Upper West Side, Buffalo
The Upper West Side is a neighborhood in Buffalo, New York.
Geography
The Upper West Side is roughly bounded on the north by the
Key Streets
Lafayette Avenue
Lafayette Avenue runs east to west and links the neighborhood to the Elmwood Village. It meets Richmond Avenue at Colonial Circle, a neighborhood landmark.
West Ferry Street
West Ferry Street runs east to west across much of the city of Buffalo. A principal feature of West Ferry Street is the lift bridge over the Black Rock Channel to Unity Island (formerly known as Squaw Island) and Broderick Park. West Ferry meets Richmond Avenue at Ferry Circle, which was reconstructed in 2002 as designed by landscape architects Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux.[2]
Grant Street
The Grant-Ferry Commercial District, was once one of the most dynamic neighborhood commercial districts in Buffalo, and is still the heart of the West Side. It features many unique stores such as the West Side Bazaar, a small business incubator with a diverse array of international food and vendors.[3] The area is being marketed as the "International Marketplace" of the City. It is commercial center of the city's large and growing Burmese immigrant community and includes many Burmese retailers.
Niagara Street
Niagara Street is a principal industrial corridor of the City of Buffalo, and runs adjacent to the Niagara Thruway through much of the West Side.
History
The Upper West Side is a traditional landing zone for immigrant populations. Often associated with Sicilian immigrants who came to Buffalo in great numbers starting around the turn of the twentieth century, today the area has large Somali, Sudanese, Middle Eastern, Eastern European, Mexican and Central American, Puerto Rican, and Southeast Asian enclaves.
While the district has experienced significant disinvestment and blight, it is experiencing revitalization, reflecting the area's new demographic and interest from "urban pioneers" and recent immigrants.
From 2002 to 2016, 4,665 Burmese refugees settled in Buffalo.[4]
Colleges and universities
Near the northern boundary of this neighborhood is
Notable places
- St. Johns Grace Episcopal Church
- Push Community Vegetable Gardens
- International School #45
- Connecticut Street Armory
- Grover Cleveland High School
See also
- Neighborhoods of Buffalo, New York
References
- ^ "Buffalo Neighborhoods". Map Collection, University at Buffalo Libraries. Retrieved 2013-01-03.
- ^ "Ferry Circle". Buffalo as an Architectural Museum. Retrieved 2013-01-03.
- ^ "History". West Side Bazaar. Retrieved 2015-11-21.
- ^ Zremski, Jerry & Gee, Derek (October 16, 2016). "From Burma to Buffalo, The refugee wave is changing our city". The Buffalo News. Retrieved October 20, 2016.
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External links
- West Side travel guide from Wikivoyage