Queen City

Buffalo is a pretty old city with a rather colorful past and a penchant for demolishing historic buildings and turning them into fast food restaurants and parking lots. So naturally Buffalo has a few old souls still hanging around with something on their minds...

When teachers retire, it's a special day.  What can commemorate the occasion appropriately? A plaque? Not so much. A cake? Meh. A personalized mug?  Come on! How about the most incredible video, set to the Justin Timberlake hit of the summer "Can't Stop the Feeling", featuring friends and family of the three retirees. That'...

As you've probably heard by now,legendary "60 Minutes" reporter Morley Safer passed away yesterday at 84, just one week after announcing his retirement.  Sources say his head had been on the decline for a while and he knew he didn't have much time left. ...

"New York's second-largest city has sprung back to life," states Travel And Leisure's website showcasing the Queen City. Here are five local places that the magazine said are "places you can't miss!" 1.  Market Arcade. "The opulent, 1890s-era Market Arcade, with its Corinthian columns and terracotta embellishments, has finally become a full-fledged shopping and dining dest

Could you nail any of these? It was actually tough for me to think of some of these, so this little project has taken quite some time and  the trusty help of Google. I found some of the most pro-Buffalo songs out there. (Very slowly, but they were there). It was p...

Organizers in Buffalo are working with Reddy Bikeshare to bring a large bike sharing program to the Queen City.

Buffalo has a bunch of nicknames. Maybe more than any other city in the United States – the City of Good Neighbors, The Queen City, The City of Light + The Nickle City. The past couple days we went over why Buffalo is referred to as the Nickle City + The Queen City, let's look at how it got its name as the City of Good Neighbors. Why... Read More ...

In early January, we let you know Katie Couric was visiting the Queen City as part of her series on Yahoo! called "Cities Rising:  Rebuilding America". She picked the PERFECT city to highlight, and not just because we live here, and we love it here.  Bu...

I have a feeling a lot of hipsters on Elmwood may be spitting out their cold-brewed coffee all over their reclaimed-wood kitchen tables...but according to a new study, Buffalo is NOT #1 when it comes to being the best city for beer drinkers...

Buffalo is back in the spotlight! That's right the Queen City is going to be featured in a TV series called "Why I Murdered My Roomate", WGRZ.com reports. The dark comedy will be screened on Sunday at North Park Theater and is being pitched for distribution to Netflix and similar companies...

Mayor Byron Brown announced the filming of “Two for One” in the Queen City. The production, headed up by director Jon Abrahams, is set to film through Aug. 17. This will be the ninth feature film to be filmed in Buffalo. This looks to be a regular thing for our city, which is good news for the local economy. Locatio...

Silly rabbit, Trix are for kids!  And since the Queen City smells like cereal, we HAD to investigate this news further!