February 3rd, 2012 | by Christopher Byrd | 0 Comments

Celebrate Valentine’s Day at the Chocolate, Wine & Sweets Event at the Broadway Market on Saturday, February 11!
Jazzline will be performing live from 12:30pm until 3:30pm.
Bring your sweetheart for couples photos and enter to win an Engagement Package! It is a $2,000 value that includes a wedding dress from David’s Bridal!
February 3rd, 2012 | by Christopher Byrd | 2 Comments

Next Sunday is Second Sunday in Broadway-Fillmore.
On February 12th, we will be featuring the book launch of Adorned in Light: The Stained Glass of Corpus Christi Church as part of Second Sundays in Broadway-Fillmore.
From Corpus Christi’s website:
After the 11:30 Mass, Corpus Christi is holding a formal book launch for Adorned In Light: The Stained Glass of Courpus Christi Church, Buffalo, NY.
The author and photographer Gregory Witul will be giving a brief talk in church and then signing books in the Kolbe Center.
The cost of the book is $15.00 plus tax.
Please join us for this great event!
If you can’t make to the book launch, please consider coming to any of Broadway-Fillmore’s beautiful and historic churches next Sunday.
Find out more about Second Sundays by clicking here—>
To find out more about Corpus Christi Church click here—>
February 2nd, 2012 | by Reader Submission | 0 Comments
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(By Andrew Golebiowski – Corpus Christi Church) Corpus Christi Church celebrates the tradition of Candlemas-Matki Boski Gromnicznej (Our Lady of the Thunder Candle) on Feb. 2. People brought their own “Thunder Candle” or “Gromnica to church to be blessed. Some of the candles brought to church had been carried from Poland.
After blessing, the candle is taken home to be lit during storms and other times of trouble, or to be placed in the hands of a dying person to allow the light to lead them to the next world.
February 2nd, 2012 | by Christopher Byrd | 1 Comment
February 1st, 2012 | by Christopher Byrd | 0 Comments

David Torke, owner of the Fix Buffalo blog, mashed up the data provided by the city last week of their upcoming demolitions and Google Maps. I featured the data in a post here called Demolishing Polonia.
When you look at the demos coming on a map, you get a real sense as to how this really impacts the neighborhood.
Here is a link to the Google Map—>
Here is a link to David Torke’s blog—>
Polonia is truly being demolished right before our eyes.
February 1st, 2012 | by Christopher Byrd | 0 Comments
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February 1st, 2012 | by Christopher Byrd | 0 Comments

The Project for Public Spaces is doing a survey on the Broadway Market to determine where shoppers come from and other info.
Please take a moment to fill it out.
It can be accessed here—>
January 31st, 2012 | by Christopher Byrd | 3 Comments
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I heart 703 Fillmore. It is on Fillmore just south of Broadway. Long before being the First Holy Temple Full Gospel Baptist Church, it was the Masiel Furniture store built in 1925.
In the pictures above, you can see some of the detail…look at the old awning framework and some of the awning still left.
I am glad the building is in use.
It is another little rough around the edges gem of a building in B-F.
January 31st, 2012 | by Christopher Byrd | 0 Comments
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