Just found out today that Marty Biniasz’s grandmother had passed away on Saturday.

Mary R. Lipinski was a lifelong B-F resident.  She also was a big inspiration in Marty’s life and the role he plays in helping the neighborhood.

Keep his grandmother and family in your prayers.

You can read her obituary by clicking here—>

(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.

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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From The Daily News:

BUFFALO — The 18th annual Business First 40 Under Forty class includes the Medina mayor, the marketing manager at Batavia Downs and the operations manager for Trek Inc. in Medina.

The three local leaders will join 37 other leaders and recognized professionals today during a luncheon at the Buffalo Niagara Convention center. About 800 people are expected to attend the event.

Marty Biniasz is director of marketing for Western Regional Off -Track Betting, owner of Batavia Downs. Previously, Biniasz was marketing manager at Fairgrounds Gaming and Raceway in Hamburg. From 2001 to 2003, Biniasz worked as an assistant athletic director for marketing at Niagara University.

Biniasz is currently the chairman of the City of Buffalo’s Broadway Market Advisory Task Force. He is the founder of the annual Dyngus Day Buffalo parade. Biniasz also conducts architecture and history tours of Buffalo as part of Forgotten Buffalo. This year he is serving on the Buffalo Convention and Visitors Bureau marketing committee.

Congratulations Marty!

PS: Dyngus Day is only 143 days away…

Mayor Byron Brown stopped by the Broadway Market on Saturday to show his support for the Market and purchased a few goodies…good stuff!

I opened my email up this morning and had this picture in it courtesy of Marty Biniasz!!!

Very…Very…Cool…thanks Marty!

From Marty on the painting and the artist…

Alexander O. Levy was born in Germany and came to Buffalo in 1909.  He was the art director at Larkin Soap around 1913.

The attached painting, Broadway Market Impending Storm was painted in 1933. The original is currently part of the collection of the Burchfield-Penny.

If anyone ever finds an old picture or painting of something in B-F, please email us.  We can scan it and get it up on BFA.  Stuff like the above is just amazing.