Thursday, April 09, 2009

Buffalo, New York

Buffalo is the big city just across the Niagara River. Home of the magnificent Albright-Knox Art Gallery and Premier Liquors. I go there from time to time.






It’s weird that Buffalo, a city that seems so cold and bleak, with dying industries and a dwindling population, would be honored as an All America City. The award, given out by the National Civic League, honors communities “for effectively addressing their most critical challenges,” and the Queen City has won it twice in the last 15 years. The photographer Joseph Tripi, noting the strangeness of the award, captures both the seeming desolation and remoteness and the bright young faces one might or might not expect to find in a fading community like Buffalo.

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2 comments:

  1. David9:45 pm

    Wow, I didn't know you lived just across the river. Howdy neighbour.

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  2. The Nag6:39 am

    Look out your window. That's me waving to you from across the lake.

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