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.

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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—>

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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.”

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http://buffalocentralterminal.org/

Love this little promo video by the Buffalo Bills in 1960…it feature their first head coach Buster Ramsey arriving in Buffalo at the Central Terminal.

http://buffalocentralterminal.org/

What a great weekend I had in the neighborhood!!!

I had the privilege of participating in the Hope Center’s trunk or treat event on Friday evening and emceeing the Broadway Market’s annual Halloween contest on Saturday.

The Hope Center’s trunk or treat event was incredible.  In just one year, the event has nearly tripled in size!!!  It is a testament to the good work the Hope Center does for the neighborhood.  I brought nearly 200 pieces of candy and I ran out! Running the event in the shadow of the Central Terminal makes it special.

Next year, I am going to have to up what I did with my trunk cuz some folks put together some very awesome displays.

The Broadway Market…a totally different experience and a totally different place than the Hope Center.  But equal in its importance to the Broadway-Fillmore community.  The contest gave a lot of kids an opportunity to participate in an event that they wouldn’t be able to if the Market wasn’t there.

I loved both!!!

Alive!!!

Join us for a night tour of the Central Terminal guided only with flashlights! We will take you to all the areas seen on Ghost Hunters and tell you about all the claims of evidence and ghost stories of the Central Terminal. The tours will last about an hour long and we will be heading to areas like Fedele’s Apartment, the phantom water fountain, and more! Maybe some of the spirits of the Central Terminal will join us on our little tour! Tours will leave every half hour and each tour is limited to 20 people, so reservations are required. Tours are open to ages 12 and up, and comfortable walking shoes and a flashlight are mandatory for everyone who attends. Unfortunately this tour is not handicapped accessible, as visitors will need to be able to walk up flights of stairs and down long hallways. Tickets are $20 per person.

Click Here to buy tickets for a Thursday tour
Click Here to buy tickets for a Saturday tour

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Work continues on creating the Urban Habitat Project at the Central Terminal. It will be a living inner-city demonstration classroom that features habitat restoration, native plants, and sustainable site development/construction while explaining the benefits of bio-diversity is planned for three acres of unused property at the front door of the east side landmark. The Buffalo Urban Habitat Project and Classroom is seen as a Buffalo first and a model that can be repeated elsewhere as greening and urban farming gain favor in a shrinking city. Construction started earlier this month.

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