The Broadway Market was opened in 1888 by a group of citizens on a city-donated parcel at 999 Broadway Avenue. It served as a meeting place for immigrants who were looking to preserve their Eastern European heritage. Over 130 years later, people stil…
Growing up on the fringe of Buffalo’s media market meant hearing the names of people and places that helped define the city in the ’60s and ’70s: Chippewa Street, Shane Brother Shane, Rocketship 7, and, of course, Bethlehem Steel. Too young to ass…
Wooden Polish eggs, or pisanki, are a staple for many preparing an Easter basket to be blessed on Holy Saturday. “Eggs are a representation of the original source of creation. They were decorated with symbols and colors to represent things like fe…
To illustrate just how diverse consignment fashion can be, we teamed up with Annie Adams, owner of Second Chic, to create three distinct outfits solely from the assortment in her Williamsville store—then enlisted Jane Dewey of Synder, a licensed psyc…
At just 24 years old, Jake Moslow is an anomaly in his trade. The few fellow custom sign painters that remain have been in the industry for decades, many nearing retirement. But the creative force behind JM Signs can be found in his Black Rock stu…
We’re on the brink of spring, a period of floral regrowth and faunal fecundity. And that means the humble egg will once again bear its annual symbolic weight on seder plates and in Easter baskets worldwide. Eggs and all the potential for new life the…
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