(Marty Biniasz – Co-Founder, Forgotten Buffalo) The Eastside of Buffalo is home to some of the region’s most important cultural, ethnic and architectural landmarks. With the founding of St. Stanislaus Parish in 1873, the area became one of the largest Polish-American colonies in the world outside of Poland. Forgotten Buffalo Tours will shine the spotlight on century old churches, an old world public market and art-deco masterpieces.

The tour on Saturday, August 21st includes a number of stops at friendly neighborhood taverns, a home cooked Polish meal and music by a LIVE polka band at EVERY stop.

Forgotten Buffalo is the region’s authority on unique landmarks, classic taverns, old world neighborhoods & “Nickel City” oddities presents Buffalo’s original “Off the Beaten Track” tours. Guides are Eddy Dobosiewicz and trained Buffalo architecture and history docent Marty Biniasz. Each custom designed tour will give you a sense why Buffalo-Niagara is one of the most unique urban communities in the world.

Visit ForgottenBuffalo.com for details.

Great stuff from shot yesterday from BFA friends Forgotten Buffalo…

Forgotten Buffalo has posted some very cool images and a write up about a summer day in 1968 at the old Warsaw Inn on Broadway.

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Al Kania ROCKS!!!!

Father Anzelm of Corpus Christi ROCKS!!!

And it goes without saying…Forgotten Buffalo ROCKS!

Thank for passing the videos along…

http://forgottenbuffalo.com

BFA friend and BFNHS President Roxanne Chase passed this along to me today…it is a ticket from the old Rivoli Theatre at Broadway and Sweet for a 1973 performance of Blue Oyster Cult.

Cool…

The Rivoli was torn down in the early 1980s.

Check out Forgotten Buffalo for some more pics of its final days—>

Martin Biniasz / Eddy Dobosiewicz / Sr. M. Johnice C.S.S.F.

“Airborne Eddy” Dobosiewicz and Martin Biniasz of Forgotten Buffalo held a ‘A Polish Tavern Christmas Tour’ to benefit the Response to Love Center.

Almost a foot of new snow could not stop over 80 people from reviving the decades old tradition of polka Christmas caroling. On December 19, 2008, Forgotten Buffalo Tours partnered with 2008 Grammy Award Nominated Polka Band Jerry Darlak and the Touch for an evening of “polka caroling” at taverns in Cheektowaga and the Historic Polonia District near the Broadway Market.

Being Christmas eve, Sr. Johnice was busy getting everything ready for the Christmas Day Dinner expecting a few hundred people. When all of a sudden a knock at the door with the friendly faces of “Airborne Eddy,” his son Christian and Marty Biniasz all East Side heroes show up, with a check from the proceeds of the A Polish Tavern Christmas Tour. The tour had raised $500.00! In addition they heard of Sister Johnice’s drive for Blankets of Love, with bags full of warm blankets to add to the drive.

A heartfelt THANK YOU to all that help support our Mission to the East Side of Buffalo.

http://responsetolove.org  http://forgottenbuffalo.org

HT Mike Gilhooly from the RTLC for the story and pic!

Way cool post from Forgotten Buffalo including audio from JFK…Kennedy partcipated in the Pulaski Day parade in 1962 on Broadway while making his way downtown for speech in front of city hall.

If anyone has any or knows someone that has cool video or pictures from this event, please contact me.

[click here to see full story and hear audio]

BFA friends @ Forgotten Buffalo are running their 75th Anniversary of the Repeal of Prohibition Tour on December 5th…

From FB’s website…

Join Forgotten Buffalo as we celebrate the 75th anniversary of the 1933 repeal of the 18th amendment, the governmental act banding sale and consumption of alcohol. Travel to some of the most colorful taverns and pubs in Buffalo as we salute our forefathers who had to endure 13 years without the right to a legal drink. THREE out of FOUR stops are NEW to this tour. You will LOVE these joints! Limited space available. Reserve your seats today! For more information visit www.ForgottenBuffalo.com or e-mail ForgottenBuffalo@aol.com.

Sounds like FUN!

Found a nice post on the Forgotten Buffalo website about “The Bells of St. Ann’s”…the above video is great!

Check out the full post by clicking here…