In his new book, CITY ON THE EDGE, Mark Goldman writes in detail about the impact of urban renewal on downtown Buffalo from the 1950s to the present. What follows is an excerpt from that material.

I guess the secret’s safe now, since the restaurant closed quite a few years ago. In the 1950s, Buffalo watched as two grocery giants did battle for their shopping patronage. Both Loblaws and A ...

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