Preparations are already underway in Downtown Buffalo for the upcoming bicentennial celebration of the opening of the Erie Canal. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced on Monday plans for a new ...

“This volunteer-driven, community boatbuilding project will reach completion in 2025 as it takes center stage during the Erie Canal Bicentennial, embarking on a voyage from Buffalo to the New ...

This project marks just the beginning of Buffalo's efforts to expand the Erie Canal narrative and foster connections across our New York State community as we approach the Bicentennial celebration ...

Among the projects, the Jewish Community Center of Greater Buffalo received a $3 million award to support construction of a ...

Connecting the Hudson River to Lake Erie, the 363-mile-long historic Erie Canal radically transformed the social and economic landscape of New York State ... built in Buffalo, to Syracuse in ...

This year marks the Erie Canal Bicentennial ... we will commemorate the 200th anniversary of the abolition of slavery in New York state by honoring those who fought tirelessly against our nation ...

By opening the Erie Canal in 1825, New York connected ... brought great prosperity and led to the rise of Buffalo and Rochester and New York City. The economic boom reverberated throughout the ...

Every performance will take place on a ramshackle raft making its way through the Erie Canal and Hudson River. The act will ...

The first grant, provided by the New York State Canal Corporation and the Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor, will fund ...

Built around the remains of the original 1825 terminus of the Erie Canal, Canalside is a lively ... part brewery and part entertainment complex, Buffalo RiverWorks is a unique venue with a full ...

It received two grants from the NYS Canal Corporation and the Erie Canalway National Heritage ... and organizations along its 500-plus miles," New York State Canal Corporation Director Brian ...