In addition to Garden Walk, there’s another “Green” activity going on in Buffalo this weekend! Buffalo Tours is proud to offer an E.B. Green doubleheader, with tours of E.B. Green architecture on both Saturday and Sunday. Both of these tours are new this year. And if two tours isn’t enough Green, you can also stop by Karpeles Manuscript Library (North) to check out an ongoing exhibit on E.B. Green’s residential architecture, related to Sunday’s tour.
For those who know E.B. Green only as a fine restaurant to scarf a steak, this is a great opportunity to become familiar with the work of Buffalo’s most significant—and most prolific—architect, Edward B. Green (1855–1951). Often in partnership with his sons, and with longtime business partner Wicks, Green designed many of Buffalo’s most significant buildings and homes, and was known as “the dean of Buffalo architecture”. He was also Buffalo’s acknowledged master of the Beaux Arts style, which was in vogue around the turn of the (last) century. A notable “high society” architect, Green was responsible for some of Buffalo’s richest architecture, while working for some of Buffalo’s wealthiest patrons.
In between enjoying the gardens this weekend, check out this unparalleled opportunity to discover and appreciate this significant collection of Buffalo’s richest architecture. Join Buffalo Tours for a Beaux Arts blowout! Full details are below.
Special Bonus: To the delight of E.B. Green fans, Chuck LaChiusa has just added a key resource to his outstanding web site, Buffalo Architecture and History. It’s a reprint of the exhibit catalog from the 1997 exhibit “E. B. Green: Buffalo’s Architect” at the Burchfield-Penney Art Center, including several articles about Green written for the exhibit. Find it here: http://buffaloah.com/a/archs/ebg/bp/tc.html
Here’s the full lineup:
Saturday, July 26
E.B. Green: The Greening of Buffalo (new this year!)
In his seven-decade career, E. B. Green built a nationally-renowned architectural firm whose work ranged stylistically and included many major residential, commercial, industrial, civic, religious, and campus commissions. Beginning at First Presbyterian Church, this tour takes in the residential areas of Richmond, Summer, Oakland, Bryant, Delaware, and North, and features the Goodyear Mansion, Mayfair Lane, and the Birge Townhouse on the Midway.
10:00 AM–12:00 Noon
Meet in front of the First Presbyterian Church, Symphony Circle
$10
Sunday, July 27
Doorway to Dorchester: E.B. Green’s Middle Class Buffalo (new this year!)
Although known for the Goodyear Mansion, the Dun Building, and the classical Albright-Knox, members of Buffalo’s upper-middle class also commissioned E. B. Green to build more modest structures. Discover a unique collection of diverse styles by Buffalo’s most prolific and long-lived architect, all in a single neighborhood, and all deserving the same appreciation and preservation garnered by his designs for the wealthy.
1:00 PM–2:30 PM
Meet at the corner of Dorchester Avenue & Bidwell Parkway
$10
Note: Suzanne Prabucki developed this tour, as an outgrowth of her research on E.B. Green’s domestic architecture. A related exhibit is on display at the Karpeles Manuscript Library (see next item).
All weekend
E.B. Green’s Middle-Class Architecture
Exhibit by Suzanne Prabucki (who developed Sunday’s tour)
Karpeles Manuscript Library North Hall, North and Elmwood (220 North Street)
11:00 AM–4:00 PM
Free
http://www.rain.org/~karpeles/bufdir.html
Photo credit: Buffalo Architecture and History, Buffaloah.com
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