I went for a bike ride on New Years Day and here are a few things I saw...


Yesterday morning, being New Years Day, I woke feeling somewhat introspective as I'm apt to do. So I went for a bike ride and brought my camera. The streets were dead quiet. I rode to Buffalo's East Side which is an area of the city that has not seen any of our area's resurgence. If you have any ancestral lineage in Buffalo, chances are you have ties to the East Side. Both sides of my family, in years gone by, have lived on the East Side. Pedaling and coasting through these deserted streets on New Years day was really meditative in a way; I felt as if I were in some sort of post apocalyptic movie scene, but I wasn't. Many people still live here. The images of the bombed out looking building below are of the old Buffalo Central Terminal train station. My dad, along with countless other young men, departed from this station on their way to WWII. It's said that the train station is haunted, and on this day I could feel their presence. The photos are in no particular order. Click any for a slightly larger view. To see photos from previous bike rides through these neighborhoods, click here, here, here, or here.





















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