Buffalo’s Favorite Daughters: Allentown

370 Virginia Street,Buffalo NY 14201

12 September, 2021

Description

The story of Badass Buffalo Babes involved in politics, art, the stage and literature. This is one of the shorter tours of a series-1.5hrs This shorter tour, which takes approximately 1.5 hours, offers 6 stops some of which overlap with the full-length tour and one which is exclusive to this tour. You’ll hear the stories of the youngest ever American First Lady, and the woman called The First Lady of American Theater, both of whom who grew up in Buffalo. Also featured are several Buffalo artists and their work for the Pan American Exposition and the Women’s Suffrage Movement as well as the exclusive stop to this tour, featuring the Mother of the Detective Novel who lived and wrote in Buffalo. Buffalo is my home.  It is my passion. I've lived in and around Buffalo all my life and every day I learn something new about this city.   Since I was young I've valued stories and the way that people are connected through the craft of telling them.  I believe that you can learn a great deal about a person or a place by the stories that they choose to tell.  For a long time the stories people have told about Buffalo were of a dying rust belt city with nothing left to give the world.   But Buffalo is much more than snow, decay and loss. And in recent years more and more people are showcasing the old and creating new, strong and beautiful stories about Buffalo. Our goal, at No Illusions Tours is to add to those new stories by breaking down the history of Buffalo itself.  We seek to tell our city’s story through different voices from the past, from the Burning of Buffalo more than 200 years ago to new art and innovation from the last decade. Our very first stories at No Illusions will be told through the voices of remarkable women who have lived and worked here, who have helped Buffalo and in many cases the rest of the world to grow, as they grew.  This series of tours, Buffalo's Favorite Daughters, will be our very first look at Buffalo's Story.