The East Side is a large district of
Buffalo, New York
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, and the city's physically largest neighborhood. It is bordered by Main Street to the north and west,
I-190 and the
Kaisertown neighborhood to the south, and the town of
Cheektowaga to the east. Large, ornate 19th-century churches, most of them
Roman Catholic
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, and modest -story wood-frame cottages, often with progressively smaller rear additions that give a telescoping effect, characterize the district. The East Side was once the second largest Polish-American community in the United States. Jefferson Avenue, and the intersection of Broadway and Fillmore, serve as its most heavily used commercial districts.
Within the East Side are several smaller communities, including the
Lovejoy District in the east and
Broadway-Fillmore
Broadway-Fillmore (formerly known as Polonia) is a neighborhood in Buffalo, New York.
Geography
Broadway-Fillmore is in the lower East Side of Buffalo. The neighborhood is centered along Broadway running west–east and Fillmore Avenue running ...
.
Deindustrialization
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disinvestment in the second half of the twentieth century changed the East Side more than other Buffalo neighborhoods; much of the Polish community moved to Cheektowaga in that time frame. The current ethnic composition of the East Side is predominantly black. A disproportionate number of the city's vacant and abandoned houses are located here, as are many acres of
urban prairie. Although the Buffalo neighborhood changed more than others, there is still a sense of community through local churches and markets.
Notable destinations include the Broadway Market,
St. Stanislaus - Bishop & Martyr Church,
St. John Kanty's R.C. Church
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St. Adalbert's Basilica Saint Adalbert Basilica, (referred to in Polish as Bazylika Swietego Wojciecha) is a historic Roman Catholic church located on Buffalo, New York's East Side within the Diocese of Buffalo. It is a prime example of the Polish Cathedral style of c ...
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Corpus Christi R. C. Church Complex
The Corpus Christi R.C. Church Complex is a series of several buildings located on Buffalo's historic East Side within the Roman Catholic Diocese of Buffalo. The complex contains the Kolbe Center, Sears Street Hall, Rectory, Convent and the h ...
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Buffalo Central Terminal, the
Adam Mickiewicz Library and Dramatic Circle, and the Matt Urban Human Services Center.
War Memorial Stadium was formerly part of the neighborhood, and was home of the
Buffalo Bills
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from 1960 to 1972. The site is now home to the Johnnie B. Wiley Amateur Athletic Sports Pavilion.
See also
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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 Sou ...
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Neighborhoods of Buffalo, New York
The city of Buffalo, New York consists of five sectors of thirty-five different Neighborhood, neighborhoods, over an area of fifty-two square miles.
Background
The boundaries of Buffalo's neighborhoods have changed over time. The city is offic ...
External links
Broadway Fillmore Alive- the Online Voice of East Buffalo's Historic Polonia
Central Terminal Restoration Corporation- the homepage for the Buffalo Central Terminal
Neighborhoods in Buffalo, New York
Polish-American culture in Buffalo, New York
African-American history in Buffalo, New York
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