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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Toys, Civil Rights, History, Art, Vinyl, Beer, Bowling and Booze: A Rochester Primer
FIRST OF ALL, I DID NOT TRY THE “GARBAGE PLATE.” Of all the things I saw in Rochester, my hosts did not see fit to put the famous Garbage Plate on my itinerary. I don’t know why – frankly, it …
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A Photographer’s Pilgrimage to the George Eastman Museum
THE GEORGE EASTMAN MUSEUM IS MECCA FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS. There are plenty of must-see photography museums in the world – the ICP in New York City, the Fondation Cartier-Bresson in Paris, Antwerp’s FoMu, Foam in Amsterdam – but Eastman House, as …
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Getting the shot: Rochester and its High Falls
THE GENESEE RIVER RUNS THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF ROCHESTER, and while there are plenty of cities with a river or two, few of them have a spectacular waterfall in the center of town. I’ve wanted to photograph the High Falls …