Mister Donut, Sheridan Drive at Longmeadow, 1967 The fear was that Allentown would begin to fill with “garish establishments” like those found in suburbia – especially around Sheridan Drive and Niagara Falls Boulevard. Red flags went up when Burger Chef opened in the spot now occupied by Tim Hortons on Delaware Avenue near Allen Street.
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“The Chairman of artistic rehabilitation in the area, artist Virginia Tillou, has expressed alarm that stands, restaurants and taverns along this dignified thoroughfare may result in a ‘honky-tonk’ appearance and destroy the efforts of the Allentown Association to upgrade the surrounding area,” wrote Winebrenner. In a December 1967 piece, Winebrenner railed against the “commercial invasion” of Allentown. Winebrenner had a weekly column in the Sunday paper where he opined not just on art, but on the state of aesthetic in Buffalo. Posted on ApJCategories Buffalo Neighborhoods, Buffalo's Pop Culture Heritage Tags Buffalo in the 50s, Niagara Falls Blvd, Nu-Way Super Market, Sheridan Drive Torn-Down Tuesday: Keeping ‘garish, honky-tonk’ look out of Allentown in 1967īy Steve art critic and SUNY Buffalo State art professor D.K.
The Nu-Way brand name was eventually absorbed into Acme Markets, and in the mid ’70s, local Acme stores were bought out by Bells. Shopping the modern way inside a Nu-Way, 1955. Nu-Way was the futuristic brand name for the 1950s-style supermarkets operated by longtime Buffalo grocer Danahy-Faxon.Īmong the features at the new store were register receipts that listed your exact change and the “new convenient food-o-mat,” which was called “the latest in shopping convenience” as shelves restocked themselves as ladies shopped.
Same with the Henry’s Hamburgers at Sheridan Drive. New York State’s first McDonald’s, now near Maple, wasn’t opened until 1959. The Youngmann Expressway didn’t cross over then, work wouldn’t even start on the I-290 until the mall opened. OK, then, you might say, “The Boulevard between Sheridan and Maple,” but Maple wasn’t extended from Sweet Home Road to Niagara Falls Boulevard until the early ’60s. If we were trying to describe the plaza where Nu-Way opened today, we might say across from the Boulevard Mall – but then, the mall wasn’t opened for another seven years. The small station was licensed to Kenmore and is probably best remembered as the place where Tommy Shannon’s Buffalo radio career began. The WXRA radio tower was closer to the plaza with Burlington Coat Factory, JoAnn Fabrics and Outback Steakhouse. The Niagara Drive-In, which is visible on the 1951 overhead photo, was torn down to make way for Kmart, which was in turn torn down to make way for the strip mall featuring Old Navy and the Christmas Tree Store. Nu-Way Super Market grand opening on Niagara Falls Boulevard, 1955. The only highlights they could come up with were the drive-in and a radio tower. The map that accompanied the Nu-Way ad announcing the grand opening isn’t to scale, but it shows the landmarks on the rural stretch between Sheridan Drive and Ellicott Creek Road. Niagara Falls Boulevard from Sheridan Drive to Ridge Lea, 1951 Steve's Buffalo roots run deep: all eight of his great-grandparents called Buffalo home, with his first ancestors arriving here in 1827.īy Steve the brand-new Nu-Way supermarket opened in Niagara Falls Boulevard in 1955, the part of the “The Boulevard” just north of Sheridan Drive was still mostly farmland. Why? Western New York’s embedded in his DNA. When you browse the blog here at Buffalo Stories LLC, you’re bound to not only relive a memory– but also find some context for our pop culture past– and see exciting ways how it might fit into our region’s boundless future.
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The 25-year veteran of Buffalo radio and television has written five books and curates The Buffalo Stories Archives- hundreds of thousands of books, images, and audio/visual media which tell the stories of who we are in Western New York.Ĭichon puts his wide range of professional experience-from college professor, to PBS documentary producer, to radio news director, to candidate for countywide elected office-to work in producing meaningful interpretations of the two centuries worth of people, places, and events that make Buffalo the unique place that we love.įrom the earliest days of the internet, Steve has been writing, digitizing, and sharing the stories and images of all the things that make Buffalo special and unique. He writes about Buffalo’s pop culture history. writing about the people, places, and ideas that make Buffalo unique and special. Steve Cichon is a proud Buffalonian helping the world experience the city he loves.
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