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Shortly after St. Louis Church at Main and Edward Streets in Buffalo burned in a spectacular 1885 fire, a group of men from the parish formed the St. Louis Dramatic Circle to raise funds for the construction of a new church. Their first production, Legend of the Catskills was produced on September 13 and 14, 1885 in the St. Louis School Hall. The St. Louis Dramatic Circle was the oldest amateur dramatic society in continuous existence when the remaining members celebrated its' 75th anniversary at a dinner in 1960.

The Otto F. Andrle Stained Glass and Art Institute, Inc. was formed in Buffalo, New York by Otto F. Andrle and Jacob J. Diebolt in 1913. Operating from studios on East Huron Street in Buffalo, they produced stained glass windows for many churches throughout New York State and Pennsylvania, including St. Gerard's and St. Brigid's in Buffalo, Fourteen Holy Helpers Shrine in West Seneca, Our Lady Help of Christians Shrine in Cheektowaga and the windows for Our Lady of Victory Basilica in Lackawanna, New York.

The Gatling Land Boom began in November 1892 when a group of investors secretly bought up 1200 acres of farm land on the bank of Eighteenmile Creek in the town of Hamburg just south of Buffalo, New York. Teams of surveyors worked through the winter to map out the streets and boulevards of the new city of Gatling, New York. In April 1893, construction was started on the factory of the Gatling Ordnance Company which was to employ 1000 men. The following month saw the start of one of the biggest promotional campaigns in the history of Western New York.

The Union Cornet Band first appeared in Buffalo in 1851 when an advertisement appeared in the Buffalo Morning Express announcing that "the Union Brass Band respectfully informs the citizens of Buffalo and vicinity that they are prepared to furnish music for funerals, processions, excursions, etc." For the next thirty-five or more years, there was hardly a parade or celebration in the city of Buffalo that did not include the Union Cornet Band.

Family tradition states that "the father of Joseph Goodliff built a log house on the corner of Varick and Edward Streets in Utica." Subsequent research has shown that Joseph Goodliff and his son Joseph B. Goodliff occupied the lot on the north west corner of Varick and Edward Streets where they operated a brewery and malt house near Nail Creek. Today, Nail Creek is gone and the site is dominated by the massive complex of the F. X. Matt Brewing Co. which occupies most of the block.