Visit Buffalo NY and Lake Erie | Forgotten History
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- Опубликовано: 26 июн 2024
- In this giant adventure of Buffalo NY we explore the forgotten story that made Buffalo NY a historic icon. Buffalo NY is the second largest city in New York State and one of the most prosperous throughout America, one time hosting the Pan-American Exposition or better known as the 1901 World's Fair. On this trip, we explore Buffalo NY's forgotten realm of Silo City. Grain Elevators that tower over the the Buffalo River and Lake Erie. We explore Buffalo's City Hall and Downtown, to discover why Buffalo NY became the epicenter in electricity and illumination. Buffalo is a city surrounded by water, and on this trip we take a grand excursion on Lake Erie, wrapping our Upstate NY adventure in Buffalo NY's Canalside, what became the final piece to the Erie Canal. So join me on this giant adventure, to tour the mighty Buffalo and it's forgotten story.
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**Time Stamp**
0:00 - Welcome to Buffalo University
3:15 - Silo City
4:18 - An Adventure in Downtown Buffalo
7:36 - Buffalo Waterfront
9:57 - Enjoy the Erie Basin Marina
12:16 - What remains of the Erie Canal
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This is an absolutely awesome video. As a transplanted Buffalonian, I always try and tell people i meet there is more to Buffalo than just Wings and Sports. I love how you focused on the City itself, the great architecture, and the proud history. You have done Buffalo a great service and this Buffalonian proud with this video. Excellent job and thank you!!
Thank you so much. A lot of the places I travel to have their known things but I wanted to show the audience a bit more then what they’re use to without straying to far from the narrative of the other 5 cities in the Erie Trail. I had so much more to add about Buffalo which I will save for a 2nd video.
Hosts who know bring guests to Wegmans to eat at least once. Ya its grocery store, but oddly your ppl will bug you to take them there so have at it.
Buffalo is a terrible place to live. The worst weather and the dumbest drunks
@Jose On Tour
Who's got the best wings in the city in your opinion? Everyone kept telling me to go to Gabriel's gate like how mind-blowingly the wings were. I am being sincerely honest when I say I thought anchor by was better. no b.s.
Maybe I just got a bad batch at Gabriel's gate?
An acquaintance of mine has lived in Buffalo for much longer than I have and he said the wings at Gabriel's gate used to be a lot better. I'm a Duff's man. Specifically the white and red one in Amherst. Those wings blew my hair back dude they were like 9.99999/10.
Any places you would recommend because I literally love chicken wings lol they are so good. Anyways you got a sub for me brother . Keep up the good work
@@danharasty6686 I mean Wegmans ain't too shabby. Sometimes I'll go there for lunch lol.
******SIDE NOTE*****who's got the best way to the city? (In your opinion of course)
Ive been living in Buffalo all my life 57 years and i love my city,im here till my last days.GO BILLS
Born and raised here. Thank you for shining such a positive light on our city!! Buffalo is one of the best kept secrets ever!!
Thank you Nancy. Buffalo is such a great area to visit and everyone I’ve met is always so friendly
Awesome job. Born & raised outside of the city of Buffalo. Our history is definitely something to be proud of. I have lived elsewhere but there is nothing like our beautiful parks, falls, scenery, scuba diving, rafting,…I could go on. I love the 4 seasons. Autumn is so beautiful. Summers aren’t scalding hot. Winter fun-snowmobiling, skiing, etc. And again the falls. I never get tired of seeing the falls in any season. Loved you video on the falls. Bills fan too.
I live in Key West Florida now ( 6 1/2 years). I miss and love my home town so much. The history, architecture, affordable living, culture, arts, food, etc. Mostly, I miss the people. I have the opportunity to see plenty of them down here due to my work and happenstance and, in typical WNY fashion, I connect instantly with friends I didn't know I had. Engaging, hard working, funny and charming all the way across the board. BuffaLOVE to you all!!!
Fantastic video I appreciate you showing the great history of this city!!
Thank you. Buffalo has so much more to over and has been a major city in America's history
As a current Buffalonian, I thoroughly enjoyed this video and hearing the history of the city. Great Job!
This was a good tour
I really have to say, I lived in buffalo, NYC, VA. Beach, Los Angeles , Charlottesville, and if you can deal with snow, you will love Buffalo. So many memories. I miss it so much. I'll probably move back eventually.
I love Buffalo. I've lived in the North east area all my life from New England across NY, NJ, and PA and truly enjoy the snow. Its nice having 4 seasons.
Same here - native WNYer, living in FloriDUH the past 27 years 👎 WNY is my end goal for retirement, it has improved a lot since I moved away in 1995. #buffalove #billsmafia
Let's go Buffalo- B-U-F-F-A-L-O !!!
