Buying your ticket through us keeps more money at Central Terminal! As always, all money we raise goes directly to the preservation and restoration of Buffalo Central Terminal.

Some of the most beloved features of the Central Terminal – it’s various art deco lamps – are the most sorely missed by those who come back and see the building today. The CTRC regularly keeps track of artifacts that came from the building, and it’s been known for several years that some of our lamps ended up in a chain of restaurants called the Cafe Deco in Hong Kong. We’ve had several people visit the restaurants and take numerous photos and even measurements of the lamps to help us in their eventual recreation.

Yesterday, the Buffalo News ran an article entitled Scattered pieces of Buffalo near and far exploring, among other items, our lamps.

Cynthia Schwartz went to a mountaintop cafe on the other side of the world and found a piece of Buffalo.

As she looked through her camera lens on the lights that once illuminated the Central Terminal, she was stunned by the size and beauty of the frosted panes in silvery frames.

The staff at Cafe Deco in Hong Kong looked on as Schwartz snapped away.

“They all thought we were just lunatic tourists,” she said.

Since the boom times of the last century, Buffalo’s grand old buildings have been torn down to make way for the new, sometimes just a parking lot. While most demolitions disappear, often to landfills, some of old Buffalo has scattered and resurfaced — near and far.

The new owners of these pieces of old Buffalo say the city’s grandeur transforms their new addresses with soul and beauty — from the Hong Kong cafe to a room in the American Wing of New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art; and from a summer retreat in Fort Erie to a new home in Colden built with salvaged pieces.

“It surprises us how often we bump into a piece of Buffalo in some strange corner of the world,” Schwartz said.

Read the full article

The Central Terminal Restoration Corporation recently appointed Martin “Marty” Biniasz as Public Relations Coordinator, and Chair of the group’s Marketing Committee. Marty will help the group develop and overall marketing strategy and will be responsible for all external communications, publicity for events, and promotion of the CTRC’s mission and vision.

Marty has much experience with Buffalo’s East Side, serving as Chairman of the Broadway Market Advisory Task Force, co-founder of Dyngus Day Buffalo, and co-founder of Forgotten Buffalo Tours. He was named one of Western New York’s “40 Under 40″ by Business First in 2009, and serves on the Buffalo Niagara Convention and Visitor’s Bureau Marketing Committee. Marty is the Director of Marketing for Western Regional Off-Track Betting/Batavia Downs Casino.

Marty can be reached at mediarelations@buffalocentralterminal.org.

Buffalo Central Terminal September 1992 pt 2 of 2: Franczyk/Telesco Confrontation from Richard Gilbert on Vimeo.

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

TAPS is coming back to Buffalo! Come Ghost Hunt the Buffalo Central Terminal on April 30th with Steve and Tango! Tickets on sale this Wednesday!

On April 30th, 2010, join Steve Gonsalves, Dave Tango, and Demonologist John Zaffis for a Ghost Hunt of the Buffalo Central Terminal. Tickets go on sale Wednesday night at www.idealeventmanage.com! Get your tickets soon as last years TAPS Ghost Hunt SOLD OUT!! Makes a great Christmas gift! Also, make sure to watch Ghost Hunters Academy this Wednesday at 10pm (est) on the SyFy Channel. Steve, Tango and the rest of the Ghost Hunter’s Academy crew investigate the Buffalo Central Terminal.

Well set your DVRs, our episode will air next Wednesday, December 2nd at 10pm on SyFy (channel 38 on Buffalo Time Warner Cable).

Check out the trailer at SyFy: click here

The Public Relations Representative will

• Develop and implement communications strategies and plans for internal and external constituencies utilizing all available communications vehicles (print, television, radio, and electronic)

• Write press releases and other communications, as required by the Board of Directors, to convey the organization’s story
• Assist in creating advertising and promotional materials
• Create and manage PR budgets, media lists, media calendars and agency relationships
• Identify and secure speaking and PR opportunities that support key CTRC objectives
• Build and position the CTRC brand
• Be able to function as part of a team and be open to other views and new ideas
• Assist committees with fundraising activities
• Provide support for executive communications activities, including media training
• Have a desire to be a part of a creative and dedicated all volunteer organization

This position requires a commitment of approximately 5 hours per week.

All qualified applicants will also be given consideration for appointment as a member of the Marketing Committee. The successful candidate who is chosen as the PR Representative may also serve as Chair of this committee.

Please see our Job Postings page for a complete description of the position and instructions on how to apply.

Buffalo Central Terminal September 1992 pt 1 of 2 from Richard Gilbert on Vimeo.

Over 450 Tables in TWO Buildings, filled with great deals! See – NOME’s HO & N gauge Layouts, WNY Model Engineer’s O Gauge Layout, WNY Garden Railway G scale Layout, Madd Matt’s NASCAR Race track, the Niagara Frontier Live Steamers, Circus Train Display and more!

Our 2009 events season completed with our Halloween ghost hunts this past weekend. Thank you to everyone who came by and supported the continued preservation of the Central Terminal! We hope to see you again in 2010.

Photo by Christina Laing

See more photos at Flickr

Limited tickets still available for this weekend’s ghost hunt events! Detailed event information available here.

Hear Event Coordinator Ryan Willard on WBEN this morning talking about the ghost hunt.

Set your alarm clocks, because they’ll also be on WBEN 7:20am Friday, and finish up their Ghosthunt media tour Saturday at 9am on 1230am WECK.

Part 1 – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHQwBurPblo

Part 2 – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEbLHFPESnQ

This Halloween, join WNY Ghost Hunters, the CTRC, Beyond Ghosts, Dr. Paranormal, and Iron Island Preservation Society for a NO LIMITS ghost hunting pass to the Buffalo Central Terminal, and a spooky séance to conjure up the spirits at Iron Island Museum!

Become a part of history as this will be the first time EVER that ghost hunting is allowed in the TOWER of the Terminal! If you always wanted to investigate a tower floor for the resident ghosts, then Halloween is your chance! TAPS has not even been up there! And if that wasn’t enough, for the first time ever for a ghost hunt, we will let you down in the dark hallways BELOW the main concourse to hunt down spirits that haunt the terminal in the Trolley Lobby! You will be going where no paranormal investigators have ever gone before! To top off the evening, we will take you to Iron Island Museum to conjure up and communicate with the dead, and a ghost hunt. Experience what it is like to hold an old fashion séance and see what spirits will come through to communicate. PLUS, we will allow you to go up the ladder to the attic to take on the SHADOW MAN! Also during the event, we introduce you to Dr. Paranormal and Company. Find out how you can join them in investigating and touring some of Buffalo’s most haunted and restricted locations!

If you want a REAL haunted Halloween, then this is the only place to be! You can’t miss this event. Become a part of Buffalo and Paranormal history this HALLOWEEN!! The doors open at 6pm at the Buffalo Central Terminal. You will be able to explore the Terminal until 10pm and then off to Iron Island Museum for ANOTHER ghost hunt and old fashion séance to conjure up the spirits. Tickets are VERY LIMITED and are only $50! More information and ticket sales, go to www.IronIslandMuseum.com, www.WNYGHostHunters.com, & www.BeyondGhosts.com.