Podcast: The BECHS Resource Center - The Pan Am
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The displays within the complex range from a funhouse-style look at 'A trip to the moon', to beautiful ticket booth (or so some think- see photo) that somehow found its way to a suburban back yard (before being fully restored displayed). The original Spirit of Niagara painting, once the subject of a confrontational debate, is housed inside... as is the gun that was used to assassinate McKinley. There's even a miniature Pan Am Electric Tower on display (seen behind Melissa) that was once used for a travelling roadshow in order to promote the event. That too was painstakenly restored and now awaits your visit.
Due to budget cuts the former street car shed, that now funcions as a museum and storage, is no longer open for public walk-ins. But for those that want to call ahead, museum staff and docents are happy to give tours of the facility. To do so, call 873-9644 x311 and arrange for a walk-thru (or a guided tour) of the public part of the building. Tours are $8 for an individual, and then rates vary depending on the size of the group.
The BECHS Resource Center is located at 459 Forest Avenue. Click here for further info.
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Vylit
I recently went on the Pan-Am walking tour from the BECHS Nottingham location and I have to admit I was a tiny bit disappointed. We were a small group of five and the guide seemed impatient and not willing to answer questions. An elderly woman was in our group and he would barely wait for her which seemed disrespectful. I had just finished reading "City of Lights" and was looking forward to the tour, too.
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42nate
Maybe that tour guide was inexperienced or having an off day. The walking tour offerings in Buffalo are head and shoulders above what any other city in upstate NY offers in terms of variety, quantity, and professionalism.
Gotta chuckle at the image of historians going to the Buffalo police in 1901 and asking nicely for THE gun.
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chris69
I highly recommend this to every Buffalonian and visitor.
I dont think anyone can walk away and not wish that the curators of the Pan Am exhibit would create a fund to rebuild some of these incredible structures in various parts of our city. I can imagine someone wonderful like the electric tower in LaSalle Park or one of its many bandshells and fountains gracing our traffic rotaries
Im all for Buffalo moving forward but there is no reason we cant bring some of our ancestors great works with us.
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