José, your tours are great! You take us places we may go. Thank you for sharing 😊
Thank you so much Carrie
Nice job. We visited Buffalo last summer and plan to return this year for their annual garden tour and the reopening of their art museum.
I live near Buffalo NY ALL my life. You did a Beautiful job with the video Amazing.
Thank you Colleen
Thank you for highlighting our amazing city. Born and raised here and I never want to leave.
Thank you for the feedback
My family’s from Buffalo but we moved to Syracuse when I was 4. Still have most of my relatives living there. I went to Buffalo State after high school. Love Buffalo. Great place to visit.
What a class production! Superb content. Fabulous editing. Appreciate your showcasing our beautiful and historical attributes.
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Go BILLS! 🦬🏈❤️💙
Wow, amazing video, incredible channel! Hope you grow fast. Definetly deserving a fast grow!
Thank you🙏 I really appreciate the positive feedback
I’ve been making my way through your videos. I haven’t been disappointed yet. Again, great content. 👏🏽
Moving back home to Buffalo in the near future. I’m so excited to share the awesome things Buffalo has to offer with my children. I’m definitely excited to rediscover my hometown. I’ve been gone for twelve years and some of these places you showed in the video didn’t exist when I left. Great job on the video.
Thank you and enjoy visiting some of these places. It was really fun experiencing the new things they’ve added to the city
Don’t do it!! Buffalo is still a hole!! I’m trying to leave again!!
Born & raised in Buffalo. This video is a perfect homage to the city.❤
Thank you
Another informative video of our often-forgotten Upstate NY cities!
thank you for the great feedback and support
Not too big, not too small.
It's got everything !!
Except a Superbowl win and a Stanley cup.
Divided community. Does nit have unity. Everything no!
Nice video Jose, I grew up in Buffalo, and it is nice to see that they revitalized the waterfront after years of neglect. You do a wonderful job mentioning the history of the city and your videos are great as well. You are fast becoming one of the persons on You Tube who's videos I enjoy. Still have to get around watching all of your video of NYC and the surrounding areas.
Thank you Ron. I truly enjoy giving background to some of these forgotten American cities. A lot of travel shows follow the same tired tropes and locations, I want to provide an insight into these places that are constantly being bashed in mainstream media. I have so many plans and ideas to further expand the channels content. In due time
I'm a Buffalonian, thanks for the great video. Very positive. What a beautiful sunset!!!! Just a note though, City Hall is Art Deco style
Thank you Terry
I hope that the next time you will show some of the gorgeous architectural sites such as the Framk Loyld Wright's Martin House, the beautiful parks, Undwrground Railroad routes, and amazing churches. I miss my old city and it is way more than blizzards, The Bills or chicken wings. We drive over every chance we get. Great job and I look forward to part 2.😍
Absolutely, I started two other series on my channel, 1. That focuses on parks and 2. Landmarks. I knew one video was not enough to cover Buffalo but I wanted to take a different approach to the next video. Any good park you recommend?
@@JoseOnTour I'll check your other channels. Three of the best parks are Humboldt Park, now renamed, Martin Luther King Park, Delaware Park and Cazenovia Park. The suburbs have gorgeous parks too. Ellicott State Park, Como Park, and Beaver Island. The parks are part of the Audubon/Olmstead Conservancy. Can't wait to go back and enjoy those parks this summer. Plus go inside of City Hall. You won't believe the beauty in that building and one of the best ways to view the city. Love your channel🤩
Love my hometown. I no longer live there however I visit my hometown regularly
Thanks Jose!
Great video! Loved everything about it! However- my favorite part was right at the end where they show the double-decker bus. It just so happens I drive that thing around Buffalo pretty much daily during the warm months- May-October! If you visit you have to take one of our history tours. As much as the host of this video tells us about this great city, he barely scratches the surface. Come aboard and meet your tour guide, Officer O’Connor who will tell you SO much about the beginning of our city, its history, the architecture, the good, the bad an the ugly. And as informative as it may be- you’ll also laugh the whole time! It’s a great way to view and see the city we love!
Thank you for the fantastic feedback. I am going to make another trip to Buffalo this spring-summer with my family and will be on the look out for you Seth. I really wanted to ride the double decker and I think my kids will love it.
I would love to take the double decker bus tour but I can't get to where you load your passengers, as I don't drive! I was told the onboarding site is at the Outer Harbor and the buses don't go there. 😪
@@hodgeelmwood8677 - We leave from Canalside. Right outside The Liberty Hound restaurant. Can’t miss us, lol!
Thank you sir !
My 7-year-old loves your channel!!
Thank you Michelle 😂 its funny I have a 6 and 5 year old and they love it too
My son lived in Buffalo for about 10 years. We did a lot during visits. Did a kayak tour of Silo City one summer eve. Stupendous!
