List of Neighborhoods

Selected Bibliography

The following sources were consulted in creating the Neighborhoods Map website:

American Atlas Company. Atlas of the City of Buffalo, New York.
(NY: American Atlas Company, 1894 [i.e. 1895])

Beveridge, Charles E. The Master List of Design Projects of the Olmsted
Firm, 1857-1950.
(Washington, DC: National Association for Olmsted Parks in conjunction
with the Massachusetts Association for Olmsted Parks, c.1987)

Buffalo Architecture: a guide.
(Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, c.1981)

Cram, George F. Company. A descriptive review of the commercial,
industrial, agricultural, historical development of the state of
New York, with special charts, detail maps and profuse half-tone
illustrations from all parts of the Empire state.
(Chicago, NY: G.F. Cram, [c.1914])

Geological Survey (US). Buffalo quadrangle, New York. (Map)
(Washington, DC: The Survey, 1948)

Geological Survey (US). New York. Erie County. Buffalo Quadrangle. (Map)
(Washington, DC: The Survey, 1901)

Goldman, Mark. City on the Lake: the challenge of change in Buffalo,
New York.
(Buffalo, NY: Prometheus Books, C.1990)

Goldman, Mark. High Hopes: the rise and decline of Buffalo, New York.
(Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, c.1983)

Kowsky, Francis R., editor. The Best Planned City: the Olmsted legacy
in Buffalo.
(Buffalo, NY: Buffalo State College Foundation, 1991)

The National Register of Historic Places.
(Washington, DC: National Parks Service, 1969- )

Simon, Jacqueline C. "Changes in the residential neighborhood Parkside,
Buffalo, NY, 1925-1950."
(Master's Thesis, SUNY University at Buffalo, 1989)

Related Sites

Buffalo, New York Metropolitan Area

• Buffalo in Maps. Maps, charts, aerial photos, other map resources at UB.
• City of Buffalo Official Website.
  • Buffalo Planning Neighborhoods and Census Tracts. Map shows Buffalo neighborhoods as defined by city planning and by census tracts. It differs somewhat from the Buffalo Neighborhoods Map boundaries, which are defined by historical and local identification.
• History of the City of Buffalo and Erie County: with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Some of its Prominent Men and Pioneers, in Two Volumes. Edited by H. Perry Smith. Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., Publishers, 1884. Online facsimile of the book.
• Researching Buffalo History. A guide to finding books, articles, and other materials on Buffalo, New York.
• List of Street Name Changes in Buffalo. Brief listing of old names and new names.
• Buffalo, New York 1832 City Directory. Searchable database of the actual 1832 directory.
• 1894 City of Buffalo Atlas. Property maps of the city. Full-color digital version of the original maps with good resolution (may not work with all browsers).
• Digital Ortho Photo mosaic of the Greater Buffalo Area. Large image showing the entire metropolitan area.
• Buffalo's Urban Sprawl: An Overview
• Buffalo-Niagara Falls Region (Maps & text).
• Buffalo as an Architectural Museum. Lists websites of existing buildings in Metro Buffalo, including Erie and Niagara Counties in New York State. Has many illustrations and photos.
• Built in Buffalo: How to Research Local Architecture.
• Buffalo City Directories. Guide to using directories in the UB Libraries.

  Buffalo Parks, Olmsted Works and Activities

• Buffalo Parks System Map, 1914. Shows Olmsted's designs.
• Olmsted Parks in Buffalo, New York
• Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy. Includes links to:
  • Cazenovia Park
  • Delaware Park
  • Front Park
  • Martin Luther King, Jr. Park
  • Riverside Park
  • South Park
  • Parkways: Lincoln, Bidwell, Chapin, Richmond, Porter, Red Jacket, McKinley.
  • Circles: Soldiers, Gates, Colonial, Ferry, Symphony, McClellan, McKinley.
• Buffalo Park and Parkway System
• Landmark Society of the Niagara Frontier
• Preservation Coalition of Erie County

  Buffalo and Western New York Region

• Western New York Regional Knowledge Network (RKN). Links to local county, municipal, and other government sites, schools, hospitals, and many other sources. Maps are located throughout the network by topic.

  Boston, Massachusetts

• Boston's Neighborhoods. From full city map, click on each neighborhood to obtain a specific map.
• Boston Redevelopment Authority Neighborhoods Maps. No complete map but each neighborhood is contained in a pdf that can be enlarged.

  Manhattan, New York

• Manhattan Neighborhoods Map. UB Map Collection website.
• Digital Atlas of New York City
• New York: A City of Neighborhoods

Low-speed connection

Use this map if you have a low-speed connection or limited computer memory, click on any quadrangle: