From the Vintage Buffalo Facebook page, a nice view of the DL&W terminal and other rail and water facilities. The 1920s were a static period for the inner harbor, in between two periods of change. By this time, the old Erie Canal visible above was no longer in use, having been supplanted in 1918 by the Barge Canal. The waterfront was nearly completely built up by the D. L. & W Railroad, which replaced the old mercantile Central and Long Wharf areas. The D. L. & W. had opened its new passenger terminal in 1917. Coming in the 1930s was the construction of the Memorial Auditorium. The old Erie Canal bed and Commercial Slip would be filled in. And the canal district, the impoverished immigrant neighborhood by the harbor with so much colorful and unlawful history will begin to be demolished completely. Image from the 1924 Ronne & Watson aerial survey. https://facebook/vintagebuffalony/photos/p.687536711324453/687536711324453/?type=1&theater
Posted on: Thu, 07 Aug 2014 02:36:37 +0000
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