Let round two of the #rustbelttakeover begin! Friends from cities across the Rust Belt who know a thing or two about saving historic buildings want to encourage YOU to save buildings while also building friendships that will last a lifetime.

Join us in Buffalo, NY on July 15, 16, 17 to take a deep dive into the city where Sullivan, Wright, Richardson and more made some of their best work ever! Hosted by Buffalo's Young Preservationists, we will explore deep inside abandoned grain elevators, have breakfast on the lawn of the historic H.H. Richardson Psych Ward, putt putt in the smallest micro golf course in the Rust Belt and more. 

Schedule of events: [NOTE: This event is SOLD OUT]

Friday Evening, July 15:

7:00 – 8:45pm - Random Awesome Tour of 1100 Niagara Street (AKA The Agway). The building is VACANT. It will be DARK. It is a giant white malting house next to a Tim Hortons located on the West Side of Buffalo. You can’t miss it!

9:00pm – ??? Welcome party at the Pop In!  The Pop In is a special pop up event space on the West Side of Buffalo. We will welcome you with the food Buffalo is famous for – pizza & wings! Beer will be available, too. Donations are welcome. Parking is free and easy on Grant Street. 218 Grant Street. Buffalo, NY 14213

Saturday, July 16:

9:00 – 10:30am = Tour of Silo City located at 87 Childs Street (right near the Ohio Street Bridge). Silo City is the largest collection of grain elevators in the entire world!!! Meet with Chris who is writing a book on this stuff and Dana, curator of the famous “City of Night” which is the worlds largest grain elevator party! The gate will be open – park inside the gate. We will start the tour at 9:10 sharp – BE ON TIME because they’re very vacant and require traveling in a group! Read about them here.

11:00am – 2:00pm = Tour of the Hydraulics Neighborhood & the Rust Belt Takeover Mini Golf Competition! Meet at 716 Swan Street (Hydraulic Hearth) at 11:00am Sharp. We will be picking teams and giving out awards to the winners – Larkin Links is the smallest mini golf course in the rust belt and all the holes have something to do with the history of Buffalo! Food trucks and beer will be open for drinking / eating purposes.

3:00pm – 5:00pm = Downtown Tour by Derik Kane. Meet at City Hall located on Niagara Square and explore all the incredible architecture including the Ellicott Square Building and The Guaranty Building by Louis Sullivan! The tour will end around 5:00pm at EXPO, Buffalo’s newest food market which also happens to be next to our historic Market Arcade building. Rumor has it that we may get inside the Guaranty Building!

5:00pm – 7:30pm = BREAK. Go explore the central terminal, check out Canalside, see Niagara Falls, sleep… whatever.

7:30pm – ??? = Resurgence Brewery Party for Bernice & Nate’s birthdays. YAY!!! Bernice and Nate are both part of the Buffalo’s Young Preservationists. Resurgence is a fun brewery with giant size games, loads of beer and fun AND is located inside a historic saw tooth building. 1250 Niagara Street.

Sunday, July 17:

9:15am – Noon = Breakfast on the newly restored Olmsted designed Front Lawn and a tour of the Historic Richardson Complex! Breakfast will be served between 9:15 – 10am and there will be a tour at 10am. YOU MUST BE ON TIME and it costs $15 cash / check. This is a crazy special tour – we can’t stress this enough – tours like this are incredibly rare

Noon – 1:30pm = We will wander over to Delaware Park which is our centerpiece in the parks and parkway systems designed by Frederick Law Olmsted. We will also see the Albright Knox Art Gallery, the Buffalo History Museum and the Burchfield Penney Art Gallery on our walk around the park!