Buffalo, NY - Obama Presidency Oral History Back Buffalo, NY Index / Locations Transcripts Megan Smith ...early exposure as a child living in Buffalo —so, that's the Seneca Nation, th... ...And so, I grew up in a family in Buffalo that is very civically active. My mo... ...and the policy group Bike Race for Buffalo that was part of a small group o... ...or in-car commuter, from the edge of Buffalo downtown. And the bike won because i... ...The Great Lakes were really in trouble. Buffalo —at the time, we had a river on fire... ...And some wonderful leaders in Buffalo integrated the schools, effectively i... ...working with innovation communities in Buffalo as [unclear] I just would go home an... ...the Chicago World's Fair. I'm from Buffalo . I love Nikola Tesla. He used Niagar... Show more... Neil Abercrombie ... When and where were you born? Buffalo , New York, June 26, 1938. What i... ...have no idea what that is now, but in Buffalo , there were big piles of anthracit... ...trestles right in the middle of Buffalo . My Grandfather Grater had a great bi... ...house to house filling coal cellars. In Buffalo , because of the severe winters - thi... ...then, out in the country. I was born in Buffalo , went to elementary school in Buffal... ...Buffalo, went to elementary school in Buffalo [at] P.S. 63. Then we moved to what i... ...growing up, we moved to outside [of] Buffalo , to Williamsville, and I remember on... ...to Fosdick Mastin High School School in Buffalo ." He never said he graduated from hig... ...but as an at-will hire. The City of Buffalo then was able to not give her an... ...They knew he was coming because, during Buffalo winter in those days: coal. People bur... ...burn coal. There was smoke in the air. Buffalo was a great steel plant city in thos... ...neighborhoods then with huge elm trees. Buffalo was known for the elm tree. It was it... ...through the "colored section". See, Buffalo was segregated. I didn't know it wa... ...middle class haole, coming out. In Buffalo , people would say to me, "you don... ...The church, Catholic Church, in Buffalo at that time was so powerful that th... ...the rivers, the water that came through Buffalo was on fire. The river caught on fire... Show more... Related Topics go to the Labor Labor go to the Transparency and Media Transparency and Media go to the Western Hemisphere Western Hemisphere go to the Financial Crisis and the Economy Financial Crisis and the Economy go to the Elections and Campaigns Elections and Campaigns