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Architectural History Lecture about Buffalo City Hall

This Wednesday, October 13th, 7pm, the Historical Society will host a lecture about the architectural history of our beloved Buffalo City Hall.

Admission is $7.00 to the public, free to members of the Historical Society and to members of the local Louise Bethune Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians.

See the full entry at Buffalo Rising:
http://www.buffalorising.com/2010/10/architectural-historian-to-highlight-unique-history-of-city-hall.html#SlideFrame_0

Quarter-sawn oak

How much do you know about quarter-sawn oak?

Here's a link to a very good, but simple, description of this highly-valued material. A photo of the figured surface and a diagram of the cutting process are very instructive. The author discusses its benefits (less warping and cupping) and its use in Arts and Crafts furnishings.

http://barnyardgazette.blogspot.com/2007/09/what-is-quarter-sawn-oak.html

Recall that the wooden, original, doors of the ECC City Campus (Old Post Office) building are of quarter-sawn oak. Once you can identify it, you will spot it in many older homes and buildings. Then you can show-off your docent skills by telling everyone nearby what it is.

Buffalo City Schools

New Academy of Architecture & Design in the Buffalo City Schools

Special EventTuesday, October 12, 2010

Architecture & Design Academy Press Conference. Help us celebrate the opening of International Prep's Architecture & Design Academy during Buffalo's "Architecture Week". The Honorable Mayor Brown will share a proclamation during a press conference at International Prep @ Grover Cleveland on October 12. Dr. James A. Williams, Superintendent of Schools, will be joined by Brian Carter, Dean of University at Buffalo's School of Architecture & Planning, Eugene Partridge, Executive Vice President of LPCiminelli, Kelly Hayes McAlonie, Vice President of Public Advocacy, and many more dignitaries. A tour of the Academy will be available after the press conference.
Site: PS 198 The International Preparatory School at Grover AuditoriumStart Time: 10:00 AMEnd Time: 11:30 AM

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