04 · Coming into focus
Buffalo
Commercial avenues, city neighborhoods, downtown after work.
Buffalo is the western city on this map. Elmwood Village, Allentown, and Hertel Avenue are the commercial subject. Downtown belongs as an after-work city. The lake and the waterfront can sit at the edge of the picture while the avenues carry the guide.
Coming into focus
OMB Bulletin 23-01
Single-core
One core city. The lake stays at the edge of the frame.
- Primary
- Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY MSA 15380 Erie, Niagara
- Combined area
- Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Olean, NY CSA 160
- CSA ring
- Olean, NY μSA 36460 Cattaraugus
- Pillars
- Downtown · Neighborhoods · Suburbs · Food & drink · Commercial corridors
What opens here
The chapters waiting for copy.
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Elmwood and Allentown
The avenues and blocks where Buffalo eats, shops, and stays out.
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Hertel Avenue
A north-city commercial street with its own full week.
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Downtown after work
The center as offices, rooms, and nights — with the water as setting.