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On This Day In Buffalo

Wednesday, May 14

City Hall cornerstone laid, 1930

Niagara Square

Federal Reserve Bank building opens, 1957

Delaware & Huron, now New Era Cap Co. headquarters

WGRZ-TV begins broadcasting, 1954

Erie Railroad opens, 1851

Thursday, May 15

Buffalo branch of Federal Reserve Bank opens, 1919

Erie grain elevator destroyed by fire, 1913

Women Teachers Association buys Chapter House from Buffalo Seminary, 1895

95 Johnson Park, Buffalo, NY 14201

Governor Theodore Roosevelt gives speech, 1899

Friday, May 16

St. Ann's Roman Catholic Church dedicated, 1886

Emslie Street, Buffalo, NY, United States

Paul Whiteman Orchestra performs in Buffalo, 1924

Broadway Auditorium

First Presbyterian Church dedicated, 1897

Symphony Circle

Saturday, May 17

Universalist Church cornerstone laid, 1832

Main St.?

Niagara Gazette publishes first issue, 1858

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reports finding chromosomal damage in Love Canal residents, 1980

Niagara Falls, NY, USA

Dutch Elm disease first spotted in Buffalo, 1952

Sunday, May 18

Riverside Men's Shop demolished, 2011

Tonawanda and Ontario Streets

Seymour Knox I dies, 1915

Screenwriter Diane English born, 1948

Construction begins on Metro Rail, 1979