Buffalo in the 50’s: Downtown, Black Rock First Ward, and The Fruit Belt in Color
Buffalo, NY – Here are dozens of beautiful photos showing downtown, areas along the Black Rock Canal that have been replaced with the 190, and photos of the Fruit Belt neighborhood devastated by the building of the 33 Expressway, great old downtown flicks, a few from the First Ward, and even some shots from “out in the country.”
These photos are mostly from 1957 & 1958.
Becky Harbison had a car trunk full of old slides rescued from the home of a relative, who obviously had a great love for some of the more interesting scenes around Buffalo in the late 50s.
Read more about William Harbison (and see a few more GREAT slide) here. We scanned in the slides, and here they are… Along with a few other slides I had laying around.
Church & FranklinCherry & Goodell20a near Orchard ParkThruway toll boothsParkside-Zoo streetcar, Erie overpassDowntownDowntownLafayette Square, KleinhansLafayette Square, KleinhansWest Side Rowing ClubWashington at VirginiaTug Oklahoma, Irving L Clymer. Black Rock Canal, 1957South Wales DepotSewer AuthoritySacred Heart Academy Washington StreetRt 16 in Holland219– road to BradfordPublic School 15 from Ellicott Square BuldingAsh & Genesee, Police Precinct 4Old Police BarnsOhio St, Louisiana St, St Clair St, First WardNiagara Section (I-190) anf Massachusetts Pumping StationMichigan & South ParkMichigan & ScottMichigan & GeneseeMassachusetts Ave Pumping StationGoodell & WashingtonGoodell & WashingtonGoodell & Demond Alley Lux Funeral HomeGoode3ll & Demond AlleyFranklin & CourtForest Lawn/Mt St Joseph AcademyForest Lawn Millard Fillmore graveForest LawnFoot of Erie StreetFerry Street from Gull StreetFoot of Ferry StreetFerry St BridgeFerry St BridgeFerry St BridgeFerry St BridgeFerry St BridgeFerry St Bridge from Bird IslandFerry St BridgeFerry Street and Rowing Club from CanadaNiagara St & Ferry StNiagara St & Ferry StNiagara St & Ferry StFairmont CreameryEdmund P SmithEdmund P SmithDelaware & HuronCounty Hall, Delaware Ave SideCotters Grill, First WardCotters Grill, First WardCoal Dock from canal terminalChurch & Franklin NFT BusCentral Book StoreBarge Robert M Trotter and tug at Black RockSS Irvin L Clymer at Black RockPioneer at Black RockNiagara Mohawk at Black RockLydon at Black RockHL Gobeille at Black RockFreighter at Black RockBlack Rock Canal at Ferry StreetBlack Rock shoreline tug boatBall Brothers, Black Rock CanalBlack Rock Canal, Meyer MaltBird Ave at Soldiers Pl, Frank Lloyd Wright Heath HouseAllegheny State ParkReformatted & Updated pages from staffannouncer.com finding a new home at buffalostories.com
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Steve Cichon writes about Buffalo’s pop culture history. His stories of Buffalo's past have appeared more than 1600 times in The Buffalo News.
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