Buffalo... Who Knew?

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The "Buffalo.....who knew?" podcast series highlights the (often under appreciated, sometimes unearthed) assets of Buffalo--particularly as it relates to the built and natural environment. It reveals up-and-coming projects, checks in on those that are already underway, and discusses some of the barriers that may impede their forward movement. Hosted by Newell Nussbaumer and Frits Abell

  1. JAN 13

    ‘Buffalo…who knew’ that Buffalo Architecture: Alternative Guide has Launched?

    Buffalo... Who Knew?

    26 min

  2. 11/21/2025

    Podcast: Buffalo houses one of the most important repositories of silos in the world!

    Buffalo... Who Knew?

    34 min

  3. 09/03/2025

    Podcast: “Buffalo…who knew?” | A closer look at the opening of “Martha Jackson in Paris”

    Buffalo... Who Knew?

    29 min

  4. 06/17/2025

    Podcast: “Buffalo…..who knew” that Ellen Shipman was among the most recognized women landscape architects in the country?

    Buffalo... Who Knew?

    28 min

  5. 04/25/2025

    Podcast: “Buffalo…..who knew” that this city is home to the Stained Glass Association of America?

    Buffalo... Who Knew?

    34 min

  6. 04/08/2025

    “Buffalo…..who knew” that Louise Blanchard Bethune was the first woman to practice architecture in the US?

    “Buffalo…..who knew” that the first woman to practice architecture in the US, the first woman member of the American Institute of Architects and the first woman to be made a Fellow of the A.I.A was Buffalo’s own Louise Blanchard Bethune? Bethune, who apprenticed with esteemed Buffalo architect Richard A. Waite as of 1876, launched her own firm in 1881 and, then, another with her husband in 1891, ultimately designed approximately 180 (known) buildings in Buffalo and Western New York. While [...]

    31 min

  7. 03/05/2025

    Clint Brown discusses Olmsted’s Elmwood

    “Buffalo… who knew” that one of the city’s neighborhoods has been recognized as one of the country’s 10 best neighborhoods by the American Planning Association?  Elmwood Village, which started to take form in the post-Civil War period, was developed as a city within a park framework—in this case, Frederick Law Olmsted’s Delaware Park.  Elmwood then went into a period of decline from the 1920s until the 1990s but has experienced 20+ years of resurgence, growth, and in-migration.  Today, it represents one of the [...]

    38 min

  8. 02/04/2025

    A Conversation with Dennis Maher of Assembly House 150 and Fargo House

    “Buffalo…who knew” that there is a center of art, design, and construction housed in an early 20th Century church located just outside of downtown? Led by artist, architect and visionary, Dennis Maher, Assembly House 150 is an “architectural dreamworld” that includes classrooms for students, stories high sculptures, a gallery and studio where artists and tradespeople collaborate on architectural and artistic projects, and a design and building studio.Assembly House is an extension of the ongoing Fargo House project, Maher’s home and [...]

    28 min
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The "Buffalo.....who knew?" podcast series highlights the (often under appreciated, sometimes unearthed) assets of Buffalo--particularly as it relates to the built and natural environment. It reveals up-and-coming projects, checks in on those that are already underway, and discusses some of the barriers that may impede their forward movement. Hosted by Newell Nussbaumer and Frits Abell

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