and the allure of urban life begins to draw people from the suburbs back downtown, the Queen City will surely prosper once again. When that happens, the architecture of these bygone eras will find new meaning and uses.

Not only do we not build like that anymore, we have forgotten how.
http://www.thestar.com/life/travel/2...buildings.html
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I really hope that some people from Toronto/GTA and all over Southern Ontario will now visit more than just Walden Galleria/outlet malls, First Niagara Center, the Ralph, and occasional trips to the Anchor Bar for wings.
Time to start checking out downtown, Allentown, Elmwood and North Buffalo and experience the Buffalo that I know. + 4AM last call

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I saw that, the sudden flow of articles makes me feel that it's a sponsored thing.


Buffaloes a great city though.

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I saw that, the sudden flow of articles makes me feel that it's as pondered thing.


Buffaloes a great city though.
Architecturally Buffalo's central square is a real gem. I have made a point to check it out on several occasions in the past.

A lot of US rust belt cities have some wonderful architecture. Despite it's claim to fame as "not being Detroit" downtown Cleveland has some wonderful architecture as well. Pittsburgh is a great city as well, and until a lot of US rust belt cities doesn't feel dead.
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I enjoyed my many visits to Buffalo. The bar and diner scene is great and people are genuinely friendly, especially to Canadians.

Love the local county names too , Lackawanna, Cheektowaga, tonawanda, and NORTH tonawanda
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I enjoyed my many visits to Buffalo. The bar and diner scene is great and people are genuinely friendly, especially to Canadians.

Love the local county names too , Lackawanna, Cheektowaga, tonawanda, and NORTH tonawanda
glad to hear. I had a blast the 4 years I lived there.

As for the unique names, they are suburban towns and cities, not county names. I believe most if not all are from the Seneca or Tuscarora Indians.

Cheektowaga (the largest eastern burb, pop. 88k), for example, is roughly translated to "Land of the Crabapple" which is evident by the amount of crabapple trees on suburban lawns.

and there are 3 Tonawandas! Town of Tonawanda-the largest (pop. ~75k) is directly north of City of Buffalo limits, City of Tonawanda (pop. ~15k) is directly north of Town of Tonawanda and located on the old Erie Canal. Directly north of that is the City of North Tonawanda (pop. 31k, in adjacent Niagara County, most of Buffalo 'burbs are in Erie County)

now you are Tonawandjacated
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Architecturally Buffalo's central square is a real gem. I have made a point to check it out on several occasions in the past.

A lot of US rust belt cities have some wonderful architecture. Despite it's claim to fame as "not being Detroit" downtown Cleveland has some wonderful architecture as well. Pittsburgh is a great city as well, and until a lot of US rust belt cities doesn't feel dead.
glad to hear. City Hall has an observation deck with one of the best views in the city. you should take advantage of it next time you're in Buffalo
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