Leave it to the local celebrities to jumpstart the business of micro-managing Buffalo’s marketing. The blogosphere is a buzz with Maxwell Truth’s (Eddy Dobosiewicz from Offbeat Cinema) latest media tour that he gave to a writer from The Star in Toronto. Aptly called, Rebirth of a City, the article documents a whirlwind trip around the city – exploring its historic underbelly while giving an honest depiction of where everything stands. Isn’t that what Buffalo is all about anyways? Grasping on to our beloved history, while trying to unveil a new identity at the same time?
These personal tours (especially given to out-of-town media) can be very effective. If you can show just one person (with a pen) how to navigate a number of urban sectors, then the readers can decide for themselves whether they would attempt a visit on their own. And even if a visit is not in the cards, then at least the overbearing negative perception that existed can be chipped away at. I wonder what the image of Maxwell Truth, leaning up against the hood of his yellow and black Mini, is provoking in Toronto? Maybe he might be able to get some commercial sponsors here to pony up some cash so that he can take his one-man Buffalo road show… well… on the road.
Wingin’ it in Buffalo – John Karastamatis, Toronto Sun, 1/10/08
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