716 Transformers: The Bike Expert
GObike Buffalo founder and executive director Justin Booth builds community via bicycles. He’s often seen around town riding his bicycle (“A GT hybrid with a 3-speed internal with…
Dive Into The Unexpected Buffalo
Discover Buffalo’s best-kept secrets, hidden gems, and local favorites with inspiring stories that are sure to have you ready for some fun in the BUF! Begin planning your adventure today with a little help from seasoned Buffalo experts and their treasure trove of can’t-miss attractions, eateries, breweries, and so much more.
716 Transformers: The Park Planner
From her office high in the Seneca One tower in downtown Buffalo Katie Campos has a bird’s eye view of the massive construction project she’s charged with overseeing…
716 Transformers: The Radio CEO
As president and owner of WUFO and Vision Multimedia Group since 2013, Sheila Brown broadcasts – via AM and FM – a range of programming serving Buffalo’s African…
716 Transformers: The Industrial Impresario
The family business — Rigidized Metals Corporation — brought Rick Smith back to Buffalo in 2000. “Engineered metal surfaces,” a sophisticated embossing technique, is how the Rigidized website…
716 Transformers: The Arts Director
Alma Carillo is Executive Director of Buffalo Arts Studio, 20,000 square feet of art gallery, affordable studios for 30 local artists who are in residence (there is a…
716 Transformers: The Indigenous Art Promoter
An impeccably renovated late-Victorian brick building in Buffalo’s Allentown neighborhood is the headquarters of K Art Gallery, one of a handful of galleries in the country dedicated to…
A Different Kind of Pizza at Pizzeria Florian
Pizza as craft is more than simply loving pizza, though love may be at its root. It is a singular obsession, a driving and indefatigable focus on perfecting…
Warming up to the eclipse with Mr. Eclipse
Eclipse Sequence Above Three Trees – 2017 Total Solar Eclipse / Photo: Fred Espenak A retired NASA astrophysicist who goes by “Mr. Eclipse” and has seen 24 eclipses all…
Off-the-Beaten Path Allure at Duende
A silo mentality in defined by closed-off thinking. So maybe it’s a bit ironic that a place signified by its encircling, towering silos now plays host to Duende, one…
Southern Junction: Where There’s Smoke, There’s Fire
Since the James Beard Awards was founded in 1990, only seven nominations have gone to Western New York culinary professionals and restaurants. While some cities and regions receive…
