Buffalo... Who Knew?

Mar 05 2025 11 ep. 32 mins 6
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The "Buffalo.....who knew?" podcast series highlights the (often under appreciated, sometimes unearthed) assets of Buffalo--particularly as it relates to the built and natural environment. It reveals up-and-coming projects, checks in on those that are already underway, and discusses some of the barriers that may impede their forward movement. Hosted by Newell Nussbaumer and Frits Abell

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Clint Brown discusses Olmsted’s Elmwood

Mar 05 2025 37 mins  
“Buffalo… who knew” that one of the city’s neighborhoods has been recognized as one of the country’s 10 best neighborhoods by the American Planning Association? Elmwood Village, which started to take form [...]

A Conversation with Dennis Maher of Assembly House 150 and Fargo House

Feb 04 2025 27 mins  
“Buffalo…who knew” that there is a center of art, design, and construction housed in an early 20th Century church located just outside of downtown? Led by artist, architect and visionary, [...]

Buffalo’s Historic Colored Musicians Club is the only continuously running, all-Black owned club in the US

Dec 12 2024 38 mins  
“Buffalo…Who Knew” that the HIstoric Colored Musicians Club is the only continuously running, all-Black owned club in the US? This historically-significant site was founded in 1917 when the all-white musicians union, Local [...]

The Coles House Project

Oct 22 2024 28 mins  
“Buffalo…..who knew” that Robert T. Coles, a Buffalo-born and MIT-educated architect, launched the first African American-owned architecture firm in New York State and in the Northeast? And that his house, located on [...]

Buffalo Humanities Festival – Hauntings

Sep 18 2024 21 mins  
“Buffalo…..who knew?” that Buffalo boasts a festival that celebrates the humanities, thought, and creativity, and that it is a coming-together of both cultural and educational institutions across the city?  Newell [...]

A conversation with Patrick Ravines, Director of The Patricia H. and Richard E. Garman Art Conservation Department at Buffalo State

Aug 14 2024 24 mins  
“Buffalo….who knew” that Buffalo hosts one of the most respected art conservation departments in the country? The Patricia H. and Richard E. Garman Art Conservation Department at Buffalo State, founded [...]

Frank Kowsky on Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux and their impact on Buffalo

May 03 2024 36 mins  
The “Buffalo…..who knew?” podcast series aims to highlight the (often under appreciated, sometimes unearthed) assets of Buffalo–particularly as it relates to the built and natural environment. It reveals up-and-coming projects, [...]

Saving Buffalo’s Beloved Hostel, A conversation with J. P. Piret (onsite manager), Marika Woods-Frankenstein (Director)

Apr 04 2024 32 mins  
The Buffalo Niagara Hostel is a unique and wonderful asset to Buffalo: the organization was founded and woven into the fabric of downtown at a time when little was happening [...]

A Labor of Love: the meticulous restoration of the McKinney-Arrison House, conversation with owner Karen Arrison and Catherine Schweitzer of the Baird Foundation

Mar 04 2024 36 mins  
The “Buffalo…..who knew?” podcast series aims to highlight the (often under appreciated, sometimes unearthed) assets of Buffalo–particularly as it relates to the built and natural environment. It reveals up-and-coming projects, [...]

Cathleen Chaffee on artist Marisol and transformative bequest to Buffalo AKG Art Museum

Jan 23 2024 31 mins  
The “Buffalo…..who knew?” podcast series aims to highlight the (often under appreciated, sometimes unearthed) assets of Buffalo–particularly as it relates to the built and natural environment. It reveals up-and-coming projects, [...]