| Buffalo Unbound: A Celebration Contributor(s): Pedersen, Laura (Author) |
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ISBN: 1555917356 ISBN-13: 9781555917357 Publisher: Fulcrum Publishing OUR PRICE: $14.40 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - Middle Atlantic (dc, De, Md, Nj, Ny, Pa) |
| Dewey: 974.797 |
| LCCN: 2010014920 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.4" W x 8.4" (0.61 lbs) 216 pages |
| Themes: - Locality - Buffalo-Niagra Falls, N.Y. - Geographic Orientation - New York - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic - Cultural Region - Northeast U.S. |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Writing about the economic collapse and social unrest of her 1970s childhood in Buffalo, New York, Laura Pedersen was struck by how things were finally improving in her beloved hometown. As 2008 began, Buffalo was poised to become the thriving metropolis it had been a hundred years earlier--only instead of grain and steel, the booming industries now included healthcare and banking, education and technology. Folks who'd moved away due to lack of opportunity in the 1980s talked excitedly about returning home. They mised the small-town friendliness and it wasn't nostalgia for a past that no longer existed--Buffalo has long held the well-deserved nickname the City of Good Neighbors. The diaspora has ended. Preservationists are winning out over demolition crews. The lights are back on in a city that's usually associated with blizzards and blight rather than its treasure trove of art, architecture, and culture. |