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PrintAugust 2012: Architectural Tours
Buffalo Tours
Preservation Buffalo Niagara’s tours of WNY. Call 852-3300 or visit buffalotours.org. There are fees for all tours, except City Hall.
City Hall
Weekdays (noon–1 p.m., 65 Niagara Square; closed Aug. 4)
Queen City Downtown
Weekdays (10 a.m.–noon, Visitor Center, 617 Main St.)
Crime and Scandal
Aug. 1, 29 (10 a.m.–noon, Spot Coffee, 227 Delaware Ave.)
Buffalo River Ferry
Aug. 2, 3, 5, 9, 10, 12, 16, 17, 19, 23, 24, 26, 30, 31 (10:30 a.m.–noon, Erie Canal Harbor)
Erie Canal Harbor
Aug. 3, 4, 5, 10, 11, 12, 16, 17, 18, 19, 24, 25, 26, 31 (noon–1 p.m., Erie Canal Harbor)
Erie Canal Land Cruise
Aug. 3 (10 a.m.–5 p.m.)
Happy Hour Tour No. 2: The Canal District
Aug. 3 (6–7:30 p.m.)
The Whole Grain Tour
Aug. 4 (10 a.m.–noon)
Hamlin Park
Aug. 4 (1–3 p.m.)
The Larkin District
Aug. 5 (10 a.m.–noon, St. Clare’s Church, 193 Elk St.)
Millionaire’s Row
Aug. 5 (1–3 p.m., Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural Site, 641 Delaware Ave.)
Allentown
Aug. 6, 13, 20, 27 (10 a.m.–noon, Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural Site, 641 Delaware Ave.)
Sacred Spaces No. 3: Blessed Trinity
Aug. 8 (1–3 p.m., 767 Ridge Rd., Lackawanna)
Hard Hat Tour: Buffalo’s Industrial History (bus tour)
Aug. 10 (10 a.m.–4 p.m., AAA Headquarters, 100 International Dr., Amherst, at 9 a.m., or Hyatt Regency Hotel, 2 Fountain Plaza at 9:45 a.m.)
Bidwell Parkway: Circle to Circle
Aug. 11 (1–3 p.m., St. John’s-Grace Church, 51 Colonial Circle)
Bidwell Parkway: Circle to Circle
Aug. 11 (1–3 p.m., St. John’s-Grace Church, 51 Colonial Circle)
Parkside Neighborhood
Aug. 11 (10 a.m.–noon, Church of the Good Shepherd, 96 Jewett Pkwy.)
Restaurant-ography
Aug. 12 (10 a.m.–noon, Delaware Ave. and Virginia St.)
A Little Bite of Hamburg
Aug. 12 (1–3 p.m., Union and Buffalo Sts., Hamburg)
War of 1812 Boat Tour
Aug. 18 (10 a.m.–noon, Erie Basin Marina, 329 Erie St.)
Spend Your Day the Wright Way! (bus tour)
Aug. 19 (8:30 a.m.–5 p.m., AAA Headquarters, 100 International Dr., Amherst, at 7:45 a.m., or Hyatt Regency Hotel, 2 Fountain Plaza at 8:15 a.m.)
Main and North Pearl
Aug. 19 (1–3 p.m., Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural Site, 641 Delaware Ave.)
Legendary Lincoln Parkway
Aug. 19 (5–7 p.m., Lincoln Statue near Hoyt Lake, Lincoln Pkwy.)
Sacred Spaces No. 4: Prospect Baptist/City Hall/St. Anthony’s
Aug. 22 (1–3 p.m., 67 Prospect Ave.)
Inside the Grain Elevators
Aug. 25 (10 a.m.–1 p.m., Rigidized Metals, 658 Ohio St.)
Lockport: Explore Main Street
Aug. 25 (1–3 p.m., 24 Church St., Lockport)
Great Museums of Buffalo: 150th Anniversary Tour (bus tour)
Aug. 31 (9 a.m.–5 p.m., AAA Headquarters, 100 International Dr., Amherst, at 8 a.m., or Hyatt Regency Hotel, 2 Fountain Plaza at 8:45 a.m.)
Alternating Currents: Buffalo Overview (bus tour)
Aug. 31 (10 a.m.–4 p.m., AAA Headquarters, 100 International Dr., Amherst, at 9 a.m., or Hyatt Regency Hotel, 2 Fountain Plaza at 9:45 a.m.)
Darwin D. Martin House
The Frank Lloyd Wright-designed house is located at 125 Jewett Pkwy. Reservations: darwinmartinhouse.org or 856-3858. Closed Aug. 4.
Basic Tour (closed Tues.)
Mon.–Sat. (10 a.m., noon, 1 p.m., 2 p.m., 3 p.m.)
Sun. (12:30 p.m., 1 p.m., 1:30 p.m., 2 p.m.)
(Aug. 6: added tours at 11 a.m., 1:30 p.m., 3:30 p.m.)
In-Depth Tour (closed Tues.)
Mon.–Sat. (11 a.m., 2 p.m.)
Sun. (noon)
Twilight Tour
Aug. 2 (7 p.m.), Aug. 16 (6:30 p.m.), Aug. 31 (6 p.m.)
Restoration/Reconstruction Tour
Aug. 4, 11, 18, 25 (10:30 a.m.)
Scholar’s Tour
Aug. 4, 25 (1 p.m.)
All Wright All Day
Aug. 7, 29 (8:30 a.m.)
(Tour starting at Forest Lawn, followed by the Martin House Complex, the Fontana Boathouse, the Graycliff Estate, with lunch at the Buffalo Yacht Club.)
Behind The Scenes Tour
Aug. 8, 29 (5:30 p.m.)
Insider’s Tour and Lunch
Aug. 9, 30 (10:30 a.m.)
Landscape Tour
Aug. 24 (10:30 a.m.)
Focus Tour
Aug. 25 (1 p.m.)
Graycliff Tours
Frank Lloyd Wright’s Graycliff estate is open for tours seven days a week, but reservations are necessary. Aug. 1 and 2 have Saturday schedules. Call 947-9217 or visit graycliffestate.org.
Basic Tour
Mon.–Fri.: 11 a.m., 2 p.m. (Mon., Aug. 6: 11 a.m.–3 p.m., every hour)
Sat.: 11 a.m.–3 p.m., every hour
Sun.: 11 a.m.–4 p.m., every hour
In-Depth Tour
Mon.–Fri.: 10:30 a.m.
Sat.: 10:30 a.m. (Aug. 11, 25: 1:15 p.m.)
Sun.: 1:30 p.m.
Master Architectural Tour
Aug. 4, 18 (1:15 p.m.)
Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society
Located at 25 Nottingham Ct. Call 873-9644 or visit bechs.org for more info.
Pan-American Walking Tour
Aug 5. (12:30 p.m.)
Behind the Scenes Tour @ the Resource Center
Aug. 17 (6–8 p.m.)
