Buffalo's Allentown - a small sample

steel · #1 Posted **Mar 22, 2012, 4:42 PM**

Buffalo's spectacular Allentown for your enjoyment

Centropolis · #2 Posted **Mar 22, 2012, 5:07 PM**

Awww, awwww...It's a baby buffalo-house!

Shes a beauty!

kool maudit · #3 Posted **Mar 22, 2012, 5:37 PM**

fascinating shots from "the winnipeg of america."

Centropolis · #4 Posted **Mar 22, 2012, 5:43 PM**

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Originally Posted by kool maudit

fascinating shots from "the winnipeg of america."

we don't get that. "welcome to the detroit of canada" is more juicy and going that way, like when i'm peeping in the canada room like a weird nation-state voyeur .

Centropolis · #5 Posted **Mar 22, 2012, 5:46 PM**

in any case there are what probably 4-5-6? american winnipegs.

Danny · #6 Posted **Mar 22, 2012, 6:00 PM**

Thanks for the pictures!

I love those houses and town planning. Great!

Congrats and greetings from Madrid, Spain!

Wigs · #7 Posted **Mar 22, 2012, 10:23 PM**

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Originally Posted by kool maudit

fascinating shots from "the winnipeg of america."

Winnipeg wishes it had the architectural legacy (and pedigree) of Buffalo

great photos steel! being surrounded by all the newness in Calgary I miss the old, classic American architecture of Buffalo sometimes

Centropolis · #8 Posted **Mar 22, 2012, 10:48 PM**

That looks Canadianish to me, but my instincts of vernaculars and historical processes and the associated churnings north of Chicago (or even non-Chicago/Milwaukee/Detroit Great Lakes) arent well formed.

steel · #9 Posted **Mar 23, 2012, 1:18 AM**

That Canadian look is quite distinctive from what you find in Buffalo. You won't find as much wood and the Canadian masonry is somehow more squarish and angular compared to Buffalo. You will also find a lot more duplexes (paired townhouses) in Canada.

rousseau · #10 Posted **Mar 23, 2012, 1:59 AM**

Buffalo is loaded with gems. A lot of grand gestures from a hundred years ago when it was still a major player.

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Originally Posted by kool maudit

fascinating shots from "the winnipeg of america."

I don't know. I lived in Winnipeg at one time. Buffalo looks and feels nothing like it. Winnipeg also hasn't experienced a mass exodus like Buffalo. I recall a thirty-ish Buffalonian telling me once that he'd said goodbye to two separate waves of friends leaving for greener pastures.

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Originally Posted by steel

That Canadian look is quite distinctive from what you find in Buffalo. You won't find as much wood and the Canadian masonry is somehow more squarish and angular compared to Buffalo. You will also find a lot more duplexes (paired townhouses) in Canada.

I think you mean semi-detached (duplexes are two residences in one building on a single lot, usually one residence on the main floor and one upstairs).

Canada's a big country. I think you're referring to southern Ontario, which does indeed have a lot of Victorian/Edwardian brick (see here and here). Toronto has tons of semis: they're one of the defining architectural features of the city. Other places in southern Ontario have them here and there, but nothing like in Toronto, which has streets and streets of them. Montreal has some too, mostly in Notre-Dame-de-Grace, I think.

Centropolis · #11 Posted **Mar 23, 2012, 4:51 AM**

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Originally Posted by rousseau

I don't know. I lived in Winnipeg at one time. Buffalo looks and feels nothing like it. Winnipeg also hasn't experienced a mass exodus like Buffalo. I recall a thirty-ish Buffalonian telling me once that he'd said goodbye to two separate waves of friends leaving for greener pastures.

That shit just puts hair on your chest, like greened beans and canned mushrooms. Salts your nads, or whatever the old dead sailors might say.

i'm guessing kool means more in a structural, historical, economic, national context of a declined pivot-point/number uno tailbone or something. I read that winnipeg was number 3 at some point. I can relate being from an american city on a list of once number 4 cities that nobody remembers was important, ever.

then again maybe he just means it in the sense that winnipeg is a quirky provincial sort of wreck: lite. but it's kind of amusing to do things like "the sacramento of canada." "the halifax of america." "the topeka of nunavut." *chortle*

Shasta · #12 Posted **Mar 23, 2012, 5:08 AM**

So much character and beauty and so damn affordable too and yet, we'd rather live in some genericville place with a local Applebee's.

Bronxwood · #13 Posted **Mar 23, 2012, 4:40 PM**

This part of Buffalo is incredibly beautiful. Google maps has updated buffalo in HD and luckily for the city it was sunny out which really brings out the beauty of the city. The entire north side of the city is stunning and impressive. You can definitely see that Buffalo was a much more important city back in the day. Curiously enough, I felt that the city felt much bigger than Cleveland despite it having half the population. Am I wrong for saying that? Great thread, I always enjoy seeing Buffalo. Please post more if you have any left!

Echoes · #14 Posted **Mar 23, 2012, 6:50 PM**

I'm in love.

novaCJ · #15 Posted **Mar 23, 2012, 9:08 PM**

Beautiful!
That house in the second picture looks like it just walked out of "American Gothic"

Razor · #16 Posted **Mar 24, 2012, 3:52 PM**

Great pics! Here's hoping that Buffalo makes a come-back. It sure has character..Just won't find the classic old stone and brick architecture in these newer metro areas..

Dr Awesomesauce · #17 Posted **Mar 25, 2012, 1:02 PM**

Buffalo's full of hidden gems...and some not-so-hidden, I suppose. Thanks!

Austinlee · #18 Posted **Mar 25, 2012, 2:55 PM**

Someone lock this Winnipeg vs Buffalo thread! lol. j/k

Great looking hood.

I love this picture. This just looks very inviting to me. Nice sidewalk, architecture looks like a nice little place to eat too.

Fortunate4Now · #19 Posted **Mar 27, 2012, 12:23 AM**

Great photos Steel!

Evergrey · #20 Posted **Mar 27, 2012, 2:09 PM**

I starting to see the Winnipeg people are talking about.