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Kensington, Buffalo, New York
Kensington is a neighborhood of Buffalo, New York, located in the northeastern part of the city. It is sometimes referred to as Kensington-Bailey, due to the intersection at Kensington and Bailey Avenues, the two major commercial streets in the neighborhood. History Throughout the 19th century, the current Kensington and Bailey areas were rural farms and timberland services. It wasn't until 1895 that the neighborhood became more urbanized, when Germans began to populate the area, mostly thanks to the construction of the Kensington Avenue street car line. After World War I, the district began seeing intensive private investment and development. During the 1920s, the population of Kensington doubled to 49,000. In addition, Italians and Poles began to populate the area. The Kensington-Bailey neighborhood would be separated into northern and southern halves in the 1950s when the Kensington Expressway was constructed through the middle of it. Geography The neighborhood centers on the ...
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New York State
New York, officially the State of New York, is a state in the Northeastern United States. It is often called New York State to distinguish it from its largest city, New York City. With a total area of , New York is the 27th-largest U.S. state by area. With 20.2 million people, it is the fourth-most-populous state in the United States as of 2021, with approximately 44% living in New York City, including 25% of the state's population within Brooklyn and Queens, and another 15% on the remainder of Long Island, the most populous island in the United States. The state is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Vermont to the east; it has a maritime border with Rhode Island, east of Long Island, as well as an international border with the Canadian provinces of Quebec to the north and Ontario to the northwest. New York City (NYC) is the most populous city in the United States, and around two-thirds of the state's population liv ...
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Buffalo, New York
Buffalo is the second-largest city in the U.S. state of New York (behind only New York City) and the seat of Erie County. It is at the eastern end of Lake Erie, at the head of the Niagara River, and is across the Canadian border from Southern Ontario. With a population of 278,349 according to the 2020 census, Buffalo is the 78th-largest city in the United States. The city and nearby Niagara Falls together make up the two-county Buffalo–Niagara Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), which had an estimated population of 1.1 million in 2020, making it the 49th largest MSA in the United States. Buffalo is in Western New York, which is the largest population and economic center between Boston and Cleveland. Before the 17th century, the region was inhabited by nomadic Paleo-Indians who were succeeded by the Neutral, Erie, and Iroquois nations. In the early 17th century, the French began to explore the region. In the 18th century, Iroquois land surrounding Buffalo Creek ...
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World War I
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fighting occurring throughout Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Pacific, and parts of Asia. An estimated 9 million soldiers were killed in combat, plus another 23 million wounded, while 5 million civilians died as a result of military action, hunger, and disease. Millions more died in genocides within the Ottoman Empire and in the 1918 influenza pandemic, which was exacerbated by the movement of combatants during the war. Prior to 1914, the European great powers were divided between the Triple Entente (comprising France, Russia, and Britain) and the Triple Alliance (containing Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy). Tensions in the Balkans came to a head on 28 June 1914, following the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdin ...
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New York State Route 33
New York State Route 33 (NY 33) is an east–west state highway in western New York in the United States. The route extends for just under from NY 5 in Buffalo in the west to NY 31 in Rochester in the east. It is, in fact, the only state highway that directly connects both cities, although it is rarely used today for that purpose. The westernmost of NY 33 in Buffalo and the neighboring town of Cheektowaga have been upgraded into the Kensington Expressway. This section of NY 33 is one of several expressways leading out of downtown and serves as a main route to the Buffalo Niagara International Airport. On the Rochester end, NY 33 primarily serves as a paralleling local route to Interstate 490 (I-490), of less importance to the area's traffic patterns. Between the two cities, it is mostly a rural two-lane highway. The largest location on this stretch is the Genesee County city of Batavia, where NY 33 reconnects to NY 5 and cross ...
