In Parkside

Parkside residents and visitors looking for diversion do not have far to go. Whether you want to see a newborn gorilla, an original Monet, a jazz concert on a summer Sunday afternoon, or a Shakespearean play from a blanket on the grass, or just walk with your best canine friend around a park teaming with joggers, basketball and softball players and other walkers, it's all within walking distance or a 5-minute ride in this urban neighborhood adjacent to Buffalo's Delaware Park.

Some of Parkside's own landmarks include:

• Central Presbyterian Church, 2430 Main Street (1911)
• Pierce-Arrow Showroom, now Greater Buffalo Savings Bank, 2421 Main Street (1929)
• Belt Line Railroad, Central Park Station, Watchman's Tower, and Stables (Amherst at Starin, c. 1890)
• Ford Motor Company, 2495 Main Street (1913)
• Washington Russell House, 2540 Main Street (1841)
• Willowlawn (barns of the original estate; 1864)
• Bagnell House, 273 Crescent Ave.
• Northrup Barns, 280 Crescent Ave. (1870)
• Sinclair House, 94 Jewett Parkway (1909-1911)
• William Sydney Wicks House, 124 Jewett Parkway (1890)
• Wicks Carriage House, 60 Summit Ave. (1890)
• Black Houses, 43 and 56 Summit Ave.
• Best Friends movie set, 45 Summit Ave.
• Hens House, 29 Summit Ave.
• The Darwin D. Martin House Complex: Gardener's Cottage, 285 Woodward; Darwin D. Martin House, 125 Jewett Parkway; George F. Barton House, 118 Summit Ave. (1903-1906)
• Swiss Chalet, 113 Summit Ave. (c. 1901)
• Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd, 96 Jewett Parkway (1890)
• Max G. Beirel House, 104 Robie
• Walter V. Davidson House, 57 Tillinghast off Parkside (1908)
• St. Mark's Roman Catholic Church, 401 Woodward (1914)
• Parkside Unitarian Church, 1659 Amherst St. (1897 - now the Fairfield library)

Around Parkside

Parkside is part of the Olmsted Crescent, a crescent-shaped area that encompasses some of Buffalo's cultural highlights. Most of the attractions within the area are a short drive--or even a walk--from the Parkside neighborhood. Some of the attractions include:

• The Albright-Knox Art Gallery, 1285 Elmwood Ave.
• The Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society, 25 Nottingham Court
• The Buffalo Zoological Gardens, 300 Parkside Ave.
• The Burchfield-Penney Art Center, Rockwell Hall, Buffalo State College, 1300 Elmwood Ave.
• Shakespeare in Delaware Park
• Buffalo Museum of Science, 1020 Humboldt Parkway
• Tri-Main Center, 2495 Main St.
• Forest Lawn Cemetery, 1411 Delaware Ave.
• Delaware Park
• The Darwin D. Martin House complex, 125 Jewett Parkway
• Flickinger Performing Arts Center (Nichols School), 1250 Amherst St.
• Performing Arts Center at Rockwell Hall (Buffalo State College), 1300 Elmwood Ave.
• African American Cultural Center, 350 Masten Ave.
• The Carol and Carl Montante Cultural Center at Canisius College, Main and Eastwood
• The Elmwood Garden Walk
• Shakespeare in Delaware Park

In addition, Parkside residents enjoy the short drive or subway ride to downtown, the Theater District, and the unique shopping and restaurants of both Hertel Avenue and Elmwood Avenue.