For 26 years, my husband and I have gone away for two days to Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario for relax and recuperate from the year. We spend time and do our year planning and reflect on how we did the past year. This year, the border is closed and there is nowhere to go.
On January 1st, we went down to the Buffalo waterfront which has undergone a huge transformation in the past 10 years. New this year is the almost finished built Carousel building and the Longhouse boat building structure. Normally, there is ice skating, hot chocolate, music, and so on. This year, ghost town. No one but us. Kind of eerie. I certainly hope this is not the end of the waterfront excitement. Couldn't even get a cup of coffee.
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Canalside Bridge over slip for original Erie Canal
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Black bridge in back over Ice Rink connecting to Explore and More Kids Museum
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The Skyway out of Buffalo, General Mills cereal in back, smell of Cheerios all over.
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Carousel Museum to house a Buffalo built Herschel Carosel
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Carousel in front, Long House down the decking
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Long House that is building a replica Canal boat
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Long House, Buffalo News Building in back
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The Little Rock in the Buffalo Naval Park
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Tall building is Seneca One Tower undergoing rehab by Doug Jemal
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The Skyway (I think it is beautiful- some want to rip it down) in front of the Cheerios factory
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Abandoned grain mills that have LED changing light projections on at night,
Buffalo River in front, Lake Erie in back
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Looking south from Wilkenson Point
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Looking north from Wilkenson Point to Coast Guard lighthouse and Peace Bridge to right
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Ugly wind turbines on the former Bethlehem Steel site to south.
Beyond breakwall is Lake Erie
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Marble rubble from M&T Bank's Marble Temple torn down and
discarded on the waterfront in the 50s
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Gazebo at Wilkenson Point on January 1st- gray day with sun trying to break through
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8 comments:
Beautiful photographs!
Great photos. That area has certainly changed from the skyway views we had 50 years ago. And the aroma of cheerios has to be an improvement over the belching smoke of the steel mills and other industry back then! I think I wouldn't even recognize downtown Buffalo anymore.
Beautiful photographs Linda, but also sad to see the emptiness. However
it does show that people are now at least being more aware!`
While you might not have gotten "away", it appears that you enjoyed a lovely hometown adventure, Linda. Happy New Year!
Great Pictures.
Your landscape is so different than my area of the country. Thanks for the tour through photos.
I'm adding Buffalo to my list of places to visit in the 20's. Maybe not in January, however.
ceci
Very interesting photos, Linda! I've never been to Buffalo or seen the lake. Your practice of evaluating each year and planning for the next sounds like a good one. Hoping for better times this year!
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