Move-in week for Canalside carousel: 'It's just incredible' By Mark Sommer News Staff Reporter Mar 26, 2021 Mar 26, 2021 Updated Mar 18, 2026 0 1 of 3 A visitor takes a photograph following a ceremony at the Buffalo Heritage Carousel at Canalside on Friday, March 26, 2021. Derek Gee / Buffalo News Work continues at the Buffalo Heritage Carousel building at Canalside in Buffalo, Tuesday, March 16, 2021. John Hickey / Buffalo News The timber frame of the Buffalo Heritage Carousel frame under construction at Canalside casts harsh shadows in the midday sun, Sunday, Aug. 23, 2020. Derek Gee / Buffalo News Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save By Mark Sommer News Staff Reporter After years in the making, a vintage park-style carousel is in the house – the new roundhouse at Canalside.kAmy@6 qC:==[ :? qF772=@ E@ D66 E96 42C@FD6=[ C6>6>36CD H96? :E H2D F?56C 9:D 9@FD6]k^AmkAmqC:== :D E96 @=56DE 8C2?5D@? @7 s@>:?:4< s6 p?86=:D[ H9@ 3@F89E E96 42C@FD6= :? `hac 7C@> $A:==>2? t?8:?66C:?8 r@] :? }@CE9 %@?2H2?52 2?5 @A6C2E65 :E :? EH@ =2<6D:56 C6D@CED D@FE9 @7 q@DE@? F?E:= 9:D 562E9 :? `hda] %96 42C@FD6= H6?E :?E@ DE@C286 :? `hdc[ 7:CDE F?56C 2 ?62C3J D<2E:?8 C:?< 2?5 E96? F?56C 9:D 9@FD6 :? w@F89D }64<[ |2DD] w6 2?5 9:D 7C:6?5D A=2J65 @? E96 2?:>2=D :? 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Vintage carousel opens at Canalside: 'Rarely does one come out of storage like this' A new era began Friday for a vintage 1924 carousel whose remarkable journey included sitting in storage for 63 years before arriving at Canalside.
Canalside's merry-go-round draws raves from nation's carousel enthusiasts “I think it’s spectacular,” said John Caruso of Brooklyn. “We’ve been waiting to see it ever since we found out about the restoration.”
$1.2 million in grants to boost Prospect Park, Canalside carousel, other projects The largest of the six awards announced by the Buffalo and Erie County Greenway Standing Committee went to the Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservan…
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Restoration of carousel animals for Canalside heads to the backstretch Volunteers are putting the finishing touches on the restored animals for the carousel at Canalside.
Canalside carousel sponsorship honors former Wendt trustee The $4 million multisided roundhouse, with glass partitions between wooden columns, will have a double-pitched metal roof with integrated sola…
'Another piece of the story': Canalside carousel on track to open in July 2020 Gov. Andrew Cuomo said four years ago that a carousel “should be the jewel on the top of the Canalside crown.” That day is getting closer. The…
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