Travel Reference
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inaugural event is used as a springboard to explore America at the turn of the 20th cen-
tury, the optimism of the Pan-American Expo, and the complicated issues facing the first
modern-day president.
Guided tours ($10 adults, $7 seniors and students, $5 children 6-18) run about an hour,
but budget at least two hours to fully appreciate the site. Check the website for special
eventssuchashistoricalfashionshows,dinners,andVictorianteasduringtheholidays.The
site is fully accessible. The best parking is accessed from behind the building via Franklin
Street.
The emerging community known as
Elmwood Village
(
www.elmwoodvillage.org
) over-
laps with Allentown and provides visitors with cultural entertainment, shops, and relaxing
park spaces. The community is loosely defined as the area bordered by Richmond and
Delaware Avenues, North Street, and Delaware Park. Elmwood Village is more bustling
than Allentown, but still maintains a unique identity, blending museums, retail shops, parks
and a college campus. The village has been named “one of the 10 Great Neighborhoods in
America” by the American Planning Association.
The village also boasts green spaces designed by Frederick Olmsted. Olmsted and land-
scape designer Calvert Vaux designed Bidwell, Chapin, and Lincoln Parkways to connect
with Delaware Park.
The Buffalo History Museum
The Buffalo History Museum
(1 Museum Ct., 716/873-9644,
www.bechs.org
, 10am-5pm
Tues. and Thurs.-Sat., 10am-8pm Wed., noon-5pm Sun.,$7adults, $5seniors and students,
$2.50 children 7-12) tells the story of western New York via artifacts and displays of his-
toric materials, including the gun used by anarchist Leon Czolgosz to assassinate Presid-
ent McKinley. Frequently changing exhibits keep the narrative relevant and engaging. It is
worth a visit just to see the grounds, including the south portico's statue of Abraham Lin-
coln and the Japanese garden.
Preservation Buffalo Niagara
(617 Main St., 716/852-3300,
www.preservationbuffaloniagara.org
,
9am-5pm Mon.-Fri.) offers more than 50 tours of
Buffalo throughout the year. Most tours are $10 per person. It provides free tours of
Buffalo City Hall at noon Monday-Saturday.
Open
Air
Autobus
(716/854-3749,
