Buffalo Tours shines a spotlight on the area’s architecture and history again this year. The 2008 Season kicks off on Saturday, May 3rd with the “Downtown Revealed” tour at 9:30 a.m. at the Market Arcade (617 Main Street). Explore some of the classic architecture that downtown has to offer including the Guaranty Building, St. Paul’s Cathedral, and City Hall.
The tours continue on Sunday, May 4 with “Walking the Pan-Am” tour at 12:30 p.m. This tour meets at the Buffalo & Erie County Historical Society (BECHS), 25 Nottingham Court at Elmwood Avenue and is offered in collaboration with BECHS. Imagine those months in 1901, when the world marveled at the electric lights, fountains, daily band performances, and the Spanish Colonial architecture of the exposition grounds.
Why was the Columbus Park-Prospect Hill neighborhood named this year to the NY Preservation League’s annual “Seven to Save” list of most threatened historic places? Because large portions of this neighborhood are slated for demolition to make way for the “preferred” new Peace Bridge plaza plan. Join the “In the Shadow of the Peace Bridge” tour on Sunday, May 4, and learn firsthand about this irreplaceable urban fabric we might be about to lose, as well as community efforts to save it. This tour meets at 1 p.m. at the corner of Columbus Parkway (Seventh Street) and Columbus Park West (Connecticut Street).
All tours cost $10.
Now in its third year, Buffalo Tours is a collaborative program of the Landmark Society of the Niagara Frontier and the Preservation Coalition of Erie County, two non-profit volunteer organizations. Thanks to the generosity of M&T Bank and the support of The Buffalo News, more than 100,000 tour brochures will be distributed throughout the region and the nation this season. This oversized, full color brochure describes the 30 unique Guided Tours that will be offered this season and provides a calendar listing of when each will take place, and also lists all 50 Self-Guided Audio Tours and the extension to access each.
Buffalo Tours is proud to promote cultural tourism in beautiful Buffalo. For more information, visit www.BuffaloTours.org or call 716-852-3300.
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