You'll find here my personal impressions of my native city, Buffalo, and its surroundings in Western New York. A few entries present historical material, including post cards from my collection. Most entries show my own photographs, sometimes with a few words of interpretation.
All my entries, text or photo, are impressionistic fragments, or what Montaigne called "Essais," or "attempts." According to an article in the NY Times:
"Dr. Johnson’s dictionary defined an essay as 'a loose sally of the mind; an irregular indigested piece.' . . . 'sally' is a nice fit for Montaigne’s meandering collection of thoughts, and those of his more whimsical descendants."
There are many, many helpful web sites describing various aspects of Buffalo. The following three are a good introduction:
- Chuck LaChiusa offers amazingly comprehensive information at Buffalo Architecture and History.
- Cynthia Van Ness has well-organized, complete research resources and links at Buffaloresearch.com.
- Preservation Buffalo Niagara offers a great variety of walking, bicycle, boat, and bus tours led by an enthusiastic, highly trained group of volunteer docents. Find out more at Buffalo Tours.
Seeing Buffalo 