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Buffalo

Buffalo. Buffalo is the second most populous city in the state of New York, behind New York City. Located in Western New York on the eastern shores of Lake Erie and at the head of the Niagara River across from Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada.

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Buffalo

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  1. Buffalo

  2. Buffalo is the second most populous city in the state of New York, behind New York City. • Located in Western New York on the eastern shores of Lake Erie and at the head of the Niagara River across from Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada.

  3. Most popular accounts hold that the name "Buffalo" is a corruption of the French phrase beau fleuve, "beautiful river," a phrase said to have been exclaimed by French explorers upon seeing the Niagara River. • This speculation, however, is contradicted by primary sources. French explorers actually referred to the Niagara River in print as Rivière aux Chevaux, "River of Horses “.

  4. Population • The city itself has a population of 292,648 and the Buffalo–Niagara–Cattaraugus Combined Statistical Area is home to 1,254,066 residents.

  5. Buffalo has very sizable populations of Irish, Italian, Polish, German, Jewish, Greek, Arab, African American, Indian, and Puerto Rican descent. Major ethnic neighborhoods still exist but they changed significantly in the second half of the twentieth century.

  6. Buffalo consists of 32 different neighborhoods: Allentown, Bailey-Lovejoy, Black Rock, Central Park, Clinton-Bailey, Cold Springs, Delaware District, Downtown, East Side, Elmwood Village, Fillmore-Leroy, First Ward, Fruit Belt, Hamlin Park, Hospital Hill, Humboldt Park, Kaisertown, Kensington, Kensington Heights, Lower West Side, Masten Park, North Buffalo, North Park, Parkside, Polonia/Broadway Fillmore, Riverside, Schiller Park, South Buffalo, University District, University Heights, Vernon Triangle, Upper West Side, and Willert Park.

  7. Parks • One of Buffalo's many monikers is the City of Trees, which describes the abundance of green in the city. • In fact, Buffalo has more than 20 parks with multiple ones being accessible from any part of the city. The Olmsted Park

  8. Waterfront • Situated at the confluence of Lake Erie and the Buffalo and Niagara Rivers, Buffalo is a waterfront city. The city's rise to economic power came through its waterways in the form of transshipment, manufacturing, and an endless source of energy. View of the waterfront at Buffalo, New York.

  9. Art • Buffalo is home to over 50 private and public art galleries, most notably the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, home to a world-class collection of modern and contemporary art. Albright-Knox Art Gallery from Delaware Park

  10. Government • At the municipal level, the City of Buffalo has a council made up of the mayor and nine councilmen. Buffalo also serves as the seat of Erie County with 6 of the 15 county legislators representing at least a portion of Buffalo.. City Hall in Buffalo

  11. At the state level, there are three state assemblymen and two state senators representing parts of the city proper. At the federal level, Buffalo is represented by three members of the House of Representatives

  12. Economy • Buffalo and the surrounding area were long involved in railroad commerce, steel manufacture, automobile production, aircraft and aerospace design and production, Great Lakes shipping, and grain storage. Most of these industries have left the city through the years.

  13. Today, the region's largest economic sector is health and education, and these continue to grow despite the lagging worldwide economy.

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