Buffalo is an old industrial city that has had a declining population for 50 years. As a result of being a major city prior to 1950 they have a lot of interesting older architecture. As with many rust belt cities, they have also worked to reinvent themselves, sometimes in creative ways.
Buffalo had more grain silos than any city in the world, as a result of their position on the Great Lakes. Many are now abandoned.
Some have been partially torn down and now serve as a restaurant setting, albeit a very unusual one complete with rebar. Next door on one of the standing silos is one of the largest climbing walls in the country.
Some have been repainted as giant beer cans.
The harbor has a mix of old and new, complete with lift bridges.
Built in 1900, and serving Buffalo ever since the Edward Cotter is the worlds oldest active fireboat, and it serves as an ice breaker in the winter.
Buffalo & Erie County Military Park
Federal Courthouse – old and new.
Grover Cleveland – Buffalo native
Art deco Buffalo City Hall. Note the Canadian flag alongside the American flag. With Canada a mile away across the Niagara River nearly every place that had a U.S. flag had a Canadian flag.
McKinley Monument at the location of his assassination.
A cool old bank building.
Amazingly for such a small city Buffalo has a train system.
A great theater district.
Finally the Liberty Building has twin Statues of Liberty.