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Cleveland Hill, New York
Cleveland Hill is a hamlet in the town of Cheektowaga in Erie County, New York, United States. It is the location of the Cleveland Hill School District. Cleveland Hill is often called Cleve Hill. The center of Cleveland Hill is located at Harlem Road and Cleveland Drive. Cleveland Hill is unique in that the Onondaga Escarpment runs through it with the elevation at Harlem Road and Cleveland Drive being . The elevation decreases as one heads north or south on Harlem Road. Only if one heads east towards the Buffalo Niagara International Airport Buffalo Niagara International Airport is in Cheektowaga, New York. The airport serves Buffalo, New York and Niagara Falls, New York United States, and the southern Golden Horseshoe region of Ontario, Canada. It is the third-busiest airport in ... does the elevation stay the same or increase slightly. References Hamlets in New York (state) Hamlets in Erie County, New York {{ErieCountyNY-geo-stub ...
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Kensington High School (Buffalo, New York)
Kensington High School is a former high school located in Buffalo, New York. Named for the Kensington neighborhood it is located in, the building is located at 319 Suffolk Street in Buffalo. It currently serves as home to the Frederick Law Olmsted School at Kensington.''Olmsted seniors' homecoming brief, bittersweet.'' (2012, June 22). ''The Buffalo News''. Retrieved from http://www.buffalonews.com/city/communities/buffalo/article914899.ece History Kensington High School is one of three Art Deco buildings in the City of Buffalo. The building was constructed in 1934 and opened on September 9, 1937, operating for 66 years. The school was closed in 2003 due to a myriad of reasons including poor academic performance, a high concentration of students in poverty, the threat of take over from New York State, increasing student violence, as well as the school district's financial crisis.Simon, P. (2003, April 17). Kensington high will close after this year. ''The Buffalo News'', p. A1.Si ...
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Burgard Vocational High School
Burgard Vocational High School is a vocational high school located in Buffalo, New York, USA. It enrolls approximately 600 students from Grades 9 - 12 and teaches according to the Board of Regents. The current principal is Mr. Eric Johnson, and the current assistant principals are Mr. Fred Sales and, Mr. Andrew Drouin, Buffalo Public Schools. Retrieved October 11, 2015, from Burgard Public SchoolsBurgard High School 301 History The school was founded in 1910 as a combined printing class between Public School #5 and Public School #44 on Elm Street in Buffalo. In 1914, it became known as the Elm Technical School. A $1,000,000 construction project was begun to construct a new facility for the school, with the land being donated by Henry P. Burgard.LaChiusa, C. ' Retrieved September 19, 2010, from Buffalo Architectural History. In 2009, a renovation was completed on the school that expanded the main office and created new science and computer labs, technology shops, and renovation ...
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Sisters Of Charity Hospital (Buffalo)
Sisters of Charity Hospital is a general medical and surgical hospital founded in 1848 by the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul, and the oldest hospital in Buffalo, New York. Part of Catholic Health, it is also a teaching hospital affiliated with the New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine as a clinical campus of the medical school to provide clinical clerkship education to osteopathic medical students. The hospital has 467 beds and specializes in women's health services. History Founding The Roman Catholic Diocese of Buffalo was created in 1847, and Bishop John Timon, CM, its first prelate, immediately saw the lack of an organized healthcare system in the City of Buffalo. There were some private clinics, but no large central hospital, public or private. The city's mainly Protestant and nativist leadership did not adequately address the healthcare needs of the rapidly growing and mostly Catholic working class, partly due to prejudic ...
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Neighborhoods Of Buffalo, New York
The city of Buffalo, New York consists of five sectors of thirty-five different neighborhoods, over an area of fifty-two square miles. Background The boundaries of Buffalo's neighborhoods have changed over time. The city is officially divided into five areas with each containing several neighborhoods; in total, there are 35 of them in the city. Some neighborhoods in Buffalo have seen increased investment since the 1990s, beginning with the Elmwood Village. The redevelopment of the Larkin Terminal Warehouse in 2002 led to the creation of the Larkin District, home to several mixed-use projects and anchored by corporate offices. Downtown Buffalo and the central business district (CBD) saw a 10.6% increase in residents from 2010–2017 as over 1,061 units of housing came online, continuing into 2020 with the redevelopment of the Seneca One Tower. Other revitalized areas include Chandler Street in the Grant-Amherst neighborhood and Hertel Avenue in Parkside. In 2017, the Bu ...
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