Hot off the press!
The Buffalo Niagara 2006 Official Visitors Guide is hot off the press and poised to spread the good word about Buffalo, Niagara Falls and all of Western New York. Featuring a killer illustration of the Darwin Martin House by local artist and illustrator Mike Gelen (you've seen his work for years on the Irish Classical Theatre Company posters), the Visitors Guide provides tourists with a comprehensive overview of all there is to see and do in our region.
This year's guide uses the occasion of the re-construction of the Martin House Complex to tell the story of Buffalo's wealth of amazing architecture and promote Buffalo as a great, undiscovered cultural destination. You'll find stories about the Righteous Babe restoration of the Asbury Delaware Church and Hallwalls move downtown, East Aurora's appeal as a quintessentially American small town, the development of the Michigan Avenue Heritage Corridor, our amazingly varied outdoor recreation opportunities (including some of the best fishing in North America), cool annual traditions like the Allentown Art Festival, Shakespeare in Delaware Park and the Garden Walk, and much, much more.
Stop by the Visitor Center in the Market Arcade building downtown (617 Main Street near Chippewa) and pick up a copy or two for your out-of-town friends and family. Tell 'em it's a great year to visit Buffalo!
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ddoerr
Is there a way to wirte or e-mail them to get a copy of this?
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zack
man whoever does those graphics is very talented, it has to be the same guy so did the boat house work and the olmsted park grpahics.
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Charger
I had already seen the graphic, together with the line: "We're not trying to build Buffalo up. Frank Lloyd Wright, Louis Sullivan, and H.H. Richardson already did that." in the current issue of the National Trust for Historic Preservation's magazine in a 1/3rd page ad.
This marks significant progress. As recently as three or four years ago there was a multi-page ad supplement to the magazine selling New York State as a cultural tourism destination WITHOUT any representation from Buffalo.
Kudos to Ed and his colleagues for changing all that.
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enzo
Mike Gelen is an absolute superstar! I saw his show at the Neighborhood Collective. This guy is brilliant. Nice score!
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Rachel
Spot on. This is EXACTLY the kind of tourist infrastructure we should be building. An excellent representation of what really makes this city special and unique.
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Shopitall
I agree! It's lovely!
A great collaboative creative project that spotlights Buffalo in a beautiful way!
Where can we get a copy, Ed?
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Ed Healy
If you're in town, please stop by the Visitor Center in the Market Arcade (617 Main Street) for a copy of the Guide. If you're out of town, please call 1-800-BUFFALO to request a copy. We'll put it in the mail asap.
Thanks for all the positive feedback. We're pretty proud of this one!
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BuffaloRox
Mike Gelen is very talented. Besides being a designer for the Irish Classical Theater, he did the posters for the Olmsted Parks.
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