From Living Social:

Buffalo is a spirited city, especially when all the ghouls, goblins, and scantily clad French maids hit the streets in celebration of Halloween. But if you can’t wait until October, we’ve spooked up a devilish deal to tide you over: Put in $25 (regularly $50) and get two early admission tickets to the Parra Horror Convention on Saturday May 26. Hosted in the historically haunted Buffalo Central Terminal, ParaHorror Con is one of the Northeast’s largest paranormal conventions, featuring lectures and workshops from parahistorians, paranormal experts. There will also be ghost — er, guest appearances by famous mediums and film stars from popular sci-fi and horror films. This deal is not a trick — just a frighteningly delicious treat for all those in search of a scary good time.

Want more? Visit Buffalo Central Terminal on Facebook.

Go here to get the deal—>

Video comes courtesy of Artvoice TV.

Nice job Hannah Hampton!

Hollywood horror is coming to Buffalo in the biggest Convention of it’s kind to be held in Western New York, and at one of Buffalo’s most haunted landmarks! Join us on Saturday, May 26th from noon to 7pm for a Convention of all things horror, paranormal, and beyond!

Scheduled to appear at the Convention is Tyler Mane (Michael Myers from Rob Zombie’s Halloween, Sabretooth from the blockbuster movie X-Men), Leah Gibson (Nettie from Twilight: Eclipse, and The Watchmen), James Winburn (Michael Myers stuntman from the original Halloween, David Hasselhoff stunt double in Knight Rider), Lloyd Kaufman (Troma Films), Suzi Lorraine (Rated top 5 horror scream queen), Brian Cano (SyFy Channel’s Haunted Collector), Jane Riley (Ghost Hunters Academy), Rosalyn Bown (Ghost Hunters Academy), Karyn Reece (popular Psychic Medium), and many more. Over 20 guests in all will be appearing for a meet & greet!

Also making a special appearance is the cult icon Christine car from the movie Christine, and KITT from the popular TV series Knight Rider! This day long convention will also include a huge vendor floor on the main concourse that will have a wide variety of merchandise available from haunted artwork, to t-shirts, and more!

The vendor floor will also have some of the areas best paranormal groups sharing with you some of the best evidence captured in America’s most haunted locations! Read More →

Looks like it is going to a be another banner year at Buffalo’s Central Terminal!!!

From their website:

BUFFALO, N.Y. –  An expanded Dyngus Day festival, Buffalo’s largest Oktoberfest celebration and an aggressive schedule of public history and architectural tours are among the highlights of the 2012 Calendar of Events released by the Central Terminal Restoration Corporation. Over the years, many of these events have become some of Western New York’s most successful outings with proceeds benefiting the stabilization and restoration of the Terminal.

Read more at the Central Terminal’s website—>

Local radio personality Allan Harris let me post these here.  He had posted these on Facebook back in March of 2011.

Allan Harris

It is always seeing photos and images of the Central Terminal from different points in its history.

These were by Harris in college for a photo class.

Great stuff!!! Thanks Allan!!!

Buffalo’s Central Terminal is reveling in recognition and dollars.

It was awarded $10,000 after receiving the most votes in a weeklong competition co-sponsored by the National Trust for Historic Preservation on Facebook that saw hundreds take part.

The Art Deco train station bested the Colored Musicians Club, Graycliff and Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural Site.

Read full story in Buffalo News—>

The Central Terminal is receiving help towards its restoration.  It also needs your help in receiving some funding from the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

The Terminal will receive a little over $300,000 to rehabilitate and restore two entryway canopies. The money is part of competitive award process through New York State’s Regional Economic Development Councils. The money is part of over $100 mil received by Western New York for 96 different projects. (click here to see a list of all the projects)

These canopies are incredible.  To see them restored is a great boost for the ongoing efforts of the Central Terminal Restoration Corporation.

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The Central Terminal could use your help in receiving $10,000 from the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

The Terminal is one of four local sites in the running for the grant.

This is where you come in.  The site that receives the money is determined by who receives the most votes. The Terminal is in the running with the Colored Musicians Club, Graycliff and the Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural Site.

You can only vote on Facebook and only vote once through 12/18/2011.

Click here and go vote and find out more information—>

A l i v e!!!

As was reported here almost two weeks ago, the Central Terminal installed a new flagpole to replace one that was taken down for scrap some thirty years ago.

I finally had the opportunity to see it up and close over the weekend and decided to shoot a little video of it to share.

You can see old glory waving at the Terminal from a lot of different vantage points in the neighborhood.

What a great sight!

Alive!

(click on image for full view)

For much of the middle twentieth century, thousands of Buffalo’s servicemen and women passed through the Buffalo Central Terminal.  After participating in a 2008 tour of the Terminal, Chuck Marsillo, past commander of AMVETS Post 897 got the inspiration to return the flagpole to this Broadway-Fillmore treasure.

Marsillo partnered up with Central Terminal Restoration Corporation President Mark Lewandowski who is a twenty year military veteran currently serving with the 107th Airlift Wing.

The partnership culminated in the re-installation of the flagpole in its original location. Marsillo got donations from AMVETS members and other military members to purchase the flagpole.

The flagpole rises fifty feet above the eastern side of the Terminal. It replaces one that was taken down for scrap in the 1980s.

From a press release from the Central Terminal Restoration Corporation:

“On behalf of the veterans and their families who have passed through the main concourse of the Central Terminal, on their way to a journey where in most cases their lives were changed forever, we are proud to acknowledge this remembrance of sacrifice,” said Lewandowski. “For thousands of people, Buffalo Central Terminal was their final time in Buffalo.”

A l i v e!

http://buffalocentralterminal.org/