Buffalo Central Terminal

Happy Halloween from Central Terminal

”Central Terminal: Saving a Buffalo Landmark,” a 30-minute video documentary produced by the Canisius College Video Institute, will be shown on:

WNED: Friday, November 16 at 10pm
Sunday November 18 at 3:30am.

ThinkBright: (Digital 43.3; Time Warner 21)
Sunday, December 2 at 8:30pm
Friday, December 7 at 12:30am

Produced by Digital Media Arts majors Kirsten Jahn ‘07 and Scott Richardson ‘09, the documentary traces the history of the building, its architectural and social significance, and the efforts of the Central Terminal Restoration Corporation to bring the building back to life.

The Canisius College Video Institute provides students with the opportunity to put their classroom lessons to work on projects that will benefit the college and the community at large. Students produce documentaries and promotional videos for local and international not-for-profit and service agencies that otherwise would not have the resources to tell their stories in this way.

The Canisius College Video Institute is funded in part by the John R. Oishei Foundation and directed by Barbara Irwin, PhD, chair of the Communication Studies Department.

Remember, if you like what you see you can purchase the DVD from our webstore.

View a trailer by clicking below

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A visitor from Toronto on Doors Open weekend sent in the following comment…

I just wanted to say “Thank You” to the Buffalo Central Terminal crew for opening up the building on Doors Open weekend. I was visiting from Toronto, and the terminal was the highlight of the weekend. We had the chance to talk with a very nice lady, and young man who were manning the merchandise booth, and we learned a lot.

Keep up the good work, and I am looking forward to coming back to the Terminal for some of your events.

All the best

Michael B.
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Buffalo’s Biggest Halloween Bash is run by Variety Club on October 27 at Buffalo Central Terminal. Tickets are on sale through ticketmaster.com. Tickets are $15 presale or $20 at the door.

Info from Ticketmaster: Hosted by Shredd & Ragan. Performing will be White Chocolate and the Mick Hayes Band. Proceeds to benefit Variety Club of Buffalo. Full bar, beer, wine and food. Costume contest: $2,000 prize for best costume, $500 prize for best Dracula costume. Dracula costumes judged by Bela Lugosi Jr.! New this year: indoor bathrooms.

On the “Route 66″ video post, we got the following comments:

elizabeth lambert Says:

Wow. That is my Dad sitting at the bar to the left of Tammy Grimes! He had always told us he was on Route 66. But in Dec. of 63 I wasn’t even a month old yet so this is the first I am seeing it. Thanks!!!! What a great surprise.

wm lambert Says:

Got a call from my sister… her coment posted above… pretty cool to see the clip of our dad, just like he said, sitting next to Tammy Grimes… thank you very much for sharing this!

A little story of my own regarding “Route 66″:

My Dad and I were used as extras in a scene shot in front of the city hall in Niagara Falls. I was five years old at the time. The scene was to be in an episode called “I’m Here to Kill a King”, to be aired in November of 1963. That episode was preempted by the assassination of President Kennedy and we never saw it. I’m not sure if it ever aired.

After years of waiting for the show to be released on DVD in its entirety, I finally found it and bought it, only to find that our 15 minutes of fame was left on the cutting room floor.

No regrets though, because I found the 5 plus minutes of the terminal footage (the best pre-damage film we’ve ever seen!) and I got to read those touching comments from the Lamberts.

Lamberts, my Dad passed away 28 years ago. I would have loved to see him in film in his youth, but I am so glad that you got to see your Dad!