A nearly complete history of the great retailers that once dotted the main streets of Buffalo, New York. From the early days of the city to the bankruptcy and sale of every major local retailer, the book chronicles through biographies and photos, the times we all wish were back. Includes dozens of photos, ads, and logos.
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Michael Rizzo is a general history enthusiast and prefers to concentrate on writing about the history of western New York, in particular Buffalo. He likes to write about topics that have had little previous exposure before, such as retailing, crime and mayoral history.
He was never really interested in writing and history until 2001 when he purchased a circa 1893 home in Buffalo, New York. At that time he became interested in finding out more about the home which led him to start writing social and genealogy histories of other houses, including a series of articles for the Buffalo News and preservation applications.
That led him to begin researching and writing more local history topics and it hasn't stopped since.
He was never really interested in writing and history until 2001 when he purchased a circa 1893 home in Buffalo, New York. At that time he became interested in finding out more about the home which led him to start writing social and genealogy histories of other houses, including a series of articles for the Buffalo News and preservation applications.
That led him to begin researching and writing more local history topics and it hasn't stopped since.
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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
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Short catalog of the demise of retailing in Buffalo,
By Peter Lorenzi (Maryland, USA) - See all my reviews
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One hundred fifty-two pages and seven substantive chapters catalog the growth, prosperity and edath of scores of Buffalo merchants, with the deaths accumulating rapidly since 1980.Buffalo was once a booming, growing city, one of the ten largest American cities. Fueled first by the Erie Canal, then by Niagara's electricity, and then by the powerful industrial engines of steel, autos and chemicals, the years following World War II have not been kind to Buffalo. Long-time Buffalo residents will easily recognize the stores that once made Buffalo a shopping mecca and that now form the retail equivalent of failed dot-com companies and former Ben & Jerry flavors. Industrial decline, recessions, bad management decisions, overexpansion, undercapitalization, hubris, and urban decay all contributed to the end to such once-proud stores as Hens & Kelly's, Adam Meldrum & Anderson, the Hengerer Company, Sample, Berger's, Bell's IGA and more. Like much of the rest of the country, family-owned businesses have given way to the Wal-marts, Targets, Wegman's and other behemoths. The overall decline of business, industry and the economy in western New York makes this decay all the more sad and distressing. There appears to be no end in sight. The disappointment of this book is that is more of a bilbliogrphy than a narrative. Short opening and closing chapters give some contect and each store's growth usually contains some personal anecdotes, quotes and history but, for the most part, "Nine Nine Eight" reads like a Sears catalog of former products. And there is apparently no light at the end of this long, dark tunnel. For more illumination, read Goldman's "City on the edge."
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For any Buffalo Buffs out there, this is the product to have. I bought it as a gift for one of my older friends who enjoys the good ole days. He absolutely loves it and recalls the times when he as a child would travel by trolley to shop at many of the stores in downtown Buffalo. This is worth the purchase price!
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