The lightly restored lead horse from the 1924 De Angelis Carousel is on display at the Buffalo Heritage Carousel which is set to open to the public Friday, May 28, 2021. The horse was kept in its original condition so the public could get a sense of the restoration process that went into bringing the carousel back to life. (Derek Gee / Buffalo News)
The Buffalo Heritage Carousel comes to life during testing ahead of its public debut at Canalside. First built in 1924 in North Tonawanda, the carousel spent decades entertaining children outside Boston before becoming shuttered and stored in the 1950s. It was carefully restored by volunteer artisans and craftsmen in a North Tonawanda workshop over the course of four years and will begin entertaining another generation of children this weekend.
A dozen volunteers are hard at work restoring the animals in the 1924 park-style carousel coming to Canalside in 2018. Until recently, it had …
The lightly restored lead horse from the 1924 De Angelis Carousel is on display at the Buffalo Heritage Carousel which is set to open to the public Friday, May 28, 2021. The horse was kept in its original condition so the public could get a sense of the restoration process that went into bringing the carousel back to life. (Derek Gee / Buffalo News)
