Buffalo HIstory

Home of the best chicken wings, a major draw for concerts, a leader in economic development and now Buffalo is known as a world leader in drivers crashing into buildings! It started with WIVB TV compiling a list of 26 crash sites in Western New York, and then with Cynthia Van Ness continuing to track drivers crashing into buildings. Our region has amassed over 150 documented news stories with such

My new online addiction while working is scrolling through Google Maps. Specifically, going through downtown Buffalo and places I visit frequently throughout Western New York. Well I stumbled upon this and here's something you can try right now!  As...

It was back in 1902 that a young engineer named Willis Carrier had prepared a set of mechanical drawings for his new employer, the Buffalo Forge Company, that would solve a problem that had long plagued printers and other 'hot' companies. The humidity in the air was not good for printing presses and something had to be done.

Here's something I bet you didn't know: 10,000 years ago Tonawanda and the surrounding areas were covered by a massive lake! The lake was located on the south side of the Niagara Escarpment east of the current location of the Niagara River in between Early Lake Erie and a Glacial Lake Iroquois (which would become Lake Ontario) to the north. The lake soon e...

Where the hamburger got its name and where it originated was honestly a mystery to me until today! You can't spell "hamburger" without Hamburg!  It's true.  The favorite American Classic food originated here in Western New York in 1885! The s...

So there I am looking at YouTube on my phone looking to kill time at the dentists office when, what's this?  A video of Buffalo in the Winter of 1945!  (Video credit to jmv123 via YouTube) Being an admirer of history, I started to think, what's the furthest back I can recall in regards to Buffalo winter storms and blizzards? Obvio...

Just off Harlem Road in Cheektowaga, the Buffalo Drive-In was opened in the Summer of 1941!  Originally built by Irving Gandall and Paul Witner.  The original capacity was for 900 cars, it then expanded to three screens and a capacity of 1,200 cars in 1974. Sadly, the...

Hard to believe it's been 27 years since the "Clint Malarchuk neck incident." If you were either at the game or watching it on TV, just hearing the Buffalo Sabres' goaltender's name will flash you back to March 22, 1989. The Sabres were playing the St...

Here was a nice random find on YouTube.  Check out this old "film" from 1955 of Hamburg, NY!  Any places you recognize?? Video credit to delepourvous via YouTube.

Buffalo history lovers rejoice!  According to WGRZ.com,  four places in Buffalo were nominated to State and National registers of Historic Places. They include The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company Warehouse, Parkside Candy Shoppe and Factory, Sinclair, Rooney & Co. Building and the University Presbyterian Church.  If you can't stop into them or live out of town, take a few visual tours b

It's amazing what you find when randomly looking through YouTube! Here's some rare audio of an interview with various Buffalonians about the bombing of Pearl Harbor.  Whether you're a history buff or not this is really interesting!

The East Side of Buffalo was once the second largest Polish-American community in the United States. Jefferson Avenue and the intersection of Broadway and Fillmore are the most heavily used commercial districts of the area.