Magazines

Relief map of Lakes Erie and Ontario with the Niagara River between them
Lakes Erie and Ontario. Tom Patterson, public domain

Research

Source-backed investigations of places across the corridors.

We report what the records say and mark what is still unknown. Every figure carries its source and the date it was retrieved.

How a study grows

  1. RecordsParcels, permits, filings and public datasets, retrieved on a stated date.
  2. ArticlesBriefings that say what the records show and what they cannot.
  3. Reports and mapsThe full inventory, with every numbered property kept.
  4. On the groundWalks, visits and conversations that test the desk work.

Studies

Pierce-Arrow / Hertel

Buffalo, New York

Buffalo’s Hertel Avenue industrial corridor and the residential streets around it.

Desk research and fieldwork plans. On-the-ground reporting is not yet complete.

Parcels in the study area
2,939
Residential-class
2,357
Industrial-class
106
Numbered properties
48

City of Buffalo 2026–2027 parcels, retrieved 8 October 2026. Tax classes do not establish present occupancy, zoning or the number of businesses.

Articles

Reports and maps

On the ground

  • Hertel Walking Study 9 October 2026, Buffalo

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