Science as a Tool For Heritage-Building
There is a lot of attention on science this month. November 10th was World Science Day for Peace and Development, an annual event started by UNESCO, the educational, scientific, and…
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Celebrating Our Freshwater Heritage
The Great Lakes are an unparalleled natural resource. Not only does fresh water not exist in this quantity anywhere else in America, it doesn’t exist in this abundance anywhere else…
Reimagining Outdoor Play on our Waterfront
It’s hard to miss them this week. Weighed down with backpacks, pouring off buses and running across the crosswalks, Buffalo kids are hard to miss during back-to-school season. Such visibility…
Neighborliness is Proven to Make You Healthier
Time spent in a community park can be good for your health. Seems obvious, but the reasons are not necessarily what you think. Sure, access to fresh air and the…
Those Who History Forgot
On July 1, 1932, Buffalo started a 10-day celebration for its 100th birthday. This centennial celebration brought massive crowds from near and far to the land today being redesigned as…
A New Era Leads to a New Name
Ralph Wilson Park is a land with history. The park has been a part of the Buffalo community for a long time but now it has a new name. While change is exciting, it can also be difficult. Will it be hard for our community to stop calling this place LaSalle and start calling it Ralph Wilson Park? Was it hard for the community to stop calling it Centennial and start calling it LaSalle? Was it always a park? Join us in exploring the history of Ralph Wilson Park, its various names, and the ways in which it has been embraced by the people of Buffalo.
A Global Vision for Better Cities
In 2015, the member states of the United Nations (UN) celebrated the organization’s 70th anniversary by adopting The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. This universally accepted plan produced a blueprint…
Sharing History Through A Heritage Approach
Through the RWP Heritage Engagement Project, the Ralph Wilson Park Conservancy seeks to share the history of the land the park sits on. The use of the word ‘heritage’ in…
Leading the Heritage Engagement Project
Joining the Ralph Wilson Park Conservancy to help launch the RWP Heritage Engagement Project is Dr. Kathryn Grow Allen. Katie is an archaeologist and anthropologist who has worked on heritage projects around…
Introducing the Heritage Engagement Project
The Heritage & Engagement project will illuminate the past, present, and future of RWP within our city, making one thing clear: Ralph Wilson Park will be a vibrant, inclusive and accessible city park.
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