Great video!!! Keep up the phenomenal job! Go Buffalo 🦬 Bills!
Thank you for the great feedback
Thankyou so much for your time today And have a wonderful 😊
I live in the 70s l was right at 🏡
And Erie love it all . You fan sandra.s Boston mass.
From Lockport! Let's go gang! Loud and proud of my hometown and surrounding cities!
It was the first time I had been to lockport and loved it. I took another trip with family just to show them this wonderful area
@@JoseOnTour my dad ran Lockport for almost 2 decades. If you want some off limits tour, don't hesitate to ask! Upstate is so beautiful
Looks really lovely and has a lot to show for itself! As a child, we used to drive through from Canada on our travels but never spent any time there. I may do so this Fall after I visit Toronto, and need to make my way back to NYC.
peeped the steel stacks in the intro! love it! and thanks for the recap of buffalo, I went when I was younger and it was great to see it through this lens!
Thank you, the Steel Stacks are a big part of my RUclips story being the first vid to gain some traction so I keep them in the Intro for the memory. I haven't been to Buffalo since I was a kid so it was a totally new experience going back.
Great video! The water looks so pretty at sunset!
Thank You, with all the activity on the water, Buffalo is a great city to capture the sunset.
amazing channel
Thank you 🙏
I graduated from UB and moved back to the NYC area. To open the video and see you right on campus hit me right in the nostalgia.
My buddy went to UB too so I wanted to just show a little for him and when I use to visit
You did a great job, a wonderful video of a beautiful city. I do hope to visit one day
thank you, Buffalo has so much to explore
BUFFAL❤VE !!
Nice
😊Boost Buffalo- its good for you!! 😊 on a clear day, you can see Buffalo from the CN tower in Toronto,90 miles away!!
Appreciate these vids on the underrated rustbelt/ smaller cities. These are really good videos!! Great job. I live in Phoenix and want to live in a smaller city. I'm originally from a small town and want something more chill. Currently looking at which one in the future.
Buffalo is the most under-rated city in history. I love it though. It's a large city, it's not overpopulated, it's got everything you need, and most of what you want.
@@dustinstaires8935 COOOOOOLLLLLLLL Excited. NYS looks like the perfect place for me.
@@coffeepandacat honestly Buffalo is way different compared to any other city or place in New York. It's more of a Midwestern City with a Canadian edge.
lark we grew up in Buffalo, NY and moved to the PHX are in 2005. Western NY is pretty but they have long n cold winters there. You can get up to 4-6 feet of snow in one day there so that is great wrk out shovel the drive way in the winter time!
@@dustinstaires8935 perfect description 👌
This is an amazing video sir .
Thanks you
Although not really architecture, the Skyway adds a nice backdrop to the view from Canalside. Glad you captured a Lake Erie sunset too 🌅 #buffalove #billsmafia
They're considering taking the skyway down and putting in a highway that will take people along the waterfront. I wish they would. They skyway is kind of an eyesore actually.
@@hodgeelmwood8677 Lol there’s been talk of taking down the Skyway since before I was born in 1972. Don’t place a bet on that.
Well dun
you forgot to mention that buffalo wings came to be known in buffalo ny that is why they are called buffalo wings. the most famous restaurant/bar is called Anchor Bar try their wings they are amazing and fresh weekly nothing frozen here. also try their buffalo wing soup. the best food comes from buffalo restaurants. Anchor bar has all fresh food. try it if you go to buffalo.
Thank you for sharing. I will be making another video on Buffalo and added more food so this is good info.
besides Long Island and NY Metro, Buffalo, is where i be most in New York
i actually like going to Erie “ the quintuple “ County.
lot’s to do out Erie and surrounding Counties
Great video Jose, however, there is so much more rich history and cultural contributions from all sectors of the Queen City, including or especially, the East and West sides. Unfortunately the recession impacted many places of potential, yet, there is slow progress and great people who still reside there, including committed family and friends who continue to excel, "Go Buffaloians!"
Our City has more secrets than anyone could imagine 🦬
I heard the winters are hell up there. I was thinking of moving to Rochester or Buffalo but the winters seem tough.
Yes, but they know how to handle it mostly.
Excellent presentation! Buffalo will also lead with hydrogen use - hydropower will enable that.
Awesome video - If you had to choose between the two, Buffalo or Pittsburg to live in, where would you end up? Comparing the summers of the two, which place has the more mild/tolerable? Thanks!
I think Pitt tends to get warmer. I’ve been there in May and August and its in the 90s. Buffalo is comfortable by that time. The only big difference is the winter. Buffalo tends to get a lot more snow.
@@JoseOnTour Nice - thanks, brother!
Buffalo will be slightly cooler during the summer due its proximity to Lake Erie. But it still gets warm and humid but very tolerable. Plus you just can’t top Lake Erie sunsets 🌅
@@jstoli996c4s thank you!
