Rooms for rent around Buffalo, NY

Buffalo is a city in the North - East of the United States on the border with Canada. It is the second largest city in the state of New York after New York City. Buffalo is located on the Eastern shore of Lake Erie at the source of the Niagara River, not far from the famous Niagara Falls. On the other side of the river is the Canadian province of Ontario and Fort Erie. The population of Buffalo is 258 thousand people, while the total number of people living around Buffalo (in the United States) exceeds 1.2 million. It is known that at least since the end of the 16th century in the Buffalo region lived Indian tribes Neutral. By about 1650, the owners of this land were the Iroquois, who cut out their predecessors. Since the second half of the 18th century, European settlements began to appear in the region. In 1789, on the site of modern Buffalo, there was a trading post, which in a few years turned into a village Buffalo Creek. Over time, the name was reduced to the modern Buffalo. The completion of the Erie canal in 1825 led to the rapid growth of Buffalo due to its strategic location in the Western part of the canal system. In 1832 Buffalo received the status of a city. Over time, Buffalo became a major industrial center. The city was the 6th largest steel producer in the country, an important railway center, the largest inland port. For example, in 1881 in Buffalo, earlier than anywhere else in the country, was implemented a system of street lighting with electric lights. The decline of the industry that began after world war 2 coincided with the outflow of population to the suburbs. Opened in the late 1950s, the navigable canal of St. Lawrence, through which ships from the Atlantic began to pass to the ports of the Great lakes, significantly reduced the importance of the trade route through the Erie. All this led to a heavy and prolonged decline. Economic problems were accompanied by the reduction of the urban population. Like most industrial cities in the Great Lakes region, the population of Buffalo has declined for several decades. Historically, the largest number of residents in the city - 580 thousand was in 1950. Now the city is home to the same number of residents as in 1890. The main attraction of the region - Niagara Falls are located 25 km North of downtown Buffalo. In order to observe this natural wonder of the world, you need to get to the town of Niagara Falls, which bears the same name as the waterfall. In fact, Niagara Falls consists of three waterfalls, which can be observed both from different viewing platforms and from ships that approach the river to the foot of the most powerful waterfall, called "Horseshoe" or "Canadian waterfall". It is believed that the most beautiful view from the Canadian side. In the summer season, with the onset of the evening, artificial lighting is turned on and the appearance of the waterfalls is dramatically transformed. Downtown Buffalo is quite small in size. One of the most recognizable buildings in the city is the Buffalo City Hall. On the upper floors of the building, there is a free observation deck with a great view. City Hall Buffalo dominates the square Niagara Square. In the center of the square is a monument in honor of the 25th us President William McKinley, killed in Buffalo. In 1901 McKinley arrived in the city to visit the Pan-American exposition and was shot from a revolver by an anarchist named Leon Frank Czolgosz. He Czolgosz got on the electric chair, and the name of the slain President was named the highest mountain in North America, located on the Alaska Peninsula. Near the municipality building is the main street of Buffalo, called Main Street. The Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park naval Museum is located on the waterfront adjacent to downtown. In the summer season, excursions to decommissioned warships are open. Also under the open sky exhibited several military aircraft. In Northern Buffalo is a very large Delaware Park, designed by the founder of the American landscape design Frederic Lowe Olmsted. Olmsted has developed a huge number of parks in the United States, the most famous he brought the Central Park project in New York. Delaware Park consists of several parks and there are several iconic attractions of Buffalo. First of all, it is a small but popular Buffalo Zoo. Also in the Western part of Delaware Park is probably the best art Museum in the city of Albright-Knox Art Gallery. Southwest of the Park is the Forest Lawn Cemetery, listed in the register of historical places of the United States. As it is not strange, the cemetery is quite an interesting place. It has many unusual mausoleums, monuments and tombs. A few miles South of downtown, there is the Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens. In the Eastern suburbs of Buffalo - the town of Cheektowaga is the largest shopping center in the region Walden Galleria. Buffalo is home to 2 professional teams from the leading North American sports leagues. Buffalo Bills performs at the Ralph Wilson Stadium, which is located in the South-Eastern suburb of Orchard Park. Hockey Buffalo Sabres holds its home matches on the ice of the multifunctional complex HSBC Arena, which is located in downtown. Curiously, the Buffalo Bills football team was named after the famous Buffalo hunter and showman "Buffalo Bill" (real name William Frederic Cody). At the same time, there is no special connection between the city of Buffalo and Buffalo Bill.