I HAVE DEVELOPED A SERIOUS CASE OF BUFFALO ENVY. My visits to this American city just over the border have revealed an architectural wonderland, an urbanite’s playground, and a very friendly town undergoing a revival that’s turning into a renaissance. …
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Buffalo’s Central Terminal: Big, beautiful and back from the brink
BUFFALO’S CENTRAL TERMINAL STANDS EPIC AND FORLORN WITHIN SIGHT OF THE MAPLE LEAF as it travels between Toronto and New York City. The station’s Art Deco tower looms behind the abandoned and weed-choked platforms on the far side of the …
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Looks Great, Sounds Amazing: Buffalo’s Silo City
BUFFALO’S SILO CITY HAS BEEN ON MY LIST OF “MUST SEE” DESTINATIONS FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS. Several miles of concrete grain silos planted by the banks of the Buffalo River as it twists and turns along its final stretch, …
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Peru 2003: Machu Picchu, Cusco, Lima and the Bench of Gold
I PROBABLY SHOULDN’T HAVE GONE TO PERU. We had a new baby at home and my wife was on maternity leave when my editor at the daily newspaper where I worked asked if I’d be willing to go to Peru …
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Instagramable: Stratford Offstage – the Town and the Festival
STRATFORD, ONTARIO IS HARDLY A SECRET. The town has hosted a Shakespearean theatre festival since 1953, which singlehandedly revived the fortunes of the area, though you still know you’re in the heart of southwest Ontario’s farming heartland by the smell …
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