An Urban Explorer's Guide to the Buffalo-Niagara Region: Unique Landmarks, Historic Gin Mills, Old World Neighborhoods, History and More! REAL people. REAL places.
Historic & Hip...Welcome to Forgotten Buffalo & Tours! We are the region's authority on unique landmarks, classic taverns, old world neighborhoods & "Nickel City" oddities. Eat, Drink & Laugh through history on Buffalo's original "Off the Beaten Track" tours. Your guides are television personality Eddy "Maxwell Truth" Dobosiewicz, host of Off Beat Cinema and trained Buffalo architecture and history docent Marty Biniasz. Each custom designed tour provides a sense why Buffalo-Niagara is one of the most unique urban communities in the world.
Since 2007, thousands of people have discovered for themselves why the Buffalo News proclaimed, "Hands Down, the Best Local Entertainment Can Be Found On A Forgotten Buffalo Bus Tour!" (December 15, 2008)
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Former department stores, taverns, warehouses, homes and Buffalo’s ONLY indoor Public Market: Can one of Buffalo’s most unique urban environments be saved? Learn about the Gibson Lombard Marketplace. Click image for details.
Forgotten Buffalo Tour May 2011: A Polonia Pride tour stops at the R&L Lounge. Click image to learn more.
From Lackawanna to North Tonawanda, Forgotten Buffalo uncovers the unique, hidden sites of Western New York. Group picture from our Target Tonawanda Tour
Forgotten Buffalo stops at Buffalo Central Terminal.
Forgotten Buffalo Tours, March 11, 2010. Jim & Tim's Irish Buffalo at Talty's Tavern on South Park in South Buffalo.
"It’s not bar-hopping if it’s done for educational purposes!"
Buffalo News, December 6, 2008
Group picture from our Dec. 20th Tour.
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"Hands down, the BEST local entertainment can be found on a Forgotten Buffalo bus tour!"
Buffalo News, December 15, 2008
EAT... DRINK... & LAUGH... THROUGH BUFFALO HISTORY!
CLICK IMAGE TO LEARN ABOUT THE HISTORIC POLONIA DISTRICT
Marty & Eddy Welcome You to Explore Buffalo With Forgotten Buffalo!
Forgotten Buffalo Tours: Click image above to see pictures from our latest outing!
Forgotten Buffalo Tours: Urban Explorers visited the Corpus Christi Bowling Alleys on April 26 as part of the Secret Societies and Private Club tour. Click image for more tour pictures.
Downtown Buffalo home of Flexlume Neon Company. A Buffalo tradition since 1904, this historic neon since dates from 1946. 1464 Main Street.
ForgottenBuffalo.com: An urban explorer's guide to the Buffalo-Niagara region. Learn about unique landmarks, classic taverns, old world neighborhoods, historic 20th century sites and Nickel City oddities!
Forgotten Buffalo hopes to provide visitors with an uniquely Buffalo experience. Visit sites that have been left behind, or perhaps clandestinely left in place, providing clues as to what was there before. In an age where life continually looks at renewing and reinventing itself every few decades, Forgotten Buffalo takes pride in the Niagara Frontier's triumphal past.
Look beyond predictable tourist sites...Discover treasures in historic neighborhoods with unique names like Polonia, Black Rock, Kaisertown and the First Ward. Tour relics from the regions mighty industrial past and strongholds of the American ethnic experience.
More than just a nostalgic trip through time, Forgotten Buffalo allows you to better understand why Buffalo is one of the most unique urban communities in the world. It's definitely a city worth exploring! Enjoy!
Buffalo, New York- Home to the largest collection of grain elevators in the world.
If I had my way, I'd shuffle off to Buffalo; Sit by the lake, and watch the world go by.
John Fogerty, 1985
Private Social & Ethnic Clubs
Buzz in. Sign the Book. Have a Beer: Explore Buffalo's Private Social & Ethnic Clubs. Click image above.
1904 - Broadway Market
Topping Tonight's Eyewitness News - Click image above to visit Irv, Rick & Tom on StaffAnnouncer.com!
LOST BUFFALO: Buffalo's Last Roundhouse, CLICK IMAGE ABOVE
FORGOTTEN BUFFALO: The Historic Broadway Market. CLICK IMAGE ABOVE
CLASSIC TAVERNS: Annual Award Winners. CLICK IMAGE ABOVE
Make a reservation and learn about Buffalo's famous Chez Ami nightclub
LOST BUFFALO: Tondrowski's Shoe Store, CLICK IMAGE ABOVE
POLONIA DISTRICT: St. Adalbert's Basilica to Close, CLICK IMAGE ABOVE
FORGOTTEN BUFFALO: Last Flix Shown at Buffalo Drive-In, CLICK IMAGE ABOVE
Tour Historic Buffalo Irish Pubs! Click image above
CLASSIC AUDIO: Click here to listen to a gem from Utica Club
POLONIA DISTRICT- Click here to learn about the Dyngus Day Parade
CLASSIC TAVERNS - Click to learn about Gene McCarthy's in Buffalo's First Ward
H-O Oats Complex in Buffalo's First Ward, Feb. 2005
Witam! Nazywamy sie Martin Biniasz i Edziu Dobosiewicz. Mieszkamy w Buffalo, stan Nowy Jork, niedaleko Wodospadu Niagara Falls i granicy z Kanada. Czciabym na tej stronie pokazac zycie Polonii w Buffalo jak rowniez przedstawic informacje na temat rodziny BINIASZ i DOBOSIEWICZ. Obecnie zbieram material o pochodzeniu moich przodkow z Polski, ktorzy przyjechali do Ameryki w latach 1880 - 1950. Jesli posiadasz jakiekolwiek informacje o rodzinach : Biniasz, Biniarz, Dobosiewicz, Lemieszek, Lipinski, Kozurkiewicz lub Kolodziej, bardzo prosze napisz do mnie pod adres: ForgottenBuffalo@aol.com. W przyszlosci, bede tu zamieszczac informacje pomagajace innym ludziom w poszukiwaniu korzeni przodkow w Polsce. Dziekuje bardzo.
Grüße und vielen Dank zum Besuch bei meinem Website. Ich möchte mit jemandem um die Welt korrespondieren, wer das Familiennamen "Biniasz" teilt. Ich wohne zurzeit in Buffalo im Staat New-York in den USA. Buffalo befindet sich in der Nähe der Kanadagrenze, etwa 40 km von der Stürze Niagara entfernt. Wenn Sie irgendeine genealogischen Informationemn teilen möchte, bitte schicken Sie es mir durch E-mail an ForgottenBuffalo@aol.com. Es wird sehr aufgewertet werden, und ich freue mich darauf, von Ihnen zu hören.
Salut! Merci d'avoir visité mon site. Je m'intéresse à communiquer avec celles personnes autour du monde dont les familles s'appellent Biniasz. Mes aïeux ont immigré aux Etats-Unis entre les années 1880 et 1909. J'habite actuellement à Buffalo, New York, ce qui se situe tout près de la frontière canadienne environ 40 km de la chute Niagara. J'en serais appréciatif si vous auriez des renseignements généalogiques à partager. Prière de me toucher à ForgottenBuffalo@aol.com. Je tiens beaucoup à faire votre connaissance.
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