I thought this was a fascinating article! It makes me think of two things, their only common link being this story… First, too bad local history isn’t taught on the grade school or high school level. That would be beneficial to kids as well as their parents who help with homework. Secondly, how sad that so many people see Buffalo’s prosperity in a past tense. While I realize Buffalo has lost a LOT of business and nearly entire industries, we need to get up, brush off, and move forward. We need to change our thinking from “What Buffalo could have been” to “What we expect to help Buffalo achieve”. After living away from Buffalo for a while, then coming back, the one thing I’ve noticed here that I didn’t notice when I was out of state is the “not my job” attitude. While working in another state, nearly anything I asked any of my employees to do was done with very little attitude. Here in the Buffalo area, my first response from employees was “that’s not part of my job”. I don’t know if it’s from the overabundance of unions, or from people feeling downtrodden for so long, but the whole “not my job” thing translates from work into every day life. Just my humble opinion. Great article!