(Michael Mroziak • Wed, Oct 05, 2011) Western New York is preparing to host thousands of visitors who will come to see some of the Buffalo area’s historic and cultural gems. Corpus Christi Church, one of local Polonia’s cherished sites, will be among those on the schedule.
Beginning Wed., Oct. 19, Buffalo is hosting the National Preservation Conference, sponsored by the Washington D.C. based National Trust for Historic Preservation. The four-day event is the organization’s 65th annual conference but the first to be hosted in Buffalo.
“I feel that this conference is like Buffalo’s debutante party,” said Chuck LaChiusa, chairman of the Sacred Spaces Reborn bus tour that will be conducted as part of the conference. “Buffalo is being introduced to the country in terms of its great Victorian and early 20th century architecture.”
Visitors will have a lot of local architectural beauty on which to feast their eyes. It’s not just about the beauty preserved at these sites. More importantly, visitors will learn lessons about how many of these buildings remain relevant.