My grandfather moved the family to Buffalo in 1926 from Marion, Ohio. He was working in a factory and a coworker asked him if he had anything valuable in the factory. My grandfather said, his tools and the coworker told him to take them home. My grandfather did so, and the factory burnt to the ground that night. After dealing with all the snow, my grandfather moved the family back to Ohio.
It snows in Ohio too. I would think the factory burning down was more of a reason to leave! That was creepy.
@@hodgeelmwood8677 Yes it does snow in Ohio, Buffalo just got 80 inches. Marion never gets that much. He later moved to Florida.
6:55 George Washingtonhouse? WTF?
Good Catch. The auto-generated captions are always a gamble. I guess because I said it so fast it picked it up as Washingtonhouse.
Weird question lol but did you used to live in Hazleton PA and rap under the name Atunza? If not you have a twin lol
Its a small world. That was me. Its been ages since I made music. I still visit Hazleton every so often.
@@JoseOnTour Great times and memories, brother! Glad to see you living life to the fullest and your channel is awesome. Good luck in everything you do and never stop exploring.
What about Samuel Morse
s Buffalo a safe city to live in?
The crime rate in Buffalo is actually 88% higher than the national average which makes the city one of the highest crime cities in the United States. With a crime rate of 44 per one thousand residents, a resident's chance of becoming a victim of crime is one in 23.
*YAAAWWWNNNNNN* _... Buffalo -_ I always felt the name here should be *_Starlight City._* I didn't know this is the first city to use Electricity.
Damn Buffalo y'all missed the mark. Changing the name here to *_"Starlight City/City of Starlight"_* might make it more interesting.
NYC-Harlemite here. Trust Me, after You see few mildy exciting things to do in Buffalo, it's back to being a very *BORING CORNY* place about nothing to write home about. Which is good if You're into that sort of thing.
🙂
@@archiebunker7688 - If that all there is to keep boredom at bay its still a Boring City. That PROVES My point about Buffalo. You're *_Corny attempt_* to enlighten Me about some cheesy wings. I bet they use *_PHAKE PLASTIK_* Cheese Wiz or Velveeta.
Besides I don't eat Cheese much nor much of the so-called "_Buffalo Wings (unless I or My Family cooks)._
Of that Buffalonians don't even Season correctly _(very lacking)_ the original recipe invented by John Young who had his restaurant on Jefferson Ave.
*_Frank & Teresa's_* on Main St. lying asses STOLE & CORRUPTED the recipe from him with BORING flavorless, very heavy on vinegar & salt *_Red Hot Sauce._* In *_Anchor Bar_* they don't even at least mix in Butter. !!BLAH!!
The only food in Buffalo with REAL flavor - Jamaican, E. Indian, Arab, Somalian & My Soul Food.
Born and raised here hate it here you should have took a tour of East side pot holes abandoned building 🏚 you went to the white sides come back and go to the east side or north side
Why didn't you mention the high crime neighborhoods that you're complaining about? Don't you think that would be something people would like to know.? What's so bad about snow? I love the four seasons. A Lot of posters tend to disagree with you. When I was there visiting, the people were awesome, maybe that's why Buffalo is called the "City of Good Neighbors." I don't know, but I think you got it wrong.
This is so not true 😂
Wildly aspirational LMAO
Damn! More addictive than cheese wings😮
Buffalo is not iconic brother. At least not anymore or from my experience living here most of my life. (They say it's 'the city of brotherly love') but I've met some of the most vile, disgusting, junkie criminals here. And I used to ride trains around the US. I'm trying not to hate because I can tell you put a lot of hard work and effort into producing and editing this vid, but I think just a few of your facts are off. Some of the stuff you speak is spot on tho brother. But yeah IN MY HUMBLE OPINION and IF I HAD KIDS I'd get out of Buffalo ASAP. Theres not opportunity here for pretty much anybody. And brother I don't want you to think I'm talking $#*t about you, but Rough Buff isn't that great. We just had a mass shooting at tops and we have 2 seasons, 4th of July and Winter. Anyways I'm looking forward into seeing if you go into any other cities and explore them. I literally just found out about this channel like less than a minute ago. Stay up G -Nick
The City of Brotherly Love is Philadelphia.
But not on Kensington Street😮
Anyone that calls buffalo amazing or an icon has never been. Weater sucks and we all poor
Yep, that's about all there is to do in this crappy city!
Ya it's great in the winter when the snow blows from the lakes. Gotta love being paralyzed for a week ,not being able to open your front door
Forget it.
What did Sgt. Carter see in the toilet? Answer: Gomers pile!😮
Anyone that calls buffalo amazing or an icon has never been. Weater sucks and we all poor
And if you have a boat you can only go west- east is the falls. 😮