Buffalo, New York was established as a village called New Amsterdam next to Buffalo Creek in 1798 by the Holland Land Company. In 1700, however, the villagers, who did not like the name, moved to call it Buffalo, after the nearby creek. It was not officially changed to the Village of Buffalo until eight years later, with the consent of all 25 residents of the village. It is the modern day seat of Erie County and is located on the eastern bank of Lake Erie.
Regular Blogs
Centering on Buffalo, New York, this blog contains entries about places to eat and drink, events and exhibitions, and items about businesses being restored, opening or closing in the city. The purpose of this weblog is to bring local moms together and to have a place to talk about what they are going through, making it a meeting place or support group for Albany mothers.
http://www.buffalorising.com/
Tells the stories of the blogger’s crusade to get the city to keep up its properties, documenting such things as building renovations in the city to the city-owned Woodlawn Row Houses, which suffered from years of damage and neglect. The progress, or lack thereof, of the projects are generally documented by posting a photograph from before, at various times during the work, the official forms at the Building Department at the city.
http://fixbuffalo.blogspot.com/
A young Buffalo mother shares her information about fun and free things for children to do in Buffalo.
http://www.fun4kidsinbuffalo.com/
A lifelong resident of Buffalo provides information in the form of articles and tweets about the city, as well as photographs of buildings and artistic works on buildings and details about local politics.
http://indabuff.com/
