ART OF THE SENSES and more: Day Trip to Buffalo with Mary Ann

Mary Ann and I went to Buffalo to see two temporary exhibits  ART OF THE SENSES and  THE DEEP END OF THE UNIVERSE at the Albright Knox Art Gallery.    Both are only there for a couple of more weeks.

Here are a few pictures from ART OF THE SENSES:

                                                                  Carousel

                                                                         No Title

                                                                      PIANO PIECE

and a couple from THE DEEP END OF THE OCEAN

After leaving the gallery, we headed towards  THE SWAN STREET DINER in  Larkinville.   On the way there, we passed THE FREEDOM WALL

The Swan Street Diner is an example of one of the early Sterling Company diner cars made by the J.B. Judkins Company of Merrimac, Mass. The company fabricated diner cars, each numbered upon completion, from 1936 to 1942. The Swan Street Diner is No. 397 and was manufactured in 1937.  The Swan Street Diner car was originally operated as the Newark Diner, located in Newark, N.Y., (near Rochester, N.Y.). It arrived in pieces in 1937 and was assembled on site. The proximity to the Erie Canal and Route 31 provided a steady pool of customers.    In 2013,  the Larkin Development Group purchased it. The Diner was transported to Akron, Ohio and then back to Buffalo for a full restoration. The interior enamel panels, bar stools and wood trim are all original. The booths have been newly fabricated in the former foot print of the Newark Diner booths. The counter has been rebuilt according the original glass top design.       WHAT I like about it is that it has been beautifully restored to its original state!!!!    

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   It opened in this location in October 2017.  We enjoyed our lunch there.   

After that we went to the Buffalo and Erie County Public Library

to see the temporary exhibit BUFFALO NEVER FAILS:  The Queen City and World War One.  It was very good.  Mostly it has original posters and reproduced posters from many countries during WWI.

This newspaper on display is from April 6, 1917.

Adjacent to the exhibit there is a childrens play area.  I was able to talk Mary Ann into playing a game of CONNECT FOUR.  

I think I got home a little after four p.m.  Since we have bad weather coming, I decided to go to the library and pick up a book they were holding for me and then I went to Niagara Produce and got some milk and a few other items.