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Buffalo and Niagara Falls
24 places · 7 areas · any 7 stops free, then $4.99 for the whole city · offline map 26.4 MB
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An example half day
6 of the highlights, 1 day, about 2.2 mi (3.5 km), planned by the app's own engine and shown here with their guide. In the app you choose your own.
Day 1 · ~2.2 mi (3.5 km)
1
Michigan Street Baptist Church
511 Michigan Avenue; brick church of 1845, built by its own African American congregation
See the brick church on Michigan Avenue, built by its own congregation in 1845.
2
Buffalo City Hall
Downtown; 1931 Art Deco tower with a free 28th-floor observation deck and tours on weekdays
Go up to the 28th-floor observation deck for the view over the city, or join the free guided tour of the Art Deco halls.
3
Prudential Guaranty Building
Church and Pearl Streets; Sullivan and Adler's 1896 skyscraper wrapped in terra cotta ornament
Look up at the 13 stories of floral terra cotta ornament, then step into the restored lobby and its interpretive center.
4
Canalside
Downtown waterfront; re-created western end of the Erie Canal, with summer events and winter skating
Walk the re-created canals and the Commercial Slip, catch an event, or skate on the canals in winter.
5
Buffalo and Erie County Naval and Military Park
Canalside; museum park of a cruiser, a destroyer and a submarine on the Buffalo waterfront
Climb through the cruiser USS Little Rock, the destroyer USS The Sullivans and the submarine USS Croaker, then see the aircraft and tanks on shore.
6
Buffalo Heritage Carousel
Canalside; carousel of 1924, spinning on the waterfront since 2021
Take a ride on the 1924 carousel on the waterfront, then walk the canals.
More of the top sights
A few of the 24 places in the full guide. Each one has its own written guide in the app: what to do, what to notice, the history, and why it hits.
Niagara Falls State Park
Niagara Falls, New York; America's oldest state park, 1885, laid out by Olmsted around the falls
Darwin D. Martin House
125 Jewett Parkway; Frank Lloyd Wright's Prairie house of 1903 to 1905, restored and open for tours
Cave of the Winds
Niagara Falls State Park; wooden walkways at the very foot of Bridal Veil Falls, rebuilt every spring
Richardson Olmsted Campus
444 Forest Avenue; Henry Hobson Richardson's towered hospital of the 1870s to 1890s, now a hotel
Delaware Park
Olmsted park system; 376-acre park of 1868 to 1876 by Olmsted and Vaux, around Hoyt Lake
Buffalo AKG Art Museum
1285 Elmwood Avenue in Delaware Park; modern art museum reopened in 2023 with the new Gundlach Building
Areas
Downtown · Canalside · Delaware and Olmsted · Parkside and East Side · Niagara Falls · Lockport · Graycliff
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