Graycliff Board member Terry Robinson
on Preserving Buffalo's African
American Heritage
This coming Wednesday, March 20, 2013 at 6 pm at the Colored Musicians Club, 145 Broadway, Buffalo, NY
A member of the Buffalo Preservation Board , Preservation Buffalo Niagara,and Graycliff, too, Terry Robinson will speak about what historic preservation can do to save the region's African American neighborhoods and historic sites.
Now an active preservationist, Robinson grew up on Buffalo's East Side. He graduated from Calasanctius High School in 1972 and studied political economy at Princeton and Harvard. He lives with his wife on Humboldt Parkway, a once-picturesque parkway designed by Frederick Law Olmsted-until it was torn up and paved through "urban renewal."
The talk will be held at the Colored Musicians Club, one of the oldest jazz clubs in America. The building recently opened a museum celebrating its storied history in Buffalo's music scene. Here jazz greats such as Dizzy Gillespie, Count Basie, Art Blakey, Duke Ellington, Lionel Hampton, Billie Holiday, and Ella Fitzgerald would meet and perform. A cash bar will be open after the talk.
The talk is sponsored by Buffalo Talks, an education program of Preservation Buffalo Niagara, with whom Graycliff collaborates annually on community events. Formed in 2008, Preservation Buffalo Niagara's mission is to provide leadership in identifying, protecting and promoting the unique architecture and historic legacy of Western New York communities. This event is free for members of PBN or the CMC, with a $5 suggested donation for the general public.
A member of the Buffalo Preservation Board , Preservation Buffalo Niagara,and Graycliff, too, Terry Robinson will speak about what historic preservation can do to save the region's African American neighborhoods and historic sites.
Now an active preservationist, Robinson grew up on Buffalo's East Side. He graduated from Calasanctius High School in 1972 and studied political economy at Princeton and Harvard. He lives with his wife on Humboldt Parkway, a once-picturesque parkway designed by Frederick Law Olmsted-until it was torn up and paved through "urban renewal."
The talk will be held at the Colored Musicians Club, one of the oldest jazz clubs in America. The building recently opened a museum celebrating its storied history in Buffalo's music scene. Here jazz greats such as Dizzy Gillespie, Count Basie, Art Blakey, Duke Ellington, Lionel Hampton, Billie Holiday, and Ella Fitzgerald would meet and perform. A cash bar will be open after the talk.
The talk is sponsored by Buffalo Talks, an education program of Preservation Buffalo Niagara, with whom Graycliff collaborates annually on community events. Formed in 2008, Preservation Buffalo Niagara's mission is to provide leadership in identifying, protecting and promoting the unique architecture and historic legacy of Western New York communities. This event is free for members of PBN or the CMC, with a $5 suggested donation for the general public.
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