From WGRZ Channel 2 News:

Today, the National Trust for Historic Preservation announced that Buffalo’s Central Terminal has received the most votes on the Buffalo Challenge Facebook page, and will be awarded a $10,000 preservation grant. The Buffalo Challenge gave fans of the Queen City near and far the opportunity to rally around historic places in Buffalo through a week long, online voting competition that saw hundreds of people visit the Facebook page to make their voices heard. Four sites—Central Terminal, the Colored Musicians Club, Graycliff, and the Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural Site—competed for the grant funding via an online, public vote that began December 12th and ended Sunday, December 18th.

“The Buffalo Challenge is a great example of what the National Trust does best – work with our partners to find new ways to get the public involved in the protection and preservation of important places in our communities,” said Stephanie Meeks, president of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. “All four of these historic Buffalo landmarks strengthen their community, and we were thrilled to see the way people in Buffalo rallied around their favorite places. Congratulations to Central Terminal for receiving the most votes and winning the grant funding.”

WNY Book Arts is a full service “old fashioned” print shop, using only vintage materials they’ve collected to create beautiful works of art.

For their Architecture series, each print is 11×17 and is printed in 3 or 4 colors using only materials from their collection. Occasionally the backs of printing blocks and other found materials are used to achieve textures and other unexpected results. The pieces are arranged in a press to illustrate a stylized version of each building with proper proportions and sympathetic colors. Each print is hand printed on a variety of paper in a limited edition, and is signed and numbered.

The Central Terminal is excited to join these other buildings in being immortalized in print by the WNY Book Art Center: Buffalo City Hall, Grain Elevators, Kleinhans Music Hall, Frank Lloyd Wright’s Martin House, Louis Sullivan’s Guaranty Building, and the Avant Building.

We have a EXTREMELY limited number of these prints to share with our Friends. Any new Friends of Central Terminal Membership, or membership renewal* at the $100 level or higher will receive one of these prints as a special “Thank You” gift. Prints will be distributed on a first come, first serve basis, so send in your membership now to ensure you don’t miss out! Believe me, the photo doesn’t do this amazing print justice, and every little detail hand set in an old fashioned printing press!

*All renewals will add one year of membership to the current expiration date.

http://www.wivb.com/dpp/community/Some-fun-and-a-little-history-lesson

For the work being done at the building and grounds, to staffing the events, to the emails sent, to the phone calls and knocks on the door on our behalf….THANK YOU!

The year 2010 is almost here, and with some of the recent contacts that have transpired it looks to be a very promising year.

Best Wishes,

Mark Lewandowski and Family