Vocabulary
Defined as became worse or less active over time.
What decline?
This is the city where Central Terminal was built, though the station is currently not in use.
This city is where McKinley was assassinated, and is currently home to McKinley High School.
What is Buffalo?
Buffalo used to be home to many of these, being a hub for industry.
What are factories?
This city's downtown is often referred to as a ghost town because of its lack of foot traffic.
What is Buffalo?
Defined as repairing and returning a building or object to its former condition so it can be used again.
What is restoration?
The invention of this mode of transportation led to the decline in train usage at the terminal, eventually leading to it shutting down.
What are cars?
This is the neighborhood where McKinley was assassinated, home to Tapestry Charter School and Hertel Avenue.
What is North Buffalo?
This factory, which opened in 1903, has made the Queen City smell like Cheerios for over a century.
What is General Mills?
This central building is on Niagara Square, and was built with Greek architecture as an inspiration.
What is City Hall?
Defined as a harmful material used in old buildings for insulation; it must be removed carefully because it can damage health.
What is asbestos?
This group of people worry about gentrification affecting the area once construction is complete for the affordable housing.
What are community members?
McKinley was assassinated at this event, celebrating North and South American cultures.
What is the Pan-American Exhibition?
This waterway made Buffalo a vital city for connecting midwestern cities like Chicago to the east costal cities like New York City.
What is the Erie Canal?
This Franklin Street chain restaurant closed its doors in downtown earlier this year to the dismay of many.
What is Dinosaur BBQ?
Defined as when new developments make a neighborhood more expensive, which can push residents who can no longer afford to live there.
What is gentrification?
The terminal, off of Memorial Drive, is on this street in Buffalo's East Side.
What is Paderewski Drive?
McKinley's assassin, Leon Czolgosz, subscribed to this belief system. It is the belief that government should be abolished.
What is anarchism?
Buffalo was the first city to use this kind of energy, supported by the Niagara Falls.
What is electricity?
This theater hosts a variety of plays, comedians, and musical artists on Main Street.
What is Shea's?
Defined as taking an old building and changing it for a new purpose.
What is adaptive reuse?
The clock that used in the original terminals was purchased back from M&T Bank for this amount of money through a grant.
What is $25,000?
This is the name of McKinley's assassin, who subscribed to an ideology called anarchism.
Who is Leon Czolgosz?
Buffalo is now supporting this kind of industry with the help of UB's downtown campus.
What is medicine?
This train company, which used to have a stop at Central Terminal, moved to Exchange Street in downtown several year ago.
What is Amtrak?